From the squall of attention seeking guitar that's beating a path to the unfeasibly tight intro, Newport's spaced out Frommars, are introducing their eponymous EP from the back of a Hasyabusa hitting its 0 to 60 (-which, as you're asking, takes a scant 2.9 seconds). It's enough that '1st May's choppy, uber-fast headbang-pogo makes physical enactment unavoidable but to ease the heat, there's a luscious stream of chorus vocals that draws breath from the body as it clambers up the register and way out of sight. Just the right heart tugging chords too have been plucked from the deep unknown and what we have here is a gen-u-ine anthem, oh yes!
Last year the band released their first album, 23, which was the slavish product of 23(-ish) focused hours, timed from pressing the first studio red light until a next night home town gig where they brandished finished art-worked, jewel-cased copies. Given its shotgun nascency, 23 was a surprisingly accomplished piece of work but now with the luxury of playback, Frommars are revealed as slicked, reverbed, powerful and the material shines.
Even though the other two tracks, 'More Land To Build Houses On' and 'Fallout', are not as jaw dropping as '1st May', the former still knows how to strike Emo chords over a strong rock foundation, while the latter squares with a more reflective, but still quirky, jagged style.
Frenetic and inventive, the Frommars EP is a pleasantly satisfying kick up the arse.
I assumed...
that because they were from Newport, they must be totally awful, i guess I'll have to listen to them and judge them on more than their home town now.
Liars
They really are from mars. the bit about them being from newport is simply a publicity stunt!
Fantastic band
and stunning live. Catch them at The Hub in Cheltenham, on June 30th, y'all
HUB GIG'S CANCELLED
or so i'm reliably informed.
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Gig still goes ahead, just Frommars cant play.
Might have
to find that...
It's on their band site...
...but give it more than one listen yeah! I missed it for the first once or twice.
thanks !
First track...
is indeed ACE !
Hav enow to download the other 2...
car deef
FROM MARS/ROCKET GOLDSTAR/THE MOOKS OF PASSIM PLAY CLWB IFOR BACH, JULY 2
Fast-rising Newport rockers From Mars have already won plaudits from indie tastemakers such as Radio 1’s Huw Stephens and Drowned In Sound, who called their new self-titled EP “frenetic and inventive - a pleasantly satisfying kick up the arse�. The support bill features an increasingly rare performance from Cardiff progressive rock trailblazers Rocket Goldstar, and a set from newcomers The Mooks Of Passim.
Doors open at 8pm, with entry priced at £4.
www.myspace.com/frommars
www.myspace.com/rocketgoldstar