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| Studio album by Oceansize | |||||
| Released | October 1, 2007 | ||||
| Recorded | Monnow Valley Studio, Monmouth, Wales | ||||
| Genre | Art rock | ||||
| Length | 77:03 | ||||
| Label | Superball Music | ||||
| Producer | Chris Sheldon Oceansize |
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Frames is the third studio album by British alternative rock band Oceansize, released on 1 October 2007. The album is their first with bassist Steven Hodson, following John Ellis's departure in 2005.
The ink drawings, featured in the album's artwork, are by Nine Inch Nails and Guns N' Roses guitarist Robin Finck.
An alternative edition of the album containing bonus track 'Voorhees' is available on general sale and from Amazon.co.uk.
In May 2008, the band re-released the album with an accompanying DVD, featuring a full performance of the album, a documentary focusing on the making of the album, and various live tracks. The package also includes an Oceansize sticker.
The band played the album in full on October 18, 2008 in Manchester as part of a trilogy of shows that celebrated the band's ten year anniversary.
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Title
Lead singer, Mike Vennart, notes that the title: “evokes strength and structure, and kind of a sense of time as well – every second is like a frame of your life that’s ticking away and then it’s gone. You can try and remember to try and look at it. But you’ll probably only remember it as a snapshot, you won’t remember the whole movement of the thing.”1
Track listing
- "Commemorative 9/11 T-Shirt" – 8:37
- "Unfamiliar" – 6:32
- "Trail of Fire" – 8:06
- "Savant" – 8:06
- "Only Twin" – 7:22
- "An Old Friend of the Christys" – 10:19
- "Sleeping Dogs and Dead Lions" – 6:42
- "The Frame" – 10:40
B-Sides
- "Voorhees" – 11:10
Notes
The track "Commemorative 9/11 T-Shirt" is listed as "Commemorative ____ T-Shirt" on the album cover, with the "9/11" being replaced with four underscores, presumably to avoid causing any offence with reference to the terrorist attacks on that date. This has caused the track to be wrongly labelled by many listeners - it appears on the band's Last.FM page in many variations,2. The same is true with "An Old Friend of the Christys", into which users have placed (incorrectly) apostrophes or altered spelling of "Christys".
Personnel
- Mike Vennart - vocals, guitar, words, producer
- Gambler - guitar, keyboards, producer
- Steve Durose - guitar, vocals, producer
- Steven Hodson - bass, keyboards, cymbals, producer
- Mark Heron - drums, percussion, producer
- Chris Sheldon - producer, engineer, recording, mixing,
- Paula Simpson - violin
- Justin Lingard - violin
- Semay Wu - cello
- Jim Anderson - assistant engineer
- Dick Beetham - mastering
- Robin Finck - ink drawings
- Carl Godwin - photography
- Sandra Hiltmann - design
References
- ^ "Official Myspace Page" (2008). Retrieved on 2008-08-08.
- ^ "Oceansize Last.FM Page" (2008). Retrieved on 2008-10-04.