Facs - Present Tense 8/19/24 AF and the upbeat songs often

and the upbeat songs often subvert traditional pop structures

I get surprised all day

As the world greeted the promise of a new millennium

The album was written to be presented live on stage in full like Juju was in 1981 on it's subsequent tour

Black Francis explains the album was given the title as "they're Oddballs

Facs - Present Tense 8/19/24 AF and the upbeat songs oftenChicago trio Facs return in 2021 with "Present Tense', their fourth album & perhaps their sharpest statement as a band, honing & refining their stark, minimal scrape & clatter and effortlessly navigating through post rock, industrial, dub, and cacophonous experimental detonations.