Frames (album)

Infobox Album | Name = Frames
Type = Album
Artist = Oceansize


Released = October 1, 2007
Recorded = Monnow Valley Studio, Monmouth, Wales
Genre = Art rock
Length = 77:03
Label = Superball Music
Producer = Chris Sheldon
Oceansize
Reviews = * BBC (favourable) [http://www.bbc.co.uk/manchester/content/articles/2007/10/01/011007_frames_feature.shtml link]
* Contactmusic.com (ambivalent) [http://www.contactmusic.com/new/home.nsf/webpages/oceansizex15x10x07 link]
* Drowned in Sound (9/10) [http://www.drownedinsound.com/articles/2455587 link]
* GIGWISE rating|4|5 [http://www.gigwise.com/reviews/albums/37628/oceansize--frames-spv-released-011007 link]
* In the News (7/10) [http://www.inthenews.co.uk/entertainment/reviews/music/rockindie/oceansize-frames-$1141147$1141147.htm link]
* "Kerrang!" rating|4|5
*Metal Storm (8.5/10) [http://www.metalstorm.ee/pub/review.php?review_id=4696 link]
* musicOMH rating|3.5|5 [http://www.musicomh.com/albums/oceansize-3_0907.htm link]
* Rockfeedback rating|2|5 [http://www.rockfeedback.com/article.asp?nObjectID=5311 link]
* Rocklouder rating|5|5 [http://www.rocklouder.co.uk/articles/4094/Oceansize---Frames.html link]
* Sputnikmusic rating|4|5 [http://www.sputnikmusic.com/album.php?reviewid=13702 link]
Last album = "Everyone into Position"
(2005)
Last EP = "Music For Nurses"
(2005)
This album = "Frames"
(2007)
Next album = |

"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 will play the album in full on October 18, 2008 in Manchester as part of a trilogy of shows celebrating the band's ten year anniversary.

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.” [cite web | title= Official Myspace Page | url=http://www.myspace.com/oceansizeuk | year=2008| accessdate=2008-08-08 ]

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, [cite web | title= Oceansize Last.FM Page | url=http://www.last.fm/music/Oceansize/+charts?rangetype=week&subtype=tracks | year=2008| accessdate=2008-10-04 ] . 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

External links

* [http://www.oceansize.co.uk Official Site]
* [http://www.oceansizeboard.co.uk Unofficial Message Board]
* [http://www.myspace.com/oceansizeuk Official Myspace Page]
* [http://comfortcomes.com/?page=reviews&id=1964 Frames Album Review]