Instrument Soundtrack

It is a mainly instrumental soundtrack for Instrument, the documentary film about the band produced by the band and filmmaker Jem Cohen.

The soundtrack mostly consists of previously unreleased songs and studio outtakes culled from Fugazi's history to that point, as well as seven demo versions of songs from their proper albums (six from 1998's End Hits and one from 1993's In on the Kill Taker).

Of particular note is the song "I'm So Tired", a piano ballad played and sung by Ian MacKaye, which is a significant departure from Fugazi's usual post-hardcore sound.

"Shaken All Over" features the bassline of Johnny Kidd & the Pirates' "Shakin' All Over", as well as MacKaye briefly singing the chorus line with heavy dub echo.

The riff from "Lusty Scripps" was played in Fugazi's final live show, in the break between the main set and the encore.{{Cite web|url=http://www.dischord.com/fugazi_live_series/london-england-110402|title = Fugazi Live Series: London, England, 11/04/02}}

"I'm So Tired" has been covered by Fog Lake,{{cite web|url=http://www.birp.fm/songoftheday/fog-lake+im-so-tired-fugazi-cover|title=Fog Lake - I'm So Tired (Fugazi Cover)|date=February 3, 2018|website=Birp.fm|access-date=February 13, 2019}} Gengahr,{{cite web|url=https://www.thelineofbestfit.com/news/latest-news/gengahr-share-cover-of-fugazis-im-so-tired|title=Gengahr share cover of Fugazi's "I'm So Tired"|last=Day|first=Laurence|date=June 4, 2015|website=The Line of Best Fit|access-date=February 13, 2019}} Jennylee,{{cite web|url=https://www.nme.com/news/music/warpaint-jennylee-cover-fugazi-classic-im-so-tired-2621797|title=Warpaint's jennylee shares bewitching cover of Fugazi classic 'I'm So Tired'|last=Daly|first=Rhian|date=March 6, 2020|website=NME|access-date=April 22, 2020|quote=I love, admire and respect Fugazi with my whole heart… always have. The sentiment of 'I'm So Tired' is deeply moving and extremely relatable. It was such a pleasure and a pleasant surprise I was able to pull this off. I hope I did it justice, it sure was FUN (and that's the point of it all). Big love and kudos to Fugazi forever.}} Lala Lala,{{cite web|url=https://www.thefader.com/2023/11/21/lala-lala-shares-a-crushed-cover-of-fugazis-im-so-tired|title=Lala Lala shares a crushed cover of Fugazi's "I'm So Tired"|date=November 21, 2023|website=The Fader|access-date=January 29, 2024}} Ultimate Painting,{{cite web|url=https://aquariumdrunkard.com/2014/12/02/the-lagniappe-sessions-ultimate-painting-cover-fugazi-times-new-viking-sheryl-crow-more/|title=The Lagniappe Sessions : Ultimate Painting (Cover Fugazi, Times New Viking, Sheryl Crow & More...)|date=December 2, 2014|website=Aquarium Drunkard|access-date=April 22, 2020}} and Eddie Vedder.{{cite web|url=https://www.stereogum.com/1943482/eddie-vedders-amsterdam-tour-opener-was-a-subtle-chris-cornell-tribute/news/|title=Eddie Vedder's Amsterdam Tour Opener Was A Subtle Chris Cornell Tribute|last=Helman|first=Peter|date=May 29, 2017|website=Stereogum|access-date=January 29, 2024}}{{cite web|url=https://consequence.net/2017/05/eddie-vedders-cover-of-fugazis-im-so-tired-is-sad-pretty-and-powerful-watch/|title=Eddie Vedder's cover of Fugazi's "I'm So Tired" is sad, pretty, and powerful — watch|last=Colburn|first=Randall|date=May 30, 2017|website=Consequence|access-date=February 13, 2019}}{{cite web|url=https://pitchfork.com/news/73876-watch-pearl-jams-eddie-vedder-cover-fugazi-cat-power-david-bowie/|title=Watch Eddie Vedder Cover Fugazi's "I'm So Tired"|last=Blais-Billie|first=Braudie|date=May 30, 2017|website=Pitchfork|access-date=January 29, 2024}} The song was also covered by Kiki and Herb in their 2016 cabaret show Kiki & Herb: Seeking Asylum! at Joe's Pub.{{cite web

| url = https://www.theatermania.com/off-broadway/reviews/kiki-and-herb-seeking-asylum_76944.html

| title = Kiki and Herb: Seeking Asylum!

