ARTiST: Frightened Rabbit
TiTLE: Sing The Greys
LABEL: Fat Cat
GENRE: Indie
TiME: 34:51 min
SiZE: 45,3 MB
BiTRATE: VBRkbps
RiP DATE: Sep-01-2007
RELEASE DATE: Oct-02-2007
WEBSiTE: frightenedrabbit.co.uk
Track List:
01. The Greys 02:41
02. Music Now 04:12
03. The First Incident 01:49
04. Yawns 03:19
05. Be Less Rude 03:02
06. The Second Incident 01:21
07. Go Go Girls 03:35
08. Behave! 03:28
09. Square 9 05:16
10. The Final Incident 00:47
11. Snake 02:32
12. The Greys (Live) 02:49
Release Notes:
Though the past year has seen Frightened Rabbit
finally step into public view, with more extensive
touring and some recordings now publicly available,
the past few years have largely been about the band
quietly, commitedly honing their sound, and
cultivating their art. Now a three-piece comprising
Scott, Billy and Grant, the origins of the band are
rooted in 2003, when Scott began playing solo shows
under the name Frightened Rabbit, mostly in support
of fellow art-schoolers Shitdisco. Recordings were
made on a tascam 4-track recorder, with Scott
playing all the instruments (some more proficiently
than others). Though looser, sparser, and certainly
more lo-fi in terms of production values, their
early demoÆs still attest to a burgeoning talent
with a defined personality, and a now familiar
penchant for being able to nail a near perfect pop
song.
In 2004 ScottÆs brother Grant moved to Glasgow,
contributing drums to certain recorded tracks, and
playing live. Frightened Rabbit became louder and
better. They burnt 50 copies of their subsequent
demo, and sent some out to labels, resulting in
three tracks being hosted on the FatCat MP3/demo
website, and marking the beginning of a wonderful
relationship. In 2006, Billy joined the band playing
primarily second guitar, making Frightened Rabbit in
the bandÆs own words, a wee bit better and louder
still. That February they went into The Diving Bell
Lounge studio with Glasgow based producer Marcus
Mackay to record some songs over the course of a
week. The intention was to record a better quality
demo, but the resultant recordings ended up as the
bands debut LP æSing The GreysÆ, of which 1000
copies were pressed and released that May on home
grown label Hits The Fan.
An incredibly accomplished live outfit (seemingly
without any effort whatsoever), further live dates
followed into 2007, including a brief but succesful
US jaunt, culminating in a sold-out show at The
Mercury Lounge in NYC, before the album was even
available in the US. Since then, the band have been
writing, rehearsing, recording, and remixing, and of
course playing more live shows. æSings The GreysÆ is
currently being remastered by Alan Douches, to be
re-released by FatCat Autumn 2007. It will be
preceded by the single æBe Less RudeÆ. Beyond that
the band will be working with Producer Peter Katis
(Interpol, The Twilight Sad, Mercury Rev, Mice
Parade) and recording tracks for subsequent releases
in the near future.