This blog is entirely dedicated to the pop rock/piano rock/alternative rock band from Denver, CO, The Fray. I post here songs' meanings, interviews, interesting facts, news & more!
This month, our guys have been kind of inactive (so have I), so I can't really bring you news from LP5. It is pretty clear that they're working on the new record, since they posted some photos last months of them in the studio, and they played at fall views casino, but nothing else! All we can do is wait patiently until we have more news - what seems that will take a while :( Meanwhile, here you have some photos of the guys in the studio!
Today, as some kind of throwback, I'm bringing you an interview The Fray did for Billboard in 2014. In this one, they're being asked questions about their band mates that they're supposed to know, but do they actually do?
Lately, I've been thinking in depth about this blog, and I couldn't help but feel disappointed wih myself, because I don't post as often as I should. And, actually I've said that before but at the moment I'm only posting a post per month, which I feel isn't fair for you. Due to that, I'm going to try to post once a week - if I see I'm too busy and can't do that, I'll post at least twice a month. It's not too much but it's way more than what I've been posting for the last eight or nine months. You have my word that I'll try my best.
Okay, now, apart from that, let's talk about stuff related to the band this blog's about. Today, I'm talking to you about The Fray's song "1961", from their third album 'Scars & Stories'.
If you know some History, that date will remind you of something, right? The Berlin Wall, exactly. It was built in 1961, and it was demolished in 1989, date which is also mentioned in the song. That can give us an idea of what it's about, can't it?
Accordng to an interview from Isaac Slade for the huffington post, the song comes from a trip that him and Dillon took to New Orleans to try to do some writing. Before I go on, I'll remind you in case you don't know or forgot, that Isaac Slade travelled a lot to get some inspiration for songs while writing the album. Now, we're back to the song. So, they rented a house and they wrote a song about The Berlin Wall, and "the dvision it represented in regards to one unified city becoming two cities still under the covering of a country. They're both German, but in a sense, they were as far from each other as they could possibly be. I think that's how our relationships can be sometimes. Not to sound cliché, but we all as people build these walls that don't really come down until someone comes into our lives, tears them down, and says, "Enough!".
That is actually the feeling the song brings, the feeling of being "so close but so far away", which can mean physically or emotionally.
Hello my fellow readers! Only a few days ago, The Fray played at The World Meeting of Families festival, which was attended by Pope Francis, last Saturday. This event is an international celebration of family, community and faith, which this year has featured international artists such as Mark Wahlberg, Matt Maher, Andrea Bocelli, Juanes, and so on!
Nevertheless, this isn't the only thing The Fray has been up lately. They've announced they're working on their fifth full-length album, saying that they've finished a week in the studio - "super early stages of lp5", which is definitely a good new! We can do nothing but wait, I hope we can listn to some new stuff soon :)
Hi guys! Today, I was going across The Fray pictures in my computer, and I thought that it would be a cool idea to post some, but not any! Since all of The Fray members are daddies, I'm going to post pictures of them with their kids :) Aren't they cute?
Hello there everyone! The Fray's summer tour has already came to an end. After an amazing tour over the United States, they're back home and I'm going to post some photos from the tour for you! By the way, if you've had the chance of going, you can share your photos, experiences or anything like that. I'm sure that a fray concert can't be anything but awesome - and if you share your experience with me I can post it here or whatever you want!
Hello there! Today, I'm here to share and talk to you about The Fray's documentary - Fair Fight. It's a documentary off the making of their second album "The Fray". An emotional and funny documentary that leads us into how it was to record and make the album - the writing and recording process. It's an amazing way to get to know the band a bit better and enjoy watching a documentary of theirs.
