So Faint – Chain Chain Chain

Last month So Faint, the collaborative project of Lyn Heinemann and Hannah Georgas, shared their debut single “Fully Slow.” Described by Stereogum as “an extremely promising earworm full of yearning,” the single was the the first fruit of a decade-long friendship born of a chance encounter in a Vancouver recording studio. After years on separate paths, with Lyn stepping away from bands, but still writing music for herself and Hannah building an acclaimed international music career that has recently seen her join Broken Social Scene for their latest LP Remember The Humans, the two reunited in 2023 to create the music they’d been quietly missing.

The single coincided with the announce of the band’s self-titled debut, which will be released on Georgas’ new label Beetle Bomb Records on October 16th. It was produced by Sean Sroka, engineered by Graham Walsh (Holy Fuck, Bully, Alvvays) and mixed by Alex Farrar (MJ Lenderman, Soccer Mommy, Angel Olsen). As a debut the album lands with the kind of quiet confidence that makes its charms feel inevitable. It’s music that clearly understands pop structure, but treats it less like a blueprint and more like a suggestion. The record’s real momentum comes from the push and pull between its two songwriters, Hannah Georgas and Lyn Heinemann. Their sensibilities orbit the same melodic gravity while arriving from different trajectories, and the tension between those approaches gives the album its shape. You can hear the seriousness with which both approach songwriting, not in any heavy-handed way, but in the careful balance of instinct and restraint that lets these songs feel both effortless and meticulously built.

Today, the band are sharing a second preview of the record, a track called “Chain Chain Chain.”

Georgas says of the track:

“Chain Chain Chain is about choosing commitment while quietly knowing the relationship feels broken. Not because there’s no love, but because love alone isn’t fixing what’s broken. It’s driven by history, loyalty, and the weight of having built something together. Staying becomes a choice grounded in commitment rather than desire.”

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