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Frank Smith
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Out of 6 votes - Similar Artists: Wilco, Neil Young, Will Oldham
Out of 6 votes
- Location: United States
- Genre: Country » Alternative Country
Editor's review
Like Pink Floyd and Blondie, band Frank Smith will forever be misconstrued as an individual. But whatever he, or they, or it is, Smith can be called outstanding listening. The newly Texan project melds rootsy slide guitars and dry melodies with Win Butler-esque indie fragility.
Biography
Frank Smith is a band, not a man. Formed in Boston and recently relocated to frontman Aaron Sinclair’s home state of Texas, the band has a sound as vast as America. Like the country they come from, Frank Smith reconcile countless would-be opposites, as songs from the back porch are driven straight into the noise of the city, simple folk tunes are given the most intricately complex arrangements, and the freedom of the music is constantly pulled back by the authority of the beat. All of this is masked by American deadpan at its finest in lyrics too simple to be simple: “If you want to move down the street, you have to move your feet,” “where’d you get those black and blue eyes?” and “lipstick on a pig is just lipstick on a pig.”
“Heavy Handed Peace And Love” is the band’s first release since moving from Boston to Austin, and their first release on Ye Olde Records.