| last = Stewart

| first = Zachary

| date = 2016-05-03

| publisher = Talkhouse

| access-date = 2020-11-05

}}

{{Music ratings

|rev1 = AllMusic

|rev1score = {{rating|3|5}}{{cite web|title=Fugazi - Instrument|url={{AllMusic|class=album|id=r400345|pure_url=yes}}|publisher=AllMusic|author=Modell, Josh|accessdate=March 17, 2010}}

| rev2 = Encyclopedia of Popular Music

| rev2score = {{Rating|2|5}}{{cite book|chapter=Fugazi|title=The Encyclopedia of Popular Music|title-link=Encyclopedia of Popular Music|last=Larkin|first=Colin |author-link=Colin Larkin|publisher=Omnibus Press|edition=5th concise|year=2011|isbn=978-0-85712-595-8}}

|rev4 = Rolling Stone

|rev4score = {{Rating|2.5|5}}{{cite book|author=D.W.|editor-last1=Brackett|editor-first1=Nathan|editor-last2=Hoard|editor-first2=Christian|date=2004|chapter=Fugazi|title=The New Rolling Stone Album Guide|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=t9eocwUfoSoC&pg=PA315|edition=Completely Revised and Updated 4th|page=315|publisher=Fireside|isbn=0-7432-0169-8|access-date=January 29, 2024}}

|rev3 = Pitchfork Media

|rev3score = 8.0/10{{cite web|url=https://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/3240-instrument-soundtrack/|title=Fugazi: Instrument Soundtrack Album Review|last=DiCrescenzo|first=Brent|date=April 27, 1999|website=Pitchfork|access-date=March 17, 2010}}

|rev5 = Uncut

|rev5score = 7/10{{Cite web|url=https://archive.org/details/uncut-april-2021/page/78/mode/2up|title=Uncut - April 2021}}

}}

Brent DiCrescenzo of Pitchfork gave the album a positive review, describing it as "sound[ing] remarkably playful" and concluding: "For all those who worry that the Fugazi story may be coming to an end, both Instrument and its soundtrack show a band still growing and, in some ways, just getting started." Amy Sciarretto of CMJ New Music Report wrote: "Collecting 18 surprisingly ambient, previously unreleased Fugazi demos and practice tapes, [...] Instrument is Fugazi's most focused attempt at mellowness and subtlety."{{cite magazine|last=Sciarretto|first=Amy|date=May 24, 1999|title=Reviews {{!}} Fugazi - Instrument (Dischord)|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=9lAG_kLMQAcC&pg=PA26|magazine=CMJ New Music Report|publisher=CMJ|volume=58|issue=9 #619|page=26|issn=0890-0795}} The New Rolling Stone Album Guide called the album "mostly ragged and unformed, but for confirmed Fugaziphiles, it's a solidly interesting peek into the band's creative process."

MacKaye later said of the album:

Instrument is sort of my favorite record, because those were recorded for us. So none of it was for public consumption. So when you listen back, it's just us practicing, us playing together, and it just sounds relaxed.{{cite book|last=Gross|first=Joe|date=2018|title=Fugazi's In on the Kill Taker|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=0PFKDwAAQBAJ&pg=PA136|series=33⅓|publisher=Bloomsbury Academic|isbn=978-1501321399}}

{{Track listing

| extra_column = Notes

| title1 = Pink Frosty

| length1 = 3:47

| extra1 = (demo)

| title2 = Lusty Scripps

| length2 = 3:42

| title3 = Arpeggiator

| length3 = 2:54

| extra3 = (demo)

| title4 = Afterthought

| length4 = 1:28

| title5 = Trio's

| length5 = 2:15

| title6 = Turkish Disco

| length6 = 2:34

| extra6 = (Features as part of "Number 5")

| title7 = Me and Thumbelina

| length7 = 0:45

| title8 = Floating Boy

| length8 = 3:35

| extra8 = (demo)

| title9 = Link Track

| length9 = 1:26

| title10 = Little Debbie

| length10 = 1:49

| title11 = H.B.

| length11 = 1:19

| title12 = I'm So Tired

| length12 = 1:59

| title13 = Rend It

| length13 = 3:32

| extra13 = (demo)

| title14 = Closed Captioned

| length14 = 5:50

| extra14 = (demo)

| title15 = Guilford Fall

| extra15 = (demo)

| length15 = 3:29

| title16 = Swingset

| length16 = 1:37

| title17 = Shaken All Over

| length17 = 0:58

| title18 = Slo Crostic

| length18 = 2:41

| extra18 = (Slow version of "Caustic Acrostic")

}}

Fugazi

• Ian MacKaye – guitar (1, 2, 5, 6, 8, 9, 15–18), keyboards (4), bass (11), piano (12), vocals (7, 10, 12, 17)
• Guy Picciotto – guitar (1, 3, 6, 8, 10, 13–16, 18), clarinet (2, 7), drum machine & bass drum (3), bass & dehumidifier percussion (13), thumb piano (17), vocals (13, 17)
• Joe Lally – bass (1, 2, 4–6, 8–10, 15, 16, 18)
• Brendan Canty – drums (1–4, 6–11, 14–16, 18), guitar & bass (3, 14), melodica (5), vocals (17)

Technical personnel

• Engineer: Fugazi (1, 2, 5, 7, 8, 10, 12, 15, 18), Brendan Canty & Guy Picciotto (3, 14), Don Zientara (9, 17)
• Mixing: Fugazi (2, 4, 6, 10, 16, 17), Guy Picciotto (1, 5, 8, 13, 15, 18), Brendan Canty & Guy Picciotto (3, 14), Brendan Canty & Ian MacKaye (7, 12), Fugazi & Don Zientara (9), Brendan Canty (11)
• Graphic design: Fugazi, Jason Farrell (cover help)
• Photography: Jem Cohen (cover), Guy Picciotto (insert)

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