"Full of breezy pop...from the widescreen Springsteen storytelling to the touching balladry." - Q Magazine
"Beautiful and contemplative..the album shows every facet of the diamond in the rough that is Liam Frost" - Clash
"A gorgeous record, dripping with romantic sentiment" - Hot Press
Liam Frost releases his new single, "Your Hand In Mine", on the 18th January 2010. It is taken from his acclaimed second album, 'We Ain't Got No Money, Honey, But We Got Rain' released through Emperor Records.
For some artists, three years dominated by broken hearts, the spectre of bereavement and wrangles with their record company would be the perfect excuse to churn out a set of self-pitying songs. But Liam Frost has synthesised his experiences into the Bukowski influenced, "We Ain't Got No Money, Honey, But We Got Rain", a brilliantly soulful pop record that mixes sweet melodies with tantalisingly dark undertones.
"Your Hand In Mine" is a bold, hook-laden duet with Martha Wainwright. Co-written with Ed Harcourt, it is a song that collides two artists from across the Atlantic, with a shared vision on creating emotional songcraft, brimming with character.
Orchestrated by producer Victor Van Vugt (Nick Cave/PJ Harvey) in New York, the duet is a bittersweet pop song, exemplified by Liam and Martha's vocal exorcising on the lilting chorus line. It's a soaring, accomplished tune, and yet just one of ten standout albums across the album.
"There's no-one, not even the devil can stop me" - Liam Frost, 'Your Hand In Mine'
Despite its upbeat nature, Liam has endured a tough and challenging time that made the writing of this record harder still, following the release of his acclaimed debut album, 'Show Me How The Spectres Dance'.
Liam: "I was in a bad way. There were judgments being made from inside the record label so lord knows what it would have been like if I was the sort of person who reads YouTube comments."
The recovery came from spending time staying with his sister back home in Prestwich, Manchester and more radically, on a trip to the Arctic in 2007. Liam took part in Cape Farewell, a project which takes artists and scientists to places where climate change is truly apparent, taking the place of Jarvis Cocker on a small boat sailing to Greenland. "I was so seasick and didn't say anything for the first six days," he says. "I didn't write any blogs or emails. People thought I'd lost my marbles. I got more emails than anyone because I hadn't said anything."
Liam's struggles are undoubtedly our gain.
'Your Hand in Mine' typifies the quintessential romance and beauty of a Liam Frost song, and alongside Wainwright, we may just have stumbled upon the first great song of 2010.
www.myspace.com/listentoliamfrost
http://www.ticketweb.co.uk/user/?region=gb_london&query=detail&event=359276"Beautiful and contemplative..the album shows every facet of the diamond in the rough that is Liam Frost" - Clash
"A gorgeous record, dripping with romantic sentiment" - Hot Press
Liam Frost releases his new single, "Your Hand In Mine", on the 18th January 2010. It is taken from his acclaimed second album, 'We Ain't Got No Money, Honey, But We Got Rain' released through Emperor Records.
For some artists, three years dominated by broken hearts, the spectre of bereavement and wrangles with their record company would be the perfect excuse to churn out a set of self-pitying songs. But Liam Frost has synthesised his experiences into the Bukowski influenced, "We Ain't Got No Money, Honey, But We Got Rain", a brilliantly soulful pop record that mixes sweet melodies with tantalisingly dark undertones.
"Your Hand In Mine" is a bold, hook-laden duet with Martha Wainwright. Co-written with Ed Harcourt, it is a song that collides two artists from across the Atlantic, with a shared vision on creating emotional songcraft, brimming with character.
Orchestrated by producer Victor Van Vugt (Nick Cave/PJ Harvey) in New York, the duet is a bittersweet pop song, exemplified by Liam and Martha's vocal exorcising on the lilting chorus line. It's a soaring, accomplished tune, and yet just one of ten standout albums across the album.
"There's no-one, not even the devil can stop me" - Liam Frost, 'Your Hand In Mine'
Despite its upbeat nature, Liam has endured a tough and challenging time that made the writing of this record harder still, following the release of his acclaimed debut album, 'Show Me How The Spectres Dance'.
Liam: "I was in a bad way. There were judgments being made from inside the record label so lord knows what it would have been like if I was the sort of person who reads YouTube comments."
The recovery came from spending time staying with his sister back home in Prestwich, Manchester and more radically, on a trip to the Arctic in 2007. Liam took part in Cape Farewell, a project which takes artists and scientists to places where climate change is truly apparent, taking the place of Jarvis Cocker on a small boat sailing to Greenland. "I was so seasick and didn't say anything for the first six days," he says. "I didn't write any blogs or emails. People thought I'd lost my marbles. I got more emails than anyone because I hadn't said anything."
Liam's struggles are undoubtedly our gain.
'Your Hand in Mine' typifies the quintessential romance and beauty of a Liam Frost song, and alongside Wainwright, we may just have stumbled upon the first great song of 2010.
www.myspace.com/listentoliamfrost
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