Artist: Liam Frost
Album: We Ain’t Got Money, Honey, But We Got Rain
Label: Emperor Jones
Released: 28th September
Reviewed by: Lynsey Ure
Liam Frost shot to the attention of many after the release of his debut album ‘Show Me How The Spectres Dance’. With songs filled with heartache and melancholy, the singer and his band ‘The Slowdown Family’ spent his time sharing stages with many fellow Mancunians such as Elbow, Badly Dawn Boy and Stephen Fretwell. As he came back down to earth and the dust settled on the whirlwind of his debut, it became time to focus on the all so difficult second album. The trauma of being dropped from his existing label Lavolta was quickly over shadowed with the realisation this was his time to write the album he wanted to write and work with the people he wanted too! Freedom! The birth of ‘We Ain’t Got Money, Honey, But We Got Rain’ came and proved well worth the wait.
Debut single and set pleaser for some time now ‘Held Tightly in Your Fist’ is the raucous opener that is needed to show exactly how this album is going to differ from his debut. His declarations of love in the lyrics fit perfectly with swirling piano and delightful harmonies. The line that stands out and lets the listener know where they are from the start is ‘Lend Me Your Ears/I’ll Sell You Something That You’ll Swear You’ve Heard Before’, as Frost brings in so many elements from classic pop songs that have you toes tapping and singing along whole heartedly.
Two Hearts is saturated with beats, rifts and vocals that attracted fans to his music in the first place, with similarities to ‘This City is at Standstill’ the track has a clap along and sing along section that will defiantly be a live favourite.
If any tune is going to give Liam chart success its defiantly the fun and exciting ‘Your Hand In Mine’ with the quiet frankly magnificent Martha Wainright! Vocally who would have thought this would be such a fascinating and intriguing match, Martha’s strong and dominating vocal allows Liam to show more subtle harmonies which prove difficult when your predominately in lead vocals. The song really brings out the best in both.
‘Leading Lights and Luminaries’ has a lovely romantic and chilled out vibe as the end of the album approaches with the ditty ‘Orchestra of Love’ filled with swing and big band sounds.
Liam is a Mancunian treasure and is an artist to be encourages and supported fully, lets hope album number three comes around on an easier level.
(8/10)
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