Frames - Discography

I stumbled upon this band accidently, when searching for something about another band, the irish act The Frames, and this one band is very impressive. It seems fitting that a post-rock band from a heavy metal label (SPV) would be posted in this blog. But after you hear their work you may ask yourself how in the actual fuck Frames has gotten into SPV, and well... so did i. Frames was born in Germany in 2007, and in 2014 they toured with the prominent post-rock act Maybeshewill, leaving two albums and one EP before the members started working on side projects.

The band consists of Jonas Meyer (guitar), Manuel Schönfeld (keyboard), Hajo Cirksena (bass) and Kiryll Kulakowski (drummer). Hajo currently works with Eliane Oesch in a pop project called Lorraine. Cornelius, who backed Manuel in live shows, also works on a band called The Aqualung. Much ironically, there's a prog band called Aqualung as well.

The band's sound incorporates the melodic post-rock approach of Maybeshewill and early Mogwai, along with complex songwriting that granted them the label of neo prog by some critics, but there's more to Frames than just that. Their sound is far more romantic, calm and soothing than what you'd find in a prog rock band in the 2010's. Although their songs are carefully crafted in a very meticulous production and composition, the band manages to execute a very sentimental soundscape. 

The band's discography currently consists of the CXXIV EP and full-length Mosaik and In Via. Their last album, In Via, was released in 2012, and since then they've toured throughout 2013 and 2014, promising to work on their third full-length later. However, they stated on their site that it was planned to be released on 2015. Well, it's 2017 and no signal of new album. Very sad.

2009 - CXXIV (EP)

Self-released

1 - Ocean

2 - G

3 - Ruff

4 - Insomnia

5 - Compromise

6 - M

77,9 MB - 320 Kbps

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2010 - Mosaik

Hammerfall / SPV

1 - Intro

2 - The Beginning

3 - Agenda

4 - Transition

5 - Isp

6 - Insomnia

7 - Driving Head

8 - Intermission

9 - Horizon

10 - Audacity

11 - M

140,3 MB - 320 Kbps

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2012 - In Via

SPV GmbH

1 - Entrance

2 - Departure

3 - Encounter

4 - Calm Wisdom

5 - Stir

6 - Reflections

7 - Eris

8 - Don't Stay Here

9 - End of a Decade

10 - Coda

129,7 MB - 320 Kbps

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Lasse Stewart.