Glaswegian trio Frightened Rabbit find themselves in an interesting slot, from a promo/buzz-building perspective anyway: They’re a damn fine band with immediate tunes that took off haphazardly on the back of a 1,000 run of their debut and no formal outreach/press push/touring plan in place. The result? Some scattered web buzz and a mini-jaunt across the pond to the States this past winter. Now FatCat’s got ‘em for larger scale roll-out (and US release, finally) of their debut Sing The Greys, dropping next week. So, not quite new, but at the same time, maybe new to you? Sometime between the initial June ’06 European release date and April of ’07, though, the crew here fell for the record, spanning from roughshod rock to more deliberate, emotive and cinematic affairs. Worth getting into. The uninitiated can start with this new clip for album opener “The Greys,” appropriately shot in the blacks, the whites, and the greys.
Go on, take it for your PMP. But also check “Music Now,” recalling Danish art-rockers Slaraffenland in the shredded background shouts before pulling back into accessible indie pop with a sweet Scottish brogue.
Sing The Greys is out in the US on 10/2 via FatCat, now on eMusic.
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sound sort of like a weaker version of assembly now.
are you kidding? i thought i knew the name assembly now and i just checked and i was right, they’re terrible. the differences between these two bands show how important small decisions can be in pop music.
I don’t know Assembly Now but I know I like this, thanks for the post.
sing the greys is one of the best albums of 2006 or 2007 or whenever it was released. just a fantastic record from top to bottom. it’s been available on emusic.com in the US pretty much since its release i think, which is where i got it. very glad it’s finally going to get a real US release. any words of an impending US tour?