Faces
Mac Miller
2014
Faces showcases an alternate reality of Miller’s life. It begins with Miller doing anything he can to become famous and make his voice heard in the music scene, beginning with only a dollar and a dream in life.
Throughout the album, Miller begins to depend on drugs to cope with the sudden launch to fame. By “Happy Birthday”, Miller doesn’t want to do anything else other than fuel his creativity through addiction and make music in the studio, despite there being a birthday party for him upstairs.
As Miller sits in the studio during the birthday party upstairs, he ponders his past, present, and where his life will lead him over the next three tracks. Songs “Happy Birthday”, “Wedding” and “Funeral” represent a mini trilogy of Mac’s life at three millstone stages in an average person’s life and his personal take on his life leading to death.
During “Rain”, Miller dies from a drug overdose and continues to create music with the ghosts around him in the studio. Continuing out the remainder of the album, Miller reminisces on his life, accomplishments and what more he could have done while he was alive.
Stand-Out Tracks
Inside Outside
Friends
Therapy
Diablo
Colors and Shapes
