ARTiST: The Frames
TiTLE: The Cost
LABEL: Plateau Records
GENRE: Rock
TiME: 43:59 min
SiZE: 63,6 MB
BiTRATE: VBRkbps
RiP DATE: Sep-22-2006
RELEASE DATE: Sep-25-2006
WEBSiTE: n/a
Track List:
01. Song For Someone 05:37
02. Falling Slowly 04:36
03. People Get Ready 05:29
04. Rise 03:26
05. When Your Mind's Made Up 03:45
06. Sad Songs 03:09
07. The Cost 04:20
08. True 05:14
09. The Side You Never Get To See 03:41
10. Bad Bone 04:42
Release Notes:
Dublin, Ireland, alternative pop band the Frames was
led by the gifted singer/songwriter Glen Hansard,
who quit school at age 13 to begin busking on local
streets. At 17, he borrowed money from his parents
to record a demo, pressing 50 copies that he
distributed to family and friends; one of the copies
made its way to Island Records' Danny Cordell, who
successfully lobbied label founder Chris Blackwell
to sign Hansard to the roster. With the jump to
Island, Hansard founded the Frames, taking the name
from his childhood fascination with bicycles; he
regularly repaired his friends' bikes, and with the
frames scattered about his family's yard, their home
was consequently known as "the house with the
frames."
The group, which included guitarist Dave Odlum,
vocalist Noreen O'Donnell, bassist John Carney,
violinist Colm Mac An Iomaire, and drummer Paul
Brennan, made its debut at an Irish music festival
in September 1990, and -- after a brief hiatus to
allow Hansard to co-star in Alan Parker's hit film
The Commitments -- issued their debut single "The
Dancer" in early 1992. With producer Gil Norton,
whose work with the Pixies was a major sonic
influence on the sessions, the Frames (sometimes
credited as the Frames D.C. to avoid confusion with
an American group of the same name) completed their
debut album Another Love Song, but a scheduled U.S.
tour was canceled when Mac An Iomaire fell ill and
Carney quit; bassist Graham Downey was quickly
added, but following a subsequent shake-up in
Island's roster, the band was left without a label.
Moreover, O'Donnell left the lineup in the midst of
recording the follow-up, the 1994 ZTT label release
Fitzcarraldo. Bassist Joe Doyle soon replaced
Downey, with Dave Hingerty assuming Brennan's
drumming duties for the Frames' third full-length,
1999's lo-fi Dance the Devil. Again, the band
switched labels, signing to Chicago-based indie
Overcoat to record their fourth and finest effort,
2001's haunting For the Birds. Where previous Frames
records often suffered from over-production, For the
Birds (recorded in part by Steve Albini at his
Electrical Audio Studios) boasts an intimacy and
fragility perfectly complementing Hansard's
quivering vocals and heart-wrenching compositions.
Despite critical hosannas, Odlum left the band in
November 2001 to focus on production work, with
Simon Goode stepping in on lead guitar duties. A
U.S. tour planned for the following month was
suspended in the wake of the death of Hansard's
close friend and sometime collaborator Mic
Christopher, former frontman of the Mary Janes. The
Frames finally made it to the States in support of
the New Pornographers during the winter of 2002.
Earlier that year they released their first live
album Breadcrumb Trail. The Frames next release was
2003's The Roads Outgrown, a nine track collection
of studio outtakes. Their first for Anti, Set List,
was released in February 2004. Burn the Maps
followed a year later.