Fail is one of the many monikers of Dan Fox, who also records under the names Loss, This is What I Hear When You Talk, and the man behind Inner Demons Records. In short, he has been around long enough to need little introduction. Fail is one of his noisier projects, but it is much more varied in scope than TIWIHWYT and less orchestral than Loss. So let's dive in and see just how unfortunate things can get.

We open up with "Tallypractice," which begins with some heavily processed voices that give way to lots of bass drone and squiggly analog noise sounds. About 6 minutes in, there are some unexpected noise blasts that are significantly louder than the rest of the track. This would be only the first surprise as we find that this was simply Fox opening the floodgate of noise and things get increasingly intense. We have a plodding thud over what sounds like a series of table saws running in unison. Towards the end, we hear more of the processed voice before it is all buried under the crushing noise only to re-emerge victoriously. If you like your noise with a lot of variety, Fail has you covered.
"Unadequacy" opens with what sounds like a dot matrix printer and some synth drone. Bits of static and reverbed metal noise interrupt it all like an unwanted dinner guest. We get a drum beat of sorts later on, but this is dismantled immediately in favor of screeching noise.

Overall, this is a fun ride and there is nothing unfortunate about it. If you found This is What I Hear When You Talk to be a bit too wall-ish for your tastes, this is one you need to check out. There is a ton of variety and the music is crafted well and things are clearly done intentionally. This is solid noise and well worth checking out. This disc weighs in at around 20 minutes and is limited to 42 copies.