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FALLING SATELLITES

Frost*

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5 stars Finally, Frost* is back after eight years? And what a comeback it is!!! Wow! This album immediately grabbed my full attention the first time I listened to it! I can hardly contain myself when listening to this album, I can't sit still when I'm listening to it behind my desk. What can you expect? For the people who never heard Frost* before; think about Spock's Beard with balls! The music is energetic, fast and contains so much power! It's also a real mixture of different music styles, from dance to metal. Is this 'prog'? I don't care if this is prog, this is some splendid music! The band consists of wonderful, talented musicians; Jem Godfrey on keyboards and Chapman Railboard (never heard of that instrument before, but I'm sure it has something to do with Chapman Stick), John Mitchell (It Bites, Arena) on guitar, Nathan King (Level 42) on bass guitar and Craig Blundell (Steven Wilson) on drums & percussion. Jem and John are good lead vocalists who provide most of the lead vocals on the album.

First Day is a very good intro for the album, and is also the shortest track. The atmosphere evokes a certain feeling that this album is something very special? Which is absolutely true! Numbers is a great track, a mixture of 'Discipline era King Crimson meets The Police'. Towerblock is my favourite track of the album. It starts calm, but suddenly an unexpected, euphoric instrumental dubstep-like section kicks in. Signs has John Mitchell on lead vocals, and I love the lyrics of this track. Lights Out has guest vocalist Tori Beaumont singing along with Jem. This slow and magical track gives me goosebumps. A pop ballad, but somehow it reminds me of XTC. Heartstrings is in contrast to Lights Out a very up tempo track. The dual vocal parts are neatly done by Jem and John. The song slowly becomes a transition into Closer To The Sun, a very dance-like track. The Raging Against The Dying Of The Light Blues In 7/8 (what a short title, isn't it?) is the longest track on the album, which starts very furious and pushing. It's full of energy outbursts and soft moments. Nice Day For It is a real progressive rock track which contains certain musical elements you also hear in Heartstrings and First Day. Hypoventilate is like First Day a short track, like some sort of outro. Last Day is a soft and lovely piece of music, only containing vocals and piano. A stranger in our midst according to the style of the rest of the album.

This is music you will put on in your car and makes you exceed the speed limit, and you don't care when you're exceeding the speed limit anyway, because you're so caught up in the music. I'm sure that this album is going to be in my top ten albums of 2016, and I'm almost very sure it will be in my top three. This is a masterpiece. I actually want to give it ten stars, but five out of five is the highest score I can give. Well done, Frost*! Very well done!

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Posted Saturday, May 7, 2016 | Review Permalink
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4 stars A dramatic and catchy theater between First Day and Last Day. In the spring of 2016, FROST* have given their first bark titled "Falling Satellites", where are full of highly qualified pop essence tinged mainly with a tad complex Neo-symphonic sauce. Grabbing minds of young progressive rock fan and dealing carefully with old proggers ... each might be different from another and simultaneously both should give extreme energy or power to all of progressive freaks without any doubt. This album notifies us of such a certification.

And let me say they've discharged various elements here and there. Their sound strategy might look toward pop melody line with hard-edged eccentric rhythm basis for the sake of digging a cool novelty out and be constructed elaborately with massive influence by not only plenty of progressive rock pioneers but also pop / rock legends. Electric confusion like Discipline-Era Crimson, speedy rock chasing into comfort, technical complicated plays (killer ones), sound effects often used nowadays, fantastic sincere chorus, explosive sound virtuality under rockin spiritual clear sky ... lots of musical expression methods are around them indeed.

Kinda tough call to find a novelty or an innovative attention via such a soundscape / subgenre like theirs actually but the "pop / rock" composition quality and their brilliant play and technique can be felt awesome. No suspicion. And personally "Hypoventilate", flooded with drastically deep mental deflation, is my love. ;)

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Posted Sunday, June 5, 2016 | Review Permalink
Progrussia
3 stars Frost - an on-again, off-again project of musical producer Jem Godfrey - mixes classical symphonic prog influences (through the dominant role of synthesizers) with modern electronic-based music and bombastic power pop. All prog bands overdo something - some the instrumental side, some the vocals - but Frost go over the top with production effects, making the music sound overwhelming at times. Still, the aim here is to create catchy pop music, not an experimental one. Out of the three (so far) Frost albums, I rate this for myself slightly lower, not for quality reasons, but for quantity - too much CD space is taken by interludes and forgettable quieter breathers - but the album does have a solid core of 5-6 keepable tracks.
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Posted Monday, August 22, 2016 | Review Permalink
rollit2
5 stars This album touches something in me, it is long long time since I fall in love with some music, but I find myself listening it every day. Every. Day.

It could that it is such a strange misture, I would call it a mix of progressive rock and progressive pop. Yes, progressive pop. Some passages reminds me of the good thing that Genesis did in post-Hackett era, like Duke's travel/end.

I do not find this album perfect, but it sticks so much, the instrumental of British Wintertime, the climax of Closer to the Sun, the speedy of Numbers, that 5 is more adequate than 4. Anyway, you cannot love them, even if they only wrote Hyperventilate, it's enough to make a career and being remembered 100 years from now.

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Posted Saturday, September 10, 2016 | Review Permalink

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