First Demo

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First Demo
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Demo album by
ReleasedNovember 18, 2014
RecordedJanuary 1988
Studio Inner Ear Studios, Dischord House, Arlington, Virginia
Genre Post-hardcore
Length35:41
Label Dischord
Producer Fugazi, Don Zientara
Fugazi chronology
Fugazi Live Series
(2004–present)
First Demo
(2014)
Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
SourceRating
Metacritic 78/100 [1]
Review scores
SourceRating
The 405 8/10 [2]
Allmusic Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svg [3]
Clash 8/10 [4]
Consequence of Sound B+ [5]
Exclaim! 7/10 [6]
The Line of Best Fit 7.5/10 [7]
musicOMH Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svg [8]
NME 7/10 [9]
OndaRock 6.5/10 [10]
Pitchfork Media 7.6/10 [11]

First Demo is a demo album from the post-hardcore band Fugazi released on November 18, 2014 through Dischord Records. It was recorded at Don Zientara's Inner Ear Studios in Arlington, VA and the Dischord House in 1988. It is the band's first studio release in over thirteen years, since the release of The Argument in October 2001. First Demo was released on LP, CD and Digital Download.

Contents

Writing and recording

First Demo was recorded in January 1988 with the band having only performed 10 shows together. The album features the 10 tracks from the original demo tape including "In Defense of Humans", which was released on 1989's State of the Union compilation as well as an additional track from the session, "Turn Off Your Guns", a song previously never released in its studio form and only available through the Fugazi Live Series. [12]

Track listing

All tracks are written by Fugazi

No.TitleLead vocalsLength
1."Waiting Room"MacKaye3:10
2."Merchandise"MacKaye3:07
3."Furniture"MacKaye4:07
4."Song No. 1"MacKaye3:00
5."The Word"MacKaye4:38
6."Bad Mouth"MacKaye2:54
7."Break-In"Picciotto1:36
8."Turn Off Your Guns"MacKaye3:43
9."And the Same"MacKaye5:08
10."In Defense of Humans"MacKaye2:47
11."Joe No. 1"(instrumental)1:41

Personnel

Production

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