Frost* has signed a 2 new record deal . Plus reissueing previous material. Sounds like a win win for us proggers. Does Mitchell ever sleep?? Now, they need to get Frost* to cross the pond for some shows!!!!
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Frost* has signed a 2 new record deal . Plus reissueing previous material. Sounds like a win win for us proggers. Does Mitchell ever sleep?? Now, they need to get Frost* to cross the pond for some shows!!!!
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That's excellent news...great band. However, I'd like to get some new material, not reissues as I have almost everything except the live cd they did.
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Thanks for the update.
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Big fan here too. Never seen them live unfortunately, but I love their albums.
Is Frost* different from the old Jerry Goodman band Frost?
Wait, Goodman's band was The Flock. The Frost was a different band led by Dick Wagner.
great news - always thought these dudes were sort of a paragon of what modern prog ought to be. all three of their albums rule. and I like Godfrey a lot; one of the few genuinely funny men in prog. bring it on!!!
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I find this band to be pretty cold.
Just kidding - never heard 'em.
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I've always ignored this band thinking they were just another 'prog by numbers' act but maybe I should listen some more.
Frost* are definitely not "prog-by-numbers".
They are kind of like Dream Theater, but with a good keyboardist, and a guitar player with taste, IMO.
They have their own thing going on. The first album, "Milliontown" is their most "prog-like". The rest is intelligent prog-pop-rock.
The production tilts towards the overly loudness-maximized, though.
"Rather unique"? Isn't that an oxymoron, like being "kinda pregnant" or "a little bit dead"?
I have heard Milliontown, and I don’t think DT is the comparison I would make. More like IQ, but not afraid to try a more modernist sound, not quite so hidebound by the 70s and 80s conventions. It didn’t really stick with me (for this kind of thing, I much preferred Moth Vellum), but I appreciate what they were trying to do. I actually think this might grow on me with more listens.
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Milliontown kicks ass and still gets plenty of spin time here. I love Mitchell's playing, I think he's truly underrated and I completely miss the DT comparison here, he's got more taste in a 12 second riff than JP does in four albums as far as Im concerned. I wish they could get Andy Edwards back, too...their last couple don't quite don't for me. Im super happy they got a 2 album deal, they deserve to be heard.
They sound nothing even close to being reminiscent of DT, and they really don't get bogged down by musical wankery either. Their songs have a much more focused composition contributing to the whole, where just showing-off individual talent in chunks isn't a goal.
Milliontown is their most proggy, and sets a good groundwork for what has followed. After that, the songs are shorter and mostly very catchy, there's a definite pop sensibility to the writing. But it's appealing and fresh, energizing and uplifting.
Listened to Milliontown yesterday and it still does nothjng for me.
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I really liked Milliontown a lot. It was an interesting take on "modern prog rock", and I think that Falling Satellites is almost as good. There is an almost-industrial edge to a lot of the tunes, and a sense of fun too, which I appreciate.
Pretty good stuff. They seem to be very devoted and have at least three albums in last ten years.
Listen about the 8:00 mark:
Frost* - Falling Satellites
I've liked all the studio albums and seen them quite a few times. However the last few gigs have left me unimpressed, just a unyielding wall of sound.
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