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Todd Fink

Todd Fink is an American singer, songwriter, and visual artist best known as lead vocalist of The Faint. He co-founded the Omaha group in the mid-1990s and first performed with the lineup under the name Norman Bailer. Fink has led the band across seven studio albums, including Egowerk (2019). Outside the band he releases electronic work with Depressed Buttons and records as Closeness with Orenda Fink. He directs visual design for The Faint, including the artwork for Egowerk.

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Todd Fink
Born
Todd Baechle
OriginOmaha, Nebraska, U.S.
Occupations
  • Singer
  • songwriter
  • record producer
  • visual artist
Instruments
  • Vocals
  • synthesizer
  • keyboards
Years active1995–present
Labels
  • Saddle Creek
  • blank.wav
  • SQE Music
  • Graveface
  • Mad Decent
Spouse
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(m. 2005)​

Todd Fink (born Todd Baechle) is an American singer, songwriter, and visual artist best known as lead vocalist of The Faint. He co-founded the Omaha group in the mid-1990s and first performed with the lineup under the name Norman Bailer. Fink has led the band across seven studio albums, including Egowerk (2019).12 Outside the band he releases electronic work with Depressed Buttons and records as Closeness with Orenda Fink. He directs visual design for The Faint, including the artwork for Egowerk.3

Career

1995–2004: Formation and early releases

Fink co-founded The Faint in Omaha with Clark Baechle and an early lineup that performed as Norman Bailer. The band issued Media (1998) before emphasizing electronics on Blank-Wave Arcade (1999) and Danse Macabre (2001).2456 Coverage of the Saddle Creek era credits Fink as the group's primary vocalist and lyricist during the stylistic shift.7

2004–2014: National profile

The Faint issued Wet from Birth (2004) through Saddle Creek, then self-released Fasciinatiion (2008) on the band's blank.wav imprint.89 Doom Abuse arrived in 2014 on SQE Music and later returned to Saddle Creek for a 2024 reissue.10

During this span Fink, Clark Baechle, and Jacob Thiele launched the DJ and production project Depressed Buttons and released the QWERTY EP on Diplo's Mad Decent label in 2010.1112

2017–present: Closeness and later work

With Orenda Fink he formed Closeness and released the six-track EP Personality Therapy through Graveface in 2017.1314 The Faint returned with Egowerk (2019), which features Fink's artwork.13 In 2024 and 2025 he participated in anniversary reissue projects centered on Blank-Wave Arcade and Wet from Birth.1516

Other activity

Fink briefly played bass in Commander Venus in the late 1990s during the cycle surrounding the band's second album, a stint noted in label materials.17 Interviews and profiles cite him as The Faint's creative lead and primary voice when discussing the group's aesthetics and production approach.718

Personal life

Fink married musician Orenda Fink in 2005 and adopted her surname.19

Discography

With the Faint (studio albums)

Title Year Label Notes
Media 5 1998 Saddle Creek (LBJ-21) Debut album.
Blank-Wave Arcade 4 1999 Saddle Creek (LBJ-28)
Danse Macabre 6 2001 Saddle Creek Original release 2001, multiple reissues including deluxe editions.
Wet from Birth 8 2004 Saddle Creek (LBJ-67)
Fasciinatiion 9 2008 blank.wav Self-released by the band.
Doom Abuse 10 2014 SQE Music Reissued by Saddle Creek in 2024.
Egowerk 1 2019 Saddle Creek (LBJ-279)

With Closeness

Title Type Year Label
Personality Therapy EP 2017 Graveface1314

With Depressed Buttons

Title Type Year Label
QWERTY EP 2010 Mad Decent1112

Selected interviews and profiles

  • Fink on stylistic influences behind Blank-Wave Arcade (BrooklynVegan, 2025).20
  • Album-cycle interview for Egowerk (FLOOD, 2019).7
  • 25-year retrospective interview on Blank-Wave Arcade (Boing Boing, 2024).16
References

References

  1. "Egowerk". Saddle Creek. Retrieved September 26, 2025.
  2. "The Faint Reissues: Todd Fink Interview". Stereogum. March 13, 2025. Retrieved September 26, 2025.
  3. "Egowerk". Bandcamp. The Faint/Saddle Creek. March 15, 2019. Retrieved September 26, 2025.
  4. "Blank-Wave Arcade". Saddle Creek. Retrieved September 26, 2025.
  5. "Media". Saddle Creek. Retrieved September 26, 2025.
  6. "Danse Macabre". Saddle Creek. Retrieved September 26, 2025.
  7. "The Faint Will Always Be Cut from the Saddle Creek Cloth". FLOOD Magazine. March 13, 2019. Retrieved September 26, 2025.
  8. "Wet from Birth". Saddle Creek. Retrieved September 26, 2025.
  9. "Fasciinatiion". Bandcamp. The Faint/blank.wav. August 5, 2008. Retrieved September 26, 2025.
  10. "Doom Abuse". Saddle Creek. Retrieved September 26, 2025.
  11. Phillips, Amy (November 10, 2010). ""Ow!"". Pitchfork. Retrieved September 26, 2025.
  12. "When "Depressed" Means Overstimulated: Q&A with Todd Fink of Depressed Buttons". Vice. May 2011. Retrieved September 26, 2025.
  13. "Closeness = Todd Fink from The Faint + Orenda Fink from Azure Ray (listen)". BrooklynVegan. February 6, 2017. Retrieved September 26, 2025.
  14. "Closeness – "More Romantic"". Stereogum. January 11, 2017. Retrieved September 26, 2025.
  15. "The Faint – Blank-Wave Arcade & Wet from Birth Deluxe Editions Announced". Saddle Creek. January 28, 2025. Retrieved September 26, 2025.
  16. "The Faint: 25 years of Blank-Wave Arcade (Todd Fink interview)". Boing Boing. October 29, 2024. Retrieved September 26, 2025.
  17. "Commander Venus". Ghostmeat Records. Retrieved September 26, 2025.
  18. "Q&A with The Faint". Anthem. November 16, 2012. Retrieved September 26, 2025.
  19. "Why some men take their wives' last names". The Christian Science Monitor. June 9, 2015. Retrieved September 26, 2025.
  20. "The Faint's Todd Fink tells us how The Cure, DEVO, The Normal and more influenced their 1999 album Blank-Wave Arcade". BrooklynVegan. March 14, 2025. Retrieved September 26, 2025.
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