Fröst – Black Mountain (Lost
Room Records)
Fröst - Black Mountain
Release Date: Out Now
Oh good, it’s new favourite tune
time. Most things I review get a good two or three listens but every now and
again something comes along that stays on a loop for at least an hour. The
track in question is new single ‘Black Mountain’ from enigmatic Brighton duo Fröst
and it’s an absolutely heavenly tease of a song. A softly galloping rhythm
beats away at the heart of this with dark, sticky melodies rippling over the
top like treacle being pumped over a water wheel with mesmerising effect. To
top of this experience, a breathy vocal joins in to seduce you further as
Johanna Bramli occupies that space between Goldfrapp, Florence + the Machine
and St Etienne. The biggest element of this tease, however, is that throughout
this track you find yourself enjoying the build and the tension but the release
never comes. The big, sticky water wheel keeps on turning, relentlessly and you
want to just sit there all day watching it while Bramli whispers in your ear
like the voices from the woodland. Bliss is not too strong a word here, despite
the lack of, well, release – for want of a better word.
More information: https://www.facebook.com/frostbanduk/?ref=br_rs
Live Dates:
2nd October – Sebright
Arms, London
3rd October – Prince
Albert, Brighton
6th October – Dials
Festival, Portsmouth
13th October – Shake the High Road
Festival, London