The Faint Share Previously Unreleased “Zealots,” Annouce Reissues & Tour

The entire “indie sleaze” aesthetic, if that’s what we’re calling it these days, basically owes its existence to the Faint, a band that came ripping out of Omaha in the late ’90s and pretty much redefined a certain version of hipster culture. The Faint wee punks from the same small circle that produced Bright Eyes and Cursive, but they made frantically throbbing, deeply horny synth-punk, and they really threw themselves into it. They had skinny black clothes and complicated hair and...

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