Face Tat

Face Tat
Face Tat
Studio album by Zach Hill
Released	October 19, 2010
Recorded	April 2, 2009 – July 1, 2010
Genre	Noise rock; noise; experimental; punk jazz; no wave; electronic;
Length	39:38
Label	Sargent House
Producer	Andy Morin; Zach Hill;
Zach Hill chronology

Face Tat (stylized in all caps) is the second full-length studio album by American recording artist Zach Hill. It was co-produced by Andy Morin and released on October 19, 2010.

Artwork

The album cover shows a photograph of an angry woman with short black hair wearing a flannel shirt and overalls. She is holding a compressed air can which is spewing flames that she is glaring at. She is stood in front of a row of trees in daytime. There is a narrow plain white border around the image where the name of the album is handwritten in the top-right corner.

The cover was designed by Andy Morin and Sonny Kay and photographed by Sean Stout.

The woman appearing on the album cover is Liz Liles.^[1]

Reception

Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
Source	Rating
Metacritic	74/100^[2]
Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	^[3]
The A.V. Club	A−^[4]
Drowned in Sound	7/10^[5]
musicOMH	^[6]
Pitchfork	7.5/10^[7]
PopMatters	^[8]
Tiny Mix Tapes	^[9]

Face Tat received positive reviews from critics upon release. On Metacritic, the album holds a score of 74/100 based on 13 reviews, indicating "generally favorable reviews".^[2]

Track listing

All lyrics are written by Zach Hill.

*Face Tat*^[3]
No.	Title	Writer(s)	Producer(s)	Length
1.	"Memo to the Man"	Zach Hill Greg Saunier Nick Reinhart	Zach Hill Andy Morin	3:42
2.	"The Primitives Talk"	Hill	Hill Morin	3:22
3.	"Ex-Ravers"	Hill Reinhart	Hill Morin	3:20
4.	"The Sacto Smile"	Hill Reinhart Randy Randall Dean Spunt	Hill Morin	1:58
5.	"Green Bricks"	Hill	Hill Morin	2:42
6.	"House of Hits"	Hill Reinhart	Hill Morin	4:54
7.	"Jackers"	Hill	Hill Morin	1:33
8.	"Burner in the Video"	Hill Robby Moncrieff	Hill Morin	3:27
9.	"Dizzy from the Twins"	Hill Reinhart	Hill Morin	2:23
10.	"Gross Sales"	Hill Guillermo Scott Herren	Hill Morin	2:48
11.	"Total Recall"	Hill Randall Spunt	Hill Morin	3:02
12.	"Face Tat"	Hill Carson McWhirter	Hill Morin	3:42
13.	"Second Life"	Hill Devendra Banhart	Hill Morin	2:45
Total length:				39:38

Personnel

Andy Morin - keyboards, programming, recording and mixing
Nick Reinhart - guitar (1,2,3,4,6,9)
Greg Saunier - drums (1)
Randy Randall - guitar (4,11)
Dean Spunt - vocals (4,11)
Robby Moncrieff - keyboards, guitar, programming (8)
Guillermo Scott Herren - programming, electronics (10)
Carson McWhirter - guitar (12)
Devendra Banhart - vocals (13)

References

^ "An Interview with Zach Hill". I Heart Noise. Retrieved January 29, 2025.
^ ^a ^b "Face Tat Reviews". Metacritic. Retrieved December 27, 2016.
^ ^a ^b Lymangrover, Jason. Review of Face Tat at AllMusic. Retrieved March 26, 2018.
^ Martins, Chris (October 19, 2010). "Zach Hill: Face Tat". The A.V. Club. Retrieved March 26, 2018.
^ Bloomfield, Philip (December 13, 2010). "Album Review: Zach Hill – Face Tat". Drowned in Sound. Archived from the original on March 27, 2018. Retrieved March 26, 2018.
^ Clarke, Jude. "Zach Hill – Face Tat". musicOMH. Archived from the original on December 13, 2010. Retrieved March 26, 2018.
^ Murphy, Matthew (October 13, 2010). "Zach Hill: Face Tat". Pitchfork. Retrieved December 27, 2016.
^ Galil, Leor (December 2, 2010). "Zach Hill: Face Tat". PopMatters. Retrieved March 26, 2018.
^ Purdum, Grant. "Zach Hill – Face Tat". Tiny Mix Tapes. Retrieved March 26, 2018.

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[ihrtn-1] "An Interview with Zach Hill". I Heart Noise. Retrieved January 29, 2025.

[MC-2] "Face Tat Reviews". Metacritic. Retrieved December 27, 2016.

[AllM-3] Lymangrover, Jason. Review of Face Tat at AllMusic. Retrieved March 26, 2018.

[AVClub-4] Martins, Chris (October 19, 2010). "Zach Hill: Face Tat". The A.V. Club. Retrieved March 26, 2018.

[DiS-5] Bloomfield, Philip (December 13, 2010). "Album Review: Zach Hill – Face Tat". Drowned in Sound. Archived from the original on March 27, 2018. Retrieved March 26, 2018.

[OMH-6] Clarke, Jude. "Zach Hill – Face Tat". musicOMH. Archived from the original on December 13, 2010. Retrieved March 26, 2018.

[pitchfork-7] Murphy, Matthew (October 13, 2010). "Zach Hill: Face Tat". Pitchfork. Retrieved December 27, 2016.

[PopM-8] Galil, Leor (December 2, 2010). "Zach Hill: Face Tat". PopMatters. Retrieved March 26, 2018.

[TMT-9] Purdum, Grant. "Zach Hill – Face Tat". Tiny Mix Tapes. Retrieved March 26, 2018.

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