![]() In November 2020, Frost* released the career-retrospective collection “13 Winters” which featured all their studio albums to date, plus live material, b-sides & last years “Others” EP, all packaged in a beautiful artbook.įrost* was formed in 2004 by keyboard player and singer Jem Godfrey, Released in 2006 the band’s debut album “ Milliontown” was an instant success and is regarded by many as a classic in the modern prog rock genre featuring John Mitchell on guitar, John Jowitt on bass and Andy Edwards on drums. The songs we wrote were far darker – the wind howling round the building at night, the power station generating crackles on the audio, a huge lighthouse next door sweeping light into the fog every 30 seconds and John screaming “ENJOY YOURSELVES YOU SCUM” into a microphone. So there was hardly any daylight and the weather was dreadful”, laughs bassist Nathan King, “We wrote “Terrestrial” and “Repeat To Fade” there and you can definitely hear the bleak isolated oppression having an effect on us. “We were 30 feet by the sea, next to a nuclear power station and a lighthouse, in midwinter. ![]() The following January, the band setup a new temporary studio for a further week in a converted coastguard tower at Dungeness in East Sussex. On day three, the duo wrote what was to become the title and defining track of the new album, “Day And Age”. Day one saw them write and record “Skywards”, “Island Life” was written on day two. In September 2019 Godfrey and Mitchell rented a cottage for a week in Helford, Cornwall and set about converting it into a recording studio. The album will be released on Limited 2CD (including a bonus disc of instrumentals), Gatefold 180g 2LP + CD (with etching on Side D), and as Digital Album. “Day And Age” was recorded over the course of 20, featuring 8 tracks and striking cover artwork by Carl Glover of Aleph Studios ( Steven Wilson, Marillion, Steve Jansen). As a result 2021 is going to be a bumper year for new music I think and we’re very happy to be riding that wave too into what I hope will be a better year for everybody.” Jem Godfrey comments of the new album: “2020 was the year of the studio for obvious reasons. The album also features actor Jason Isaacs. “Day And Age” is the band’s fourth record, and features Jem Godfrey once again joined by John Mitchell & Nathan King, as well as 3 guest drummers: Kaz Rodriguez ( Chaka Khan, Josh Groban), Darby Todd ( The Darkness, Martin Barre) & Pat Mastelotto ( King Crimson, Mister Mister). ![]() UK progressive rockers Frost* are returning with their first new studio album in 5 years on May 14th, 2021.
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