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The View from This Tower is the only full-length album by the American post-hardcore band Faraquet.[2][3] It was released on Dischord Records in 2000 (Dischord #122). The album was the band's fourth, and last, recorded work.

The View from This Tower
Studio album by Faraquet
Released	2000
Recorded	February 2000
Genre	Post-hardcore,[1] math rock
Length	36:57
Label	Dischord

Production

The album was produced in part by J. Robbins.[4]

Critical reception

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[1]
Pitchfork Media	8.0/10.0[5]
Portland Mercury	[6]

The Washington Post wrote that "the band has no interest in comfortable or communal moments ... Its stand-offishness, however, is frequently bracing."[7] Exclaim! called the album "a mesmerising blend of jagged, jazz-tinged, indie math rock."[4]

Track listing

1. "Cut Self Not" SOUTHERN | faraquet > the view... > audio
2. "Carefully Planned"
3. "The Fourth Introduction"
4. "Song for Friends to Me"
5. "Conceptual Separation of Self" (Cello performed by Amy Domingues)
6. "Study in Complacency"
7. "Sea Song"
8. "The View from This Tower"
9. "The Missing Piece"

References

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