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8 of 8 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
AMAZING!, 24 Aug 2006
I've just seen Liam Live at the V festival and he was out of this world, the whole band are superb. A mixture of soft folk melodies and acoustic rock with a big slice of bohemia. I bought the fist two singles and fell in love with this sound. They played most of the album live and it sounds fantastic. If your a fan of Stephen Fretwell or the Guillemots you'll love Liam Frost and the Slowdown Family!!!
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6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
This album will win awards..., 28 Sep 2006
With a monumental mixture of folk, pop and rock, this album is crafted so well that fans of all genres will enjoy it.
The most captivating element of this album is the wonderful songwriting
abilities of the passionate Liam Frost, whose lyrics are truly beyond his years. These lyrics are beautifully complimented by the energetic and emotive sound of The Slowdown Family.
Opening up with the Single, 'The City Is At A Standstill', you are immediately captured. The almost military sound of the rolling drums and the spine tingling vocals of Liam Frost will fill you head to toe with goosebumps.
'The Mourners of St Paul's' is the absolute highlight of the album. It cleverly uses an extract from 'It's A Wonderful World' in a song so full of emotion and honesty, it tugs at you heartstrings with as much gusto as the band play in the second half of the song. The songwriting on this song is second to none and you wouldn`t want to hear anyone else perform it other that Liam Frost. He sings it with power and passion and ends it so triumphantly that you are left stunned and smiling! You will have to listen to a lot of songs before you find one that will match the scale this one is on. It is a masterpiece.
'If Tonight We Could Only Sleep' is a beautiful folk track with stunning,
soft backing vocals from Sadie Baker. This track is destined to be a hit
with its gentle acoustic sound.
'Try Try Try' and 'Paperboats' will most definitely be favourites amongst
the live audiences with their upbeat and vibrant sound. Something for the
crowd to singalong to.
The back to back tracks of 'This Is Love' and 'Is This Love?' make a genius partnership in the middle of the album. The first of the partnership is strong, dark song with great picking on the acoustic. The second track is bursting with emotion and regret and is sung with great conviction.
'Where The Spectres Dance' is one of the most enjoyable albums I have ever
had the pleasure to listen to and with so many different sounds and
instruments used throughout the album it keeps you entertained and wanting
more. The album is a breathe of fresh air and if its the Jack Daniels that puts the fire in Liam Frosts belly and the lyrics in his head then lets all buy him a bottle because I`m already wanting to hear what else he has up his suit sleeve.
This man is a genius and together with the band they are destined for a
bright and successful journey in the music world.
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5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars
A truly exciting talent, 6 Nov 2006
Aged only 22, Manchester singer-songwriter Liam Frost has undergone a barrage of hype that would've made Nine Black Alps blush. Described by Elbow's Guy Garvey as "the most talented young songwriter Manchester has produced for years"; a quote that could easily come back to a songwriter at such an embryonic stage of their career. That is until you realise that Show Me How The Spectres Dance is one of the best debut albums to come out of Manchester for many years.
Anyone who caught Frost's performances a year or so ago will have noted that, sans band, the songs were intimate and melancholic, but perhaps lacked the weight to propel Frost over the most limited of cult status. The very presence of The Slowdown Family not only helps bring Frost's songs to life, but afford them the bigger, fuller arrangements that they deserve.
Album opener, The City Is At Standstill, with its sweeping violins, glorious piano and enjoyable handclaps offers a perpetual urgency the likes of which Arcade Fire mastered on their debut album. Later, the atmospheric, harmonica-driven Shall We Dance has the feel of classic Bruce Springsteen in its step, Try, Try, Try is a tear-stained country shuffle and the mandolin accompaniment to debut single, She Painted Pictures, absolutely glistens.
However, despite the instrumental swagger, Frost's lyrical preoccupations weigh heavy on the album. Haunted by loss, several of the songs (notably Is This Love?) seem to trap grief in their melodies and release them with a sense of hopefulness, while Paperboats and This Is Love both capture the album's instinctive escapism.
Despite little homages to What A Wonderful World and The Smiths' William, It Was Really Nothing, Show Me How The Spectres Dance is a sui generis work and a tremendous curtain raiser for Liam Frost's burgeoning career.
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