The Faint are playing a sold out show Saturday night with Shy Child and Jaguar Love at the 9:30 Club. Doors open at 8 p.m.

Although Bright Eyes became the defining face and sound on Omaha’s Saddle Creek Records, arguably it was The Faint who helped first bring the label into the spotlight with their synthy, dance-punk anthems. The Faint not only made people dance, they made people think, with songs like “Agenda Suicide” and “Paranoiattack” taking stabs at more high-minded social fare. Their latest offering, Fasciinatiion, continues their trend of combining socio-political anthems and vocoder-drenched (anti-)love songs. It also marks their break from Saddle Creek, as they’ve decided to start their own record label, blank.wav, to put out this album. After the jump, keyboardist Jacob Thiele talks about their decision to create their own record label, addresses misconceptions about the band and explains why they respect works of science fiction.