Frost*

MikeEnRegalia wrote: I wonder how many prog fans would buy Selling England by the Pound when all they base their decision on would be a myspace page with More Fool Me as a sample.

James doesn't like anything that doesn't involve Santa Claus (Robert Wyatt) or an Englishman playing a hammond organ solo for 13 minutes.

MikeEnRegalia wrote: Geck0 wrote: The only bit I liked was the piano part at the end of the excerpt.  Well there is another track on Frost*'s website, so I guess I should listen to that one... Mike, I have Selling England and have yet to play it... now you've said that, I don't know if I want too! I'm listening to Black Light Machine and it leaves me completely cold.  Yes it's better than Milliontown, but it's too flambouyant, over-the-top and unnecessary to my ears. Another possibillity might be that you simply don't like Neo Prog.

Yeah... that's what this frost album has made me decide once and for all.
I liked the sample that was posted on PA, and found the myspace samples tolerable, but I listened to the whole album and didn't like it at all.  It was too overproduced for me (not that I mind production, but this was just too clean and shiny... it seemed fake, especially the vocal harmonies). 

So, sorry Neo-Prog, I guess you're just not my thing.

Geck0 wrote: The only bit I liked was the piano part at the end of the excerpt.  Well there is another track on Frost*'s website, so I guess I should listen to that one... Mike, I have Selling England and have yet to play it... now you've said that, I don't know if I want too! I'm listening to Black Light Machine and it leaves me completely cold.  Yes it's better than Milliontown, but it's too flambouyant, over-the-top and unnecessary to my ears.

Another possibillity might be that you simply don't like Neo Prog.

Nah, don't apologise, that's fair enough.
I actually don't mind the keyboards on the album, it's quite an interesting sound.

I have also discovered another band called The Third Ending...Has anybody heard of them before? A friend of mine sent me a link to their website and I downloaded a free sample, it's pretty good stuff! They sound quite Spock's Beard-ish with hints of Porcupine Tree. I ordered their self titled debut album yesterday, should have it soon...


Edited by Mr. Sanchez - July 31 2006 at 10:13

I don't have the CD and don't plan to get it... I listened to the sample on Myspace.  Music that sounds like the Backstreet Boys with cheesy keyboards doesn't do it for me, sorry!

As you say, each to their own.

But the track I heard was awful, so... 

Riverside are yes.  Frost* are too.

What's with the star after the name?  Is that supposed to be represent frost?  If so, that's very tacky!

I didnt know this. Surely they are quite obviously Neo-Prog?

Wicked, I think I will have a bit of a job to do finding some of this stuff, but it sounds as though it will be worth it.

Keep 'em comming!


Edited by Mr. Sanchez - July 31 2006 at 09:38