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Apr 29, 2014The Faint have finally hit upon the idea of letting all of those varying sounds simply collapse in on one another, only to arrive at an album that sounds the most like them, even if we’ve never quite heard it before.
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Apr 8, 2014Whether agitated or brooding, Doom Abuse is a pointed reminder that The Faint is most comfortable when things are slightly askew.
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MagnetMay 19, 2014A comeback triumph that exchanges the desiccated roboticism of its predecessor for the vital, maniac, seductively imperfect epic exuberance. [No. 109, p.55]
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May 1, 2014The Faint have come back in from the cold with the release of Doom Abuse, and frankly it's like they never went away.
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Apr 15, 2014It’s a fun album, an album that the world is better for having, but hardly something you hope other musicians hear and emulate.
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UncutApr 28, 2014Its hard-edged synth-punk is grittier and harsher this time around, perhaps their best collection since 2001's Danse Macabre.
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Alternative PressApr 7, 2014Doom Abuse is great, if only as a reminder of how good Blank-Wave Arcade was way, way back in 1999. [May 2014, p.91]
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Apr 7, 2014Equal parts whimsical and despondent, it's Disintegration-era Cure wearing an Imagine Dragons hoodie that's trying to have an LCD Soundsystem, "All My Friends" moment, and while the Faint don't quite pull it off, they're all the better for trying.
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Apr 9, 2014The lyrical content is the same paranoid, anti-establishment apocalypse they’ve been writing since Dance Macabre, and while the music is a shift back to the grime that was absent from Fasciinatiion, it’s still The Faint holding to their new wave revival.
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Apr 7, 2014Doom Abuse is a cathartic slap in the face from a band that sounds completely revitalized after its multi-year slumber.
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May 23, 2014Every element dances on the verge of clipping or glitching, and The Faint's brand of controlled chaos holds the album together like a corset.
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Apr 7, 2014Doom Abuse is most enjoyable when its superficial slapstick is at its most pronounced, which is most of the time.