Faith Global was a synthpop and new wave band composed of Stevie Shears (guitar, bass, synthesizer, piano), original Ultravox! guitarist and Jason Guy (vocals, acoustic guitar).
Stevie Shears had been in Ultravox! and Cowboys International, when suddenly Faith Global was formed in the early 1980s.
Shears met Guy after leaving Ultravox in 1978 and decided to form a band; Ice, bassist with Gloria Mundi, Shears and Guy formed New Men. The band didn't last long, so Shears went to Cowboys International and Guy formed another band, but continued to maintain contacts. Later Survival Records (label founded by the duo Drinking Electricity) offered them money to work in the studio.
Suppose there was an album so impressive that someone named their music blog after it? In the heyday of the "sharity" blogosphere, there was (and still is) indeed a site that took it's name from the very album I'm offering here.
Faith Global's lone LP, in my opinion, isn't of epochal, ground-shifting caliber, but it's still pretty damn good. Featuring ex-Ultravox (John Foxx era) guitarist Stevie Sheers, F/G were an even more sonically broader proposition, with heavy angularities in the vicinity of early '70s Bowie, Psych Furs, Japan, and more negligibly Gary Numan.
Heck, they even roped in Furs sax-finagler Duncan Kilburn for a few songs, thus fortifying my comparison. More art-pop than snyth, and thankfully not run-of-the-mill new wave, F/G's arrangements were fairly dense, sophisticated, and downright stirring at times, particularly on the throbbing "Love Seems Lost" and "Hearts and Flowers." Elsewhere, "Forgotten Man" dabbles with an irresistible funk groove, and the concluding "Facing Facts" emanates shades of "Space Oddity."
As you might imagine, The Same Mistakes blog once featured the album in question, but this rip was taken from my personal copy. You can read their write-up, however the site's download link expired. Regrettably, I'm not in possession of Faith Global's preceding 1982 ep, Earth Report.
Tracklist
1. The Same Mistakes - 4:55
2. Forgotten Man - 4:42
3. Hearts & Flowers - 2:21
4. Knowing The Way - 3:48
5. Love Seems Lost - 3:11
6. Coded World - 3:26
7. Yayo - 3:15
8. Slaves To This - 4:33
9. Facing Facts - 3:49
Companies, etc.
- Bass – Neil Hughes (tracks: A1 to A4, B3), Steen (tracks: B1), Stevie Shears
- Composed By [Compositions] – Guy, Shears
- Design [Sleeve Design] – Stevie Shears
- Drums – Graham King (tracks: A1 to A4, B2, B3)
- Guitar – Adam Hart (tracks: B1), Stevie Shears
- Mastered By – BilBo
- Photography By – Rowland John Oxland
- Producer – Faith Global
- Saxophone – Duncan Kilburn (tracks: A2, A4)
- Synthesizer [Synthetics], Piano – Stevie Shears
- Vocals, Acoustic Guitar – Jason Guy
Notes
Released: 1983
Genre: Electronic, Pop
Style: New Wave, Synth-pop
Length: 33:40
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