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😄 faisal / f.o.m.o review
like finding a gem underneath a larger, slightly rustier gem
Connor Weir
September 16, 2025
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contents
i need to confess something to you all this week. are you ready? it’s a biggie. okay it isn’t, it’s not that big, it’s just that, i listen to all the songs you submit. i do, i make the playlists, i check them all out, i be listening it’s true. sometimes i listen more than once, actualyl quite often because when i’m picking a song for the new week i do it by going through the submissions, that’s where it all starts. and if i find a song i think i can write a good review of and peolpe are going to enjoy then there we go but sometimes you need to listen to a few and narrow the field. anyway, what i’m saying is, sometimes when you listen again then preconceived notions that you might have formed can just fall away. this song is one of those songs. on first inspection the rough and ready aesthetics that compose those first few seconds give an impression of something that isn’t quite done int he oven. but don’t be fooled as i was dear reader, that sound is intentional, not intentionally bad, but definitely intentionally lo-fi. and when it comes together, well then we get ourselves a right banger. meet faisal ryan and his song f.o.m.o.
what i like
i’ve waxed lyrical a little earlier about the aesthetic choices i really like in this song, so let me continue. because i’m not done. the aesthetics of this song are so set in a world that doesn’t exist anymore. the tone and singing, the guitar riffs, the appearance of a tambourine, a tambourine! it’s all of a bygone era but not in a way that feels tacky or cheap. instead it all serves to create something that works, and feels new in it’s own way. take the bridge for example, where the bakcing vocals which we’ve grown acclimitised to shake things up a bit not once but twice! first, a riff on the main theme we’ve had a few times, and then a totally new section as the song comes right back in for that closing chorus. it’s a top tier effort to take an element that is so familiar like those backing vocals, and shake it up massively. it’s not even just those vocals, this song is full of examples of these really well done riffs on a theme. take the tambourine, really lost it when that came in not just because of the novelty of it (but also, lol) but also how it’s used again, so well. bringing it in for half the chorus only for it to give way for a big punishing ride cymbal wailing through the latter half of the chorus. it takes another familiar sound and contrasts it with something a fair bit more modern and just goes for it. beautiful.
what i don’t like
uhm actually not really got anything for this section, i really enjoyed this song. i thought it was really cool and i liked what it did.
my drunk opinion
this song feels like sitting on a really old sofa at a dingy flat playing playstation 2
my drunk opinion
i genuinely kept thinking of weezer. i like, really tried not to, tried to think of something else something more interesting or cool, not to say weezer aren’t cool, but you know what i mean. we’re an underground music newsletter for pete’s sake. whoever pete is, sorry pete. didn’t mean to think about weezer and you in the same breath, especially not in a sort of, like a sofa type situation. pete, there, as the fifth weezer. weeezer.
for a debut track, this song absolutely rules and the follow up does not dissappoint. there’s a lot of talent on the go here, and some really clever song writing backed up by great musicianship. i’m really interested in seeing where they go, as there’s so much potential. plus, i bet the live show for these dudes is insane.
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