Faith & Disease
| Company type | Musical group |
|---|---|
| Industry | Music |
| Founded | 1994 |
| Headquarters | Seattle , United States |
| Products | Music albums |
Faith & Disease was an ethereal wave ensemble based in Seattle that launched their career with the 1994 album Beauty and Bitterness. The principal contributors were Eric Cooley, who handled guitar, bass, songwriting, and production, alongside Dara Rosenwasser, who provided vocals, lyrics, and co-writing.
Biography
Faith & Disease began their journey under the Seattle independent label Ivy Records before moving to Projekt Records. Throughout their career, they produced six full-length albums and appeared on various compilations. Notably, they collaborated with electronic musician Jeff Greinke on the EP Dream The Red Clouds, released by the Italian label Amplexus Records. The group performed in excess of 300 concerts, featuring at events such as Bumbershoot, Folklife, headlining the Convergence festival, NXNW, and the 1999 CMJ Music Festival. They conducted extensive tours across the United States in 1998, 1999, 2001, and completed a final Western US tour promoting their 2003 album Passport to Kunming. Their concluding live appearances took place at Seattle's Experience Music Project in 2005 and at Neumos on March 23, 2006. To date, there have been no announcements regarding any reunion.
Studio albums
- Beauty and Bitterness (Ivy Records, 1994)
- Fortune His Sleep (Ivy Records, 1995)
- Livesongs: Third Body (Ivy Records, 1995)
- Insularia (Ivy Records, 1998)
- Lamentations: A Collection (Ivy Records, 1999)
- Beneath the Trees (Projekt Records, 2000)
- Dream The Red Clouds (Amplexus Records, 2002)
- Passport to Kunming (Projekt Records, 2003)