does anyone have any tabs to submarines off of wild type droid?? i’m wanting to learn the song on guitar for a recital performance at my HS but i can’t find any tabs anywhere. thx in advance!

I’ve always liked how the demo(?) sounds better than the fully mixed song. It’s just so much more gritty and personal i guess. I want to know if anyone else agrees with me?

I’ve finally gotten around to watching this (don’t ask why), but I just wanted to express to anyone who will listen how amazing? orgasmic? Ken’s and Greg’s tones are on these performances.

I’m aware of how conscious Ken/Greg are regarding sound/tone/mix, etc (which has always been great IMO) and I also saw them on this and every other tour since they reunited, but holy hell watching this is making me need to change my pants. I couldn’t stop thinking about Ken’s bass on Counterfeit Sky that I just restarted the whole thing.

I know I’m not alone here, and I apologize for waiting this long to watch. Thanks.

Teenage Wrist is probably my favorite new band of the past five years or so. Their newest album 'Still Love' is fantastic. Just got an email from their bandcamp about a deluxe version coming out......which I am pretty jazzed about. Even more jazzed to see that one of the tracks (Sunshine....which already rules) is a new mix by none other than Ken Andrews.

https://teenagewrist.bandcamp.com/album/still-love-deluxe?from=fanpub_fnb

They came to NC during covid and i missed them. Big regret

I’ve been a Failure fan for 30 years, the song Solaris has always stood out from the rest of Fantastic Planet as clearly inspired by the film/novel, not addiction. However, clearly the novel tackles themes of obsession and isolation, which are related to addiction and the rest of the album. However, my fascination with the novel resonates with the concept of a planet-sized brain grappling with thinking it’s way through the questions of existence and mechanics and the summaries of human scientific inquiries and our attempt to understand and organize our own knowledge.

“I’m on an ocean, that has a brain and makes us dream.”

Sorry if it’s been answered, but why aren’t their newer albums on Spotify?

I just finished making a MIDI version of another space song. Not sure where to share it or if anyone would be interested in it. But welcome to any ideas. It's my favorite song and I programmed it all in a Roland SH-4D. I think it's like 99% correct. Anyways excited to find this sub and share in the love of my favorite band since I saw them at Lollapalooza 97.

Hi guys, on this day, the 28th anniversary of Fantastic Planet an idea came to my mind. Do you think is it possible to create a tribute cover album for the 30th anniversary of this massive record with the contribution of fans worldwide? Failure was the band that really got me in to making records and I think there are a lot of musicians in this community.

As of today, I’m working on my band’s first record, a space rock opera including a cover of Solaris. I think this cover would be great for a tribute album. What do you think about it?

I just found this previous tribute album on Bandcamp. I’m thinking of something similar but with the Fantastic Planet tracklist

Anyone know where I can find their music? I remember many years ago listening to them but even then couldn’t find their music. And they were active at the time. Thanks !

Hey y’all Hello Merch has a bunch of fresh stock of colored vinyl Magnified, In the Future, and Fantastic Planet!

Just saw Chevelle at Graceland and was pleasantly surprised when Another Space Song started playing on a playlist after Return To Dust played and before Tigercub played.

I am pretty sure it must be Tigercub's Playlist because they definitely have some Failure influence, even down to the bass driven riffs, Ampeg and P-Bass tone, and the drummer had a kit really similar to Kelli Scott's setup with the same number of pieces and Meinl cymbals.

Has anyone else heard them and what are your thoughts?

I got an email saying it was in stock at hello merch, but it was already sold out by the time I went to order it. They did have signed copies available. I did find d it on another site and ordered it there.

Has anyone heard anything on new music?

Anybody know which webcam Ken uses for his videos? Thank you 🤙

I just discovered failure and I like to buy cds of all the artists I really like (I prefer owning to streaming). It says they are out of stock on the website. Would anyone know if they will ever come back in stock??

It's got such amazing songs, my favourite discoveries being Shrine, Mange and You're Too Much. I mean how could you possibly leave any of these out of an album, they're so great. I could also mention Pennies and Petting the Carpet but they got a proper release in later albums.

I really wish they would add the Essentials set to streaming services. Dipped in Anger, Pro Catastrophe, and Count My Eyes are some of my favorite songs and it sucks I have to go to YouTube to listen to them.

Is there a reason why they haven’t?

There's a few Failure CDs I'm interested in buying (Comfort, THIAM, In The Future & Wild Type Droid) but I'm not sure when would be the best time to do it. I've been waiting for some time for some kind of sale on HelloMerch on all Failure items, since I know this has happened before (at least in 2019). But as far as I can tell, lately they only put items on sale if it's a final run, so nothing store-wide. On the other hand, I also don't want to risk missing out on the CDs.

I was hoping somebody who's more familiar with the HelloMerch webshop could help me out a bit:

• Is it true that they don't really do sales on the entire catalogue anymore? Or did I just miss out on them? If 2019 was the last time then maybe there's no use in me waiting for another one.
• Does the webshop show when an item is almost sold out? I know it says when an item is sold out completely, but it would be nice to know if there's some kind of warning when the item I want is low on stock.
• Do the CDs get restocked after they're sold out? I noticed Fantastic Planet is sold out (which, luckily, I already own) but I don't know if maybe it has been sold out before and it's just a temporary thing, and they eventually restock it. I did notice Golden and Essentials were recently part of the clearance sale, but those aren't really part of the main discography so I'm kind of hoping the ones I'm eyeing on will practically be available indefinitely.

Wondering what the actuals were for any the band’s albums? I realize that the odds of anyone with factual knowledge actually responding are slim to none, but I’m curious enough to ask anyway. I think, if memory serves, I read somewhere that Comfort was something like eight or ten, Magnified was in the mid twenties, Fantastic Planet was significantly higher; I want to say like fifty to a hundred but my memory is honestly pretty fuzzy about these, and I’m actually more interested in what the budgets were for The Heart, In the Future and Wild Type Droid. Also I know Ken mixes a lot at his place (Red Swan I think) but where were the tracking sessions booked for any of the last three albums? I did see a pic of the outside of a studio session door with a sign saying NRG so maybe that photo was taken during tracking session for one of them? Please correct me if any of this info is wrong- I’m not a journalist or close to the band (other than sharing the love of music as an art) in any way. Just a curious fan. Thanks!

I remember looking for bands that sound like Failure after they broke up. There was a band named Absent that had mp3s on a website with sliptwixt in the name. Does anyone else remember them? Does anyone have any of their mp3s? I have tried to search online but nothing comes up. I remember one of their songs was called 'Blue Surround'.