Faith - Subject To Change plus First Demo

* While Minor Threat is often held up as the preeminent DC band of the early years, for many  people  it was with the Faith that they felt the strongest connection to, and it was a sad day when they played their last show.

* On Subject to ChangeFaith introduced a layered melodic approach that would blossom fully in later Faith-related bands like Rites of Spring and Embrace. Unfortunately, by the time anybody heard Subject to Change, the band was no more. The interpersonal strife proved too much and Faith played their last show in August 1983.  The record was released posthumously four months later.

* For this reissued edition of Subject to Change we have expanded the release from its original EP format into a full-length with the addition of 11-tracks from the band’s first demo recorded in 1981 at Inner Ear Studios. Most of these songs were later re-recorded and included on the band’s 1982 split LP with Void (Faith/Void DIS08V).

* The fall of 1981 found the Washington, DC punk scene in one of the first of many fallow periods when a number of active bands broke up at the same time. SOA, Minor Threat, Red C and The Untouchables had all split up, and this resulted in a number of the musicians reorganizing. Mike and Ivor from SOA formed a new band with Alec of The Untouchables singing and another Wilson High School kid, Chris Bald, on bass. They called themselves 'The Faith' and played their first show at H.B. Woodlawn High School in November '81.

* At the end of 1982, Eddie (also a former member of The Untouchables) joined Faith as a second guitarist and six months later they recorded the Subject to Change12" EP. Though clocking in at less than 14 minutes, this record was hugely important to the people here in D.C. and to others around the country and the world that were interested in the music here.

Tracklist:

Side A SUBJECT TO CHANGE

1)Aware  2) Say No More  3) Limitations  4) No Choice  5) Untitled  6) Subject To Change  7) More of the Same  8) Slowdown                                                                                                                                                                  

Recorded in May 1983 at Inner Ear Studios by Don Zientara; Produced by Ian MacKaye and Faith. Tracks originally released on Dischord Records DIS11V and DIS87CD. Remastered by TJ Lipple in June 2011.

Side B FIRST DEMO 1981

1) You're X'd  2) Don't Tell Me  3) In the Black  4) In Control  5) It's Time  6) Another Victim  7) Nightmare  8) Trapped 9) No Choice   10) Confusion 11) What's Wrong With Me
Recorded December 1981 at Inner Ear Studios by Don Zientara; Produced by Ian MacKaye. Mastered by TJ Lipple in June 2011.

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