EXCLUSIVE TO INSOUND!!! Solo release from Joel Petersen, bass player for The Faint. Here is what he had to say in his own words: Early November of 2001, I was asked to make some music for a video piece a friend of mine was working on. Making music to unseen images sounded fun, but I had no idea where to begin. The only point of reference I was given was the description "ethereal with an edge" ? an intriguing oxymoron. I got to working and became so enthused I finished three pieces within   [ read more ]

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"Fulfilled/Complete" is the latest from Broken Spindles, aka Joel Petersen, the bassist for The Faint. You get chamber arrangements echoing Debussy in one song and Glass in another, all matched with the darkly danceable backbone of The Faint. The result is a seamless marriage of electronic and organic elements, equipped with a diversity of songwriting that'll appeal to fans of "Fragile"-era Nine Inch Nails and Eric Satie.

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Kiss/Kick is the latest album from Broken Spindles, and the second release from The Faint's blank.wav record label. Although Broken Spindles' sole member Joel Petersen has done remixes for Of Montreal and AFI and is also a member of The Faint, Kiss/Kick is a strictly "No Eyeliner" record. It is more No Wave than New Wave. Kiss/Kick is a record that takes the place of that late night journal writing session where the writer reveals more than what he knew was inside. As Petersen says, "   [ read more ]

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VINYL FORMAT. Joel Peterson wrote this record without any input from fellow band members. "I think it was because of that separation from other people's input that the writing style shifted. I found myself keeping things a little more elemental; steering away from programming, opting for sparser percussion, and keeping instrumentation as minimal as songs could take. The lyrics became a lot more direct and the vocal style kind of followed suit. It just didn't seem appropriate to layer these things that were    [ read more ]

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VINYL FORMAT. "Fulfilled/Complete" is the latest from Broken Spindles, aka Joel Petersen, the bassist for The Faint. You get chamber arrangements echoing Debussy in one song and Glass in another, all matched with the darkly danceable backbone of The Faint. The result is a seamless marriage of electronic and organic elements, equipped with a diversity of songwriting that'll appeal to fans of "Fragile"-era Nine Inch Nails and Eric Satie.

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Kiss/Kick is the latest album from Broken Spindles, and the second release from The Faint's blank.wav record label. Although Broken Spindles' sole member Joel Petersen has done remixes for Of Montreal and AFI and is also a member of The Faint, Kiss/Kick is a strictly 'No Eyeliner' record. It is more No Wave than New Wave. Kiss/Kick is a record that takes the place of that late night journal writing session where the writer reveals more than what he knew was inside. As Petersen says, '   [ read more ]

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Joel Peterson wrote this record without any input from fellow band members. "I think it was because of that separation from other people's input that the writing style shifted. I found myself keeping things a little more elemental; steering away from programming, opting for sparser percussion, and keeping instrumentation as minimal as songs could take. The lyrics became a lot more direct and the vocal style kind of followed suit. It just didn't seem appropriate to layer these things that were said in pretty   [ read more ]

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Joel Peterson isn't spending all of his time working on that new album from The Faint. The Faint bassist readied a self-released Document Number One from his solo project, Broken Spindles. It comes wrapped it in a hand-screened package complete with hand-numbered and "manipulated" packaging.

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