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!
I’d love to share news about The Fray with you today,
but I can’t since there aren’t any news, which is more than a shame! Nevertheless,
if I’m writing this post it’s because I’m sharing anything about them with you,
and this time I’m sharing some photos that the guys have been posting the last
days on their social networks!
Some of them are pretty rad ;)
Also I'd like to take advantage of this post to mention that this blog has almost reached 10K reads, which is more than amazing! And it's because of any of you who read this blog, whether you've read it once or you read it evenly. I couldn't be more thankful for that than I already am. Thank you!
First of all, I want to apologize to anyone who
follows this blog, because the last few months, I haven’t been posting here
very frequently. Exams, and other projects I’ve had myself had got me a little
away from this blog, which is definitely a shame.
Secondly, today I was thinking of a topic which would
be good of discussion, and as well writing on here.
“I miss the old The Fray”
Who hasn’t said that? Who hasn’t thought that? I have
thought that, I admit it. And a lot of fans more have. But, I’ve been thinking of
that recently and this is what I come with:
I’m an artist. I’m not an artist as The Fray’s members
are – I’m a writer. Okay, I’m not famous or anything, but I make (or try to
make) art the way I can, so I think I kinda have a voice here. When I’m feeling
down, what I write isn’t happy or positive at all. However, when I’m feeling
good, I write positive and happy stories.
What do I want to say with this?
I think it’s pretty clear that when The Fray wrote
albums like How to Save a Life and The Fray, they (or people around them) were
going through tough times, for whatever reasons. Since The Fray has always been
a band which expressed their own feelings through their songs, it’s clear that
now – that they have more positive music and more happy vibes – they’re going
through a good time in their lives. And I’m more than thankful for that. Because,
this band, which has comforted us when we were feeling down with their music,
deserves it!
You know what? It’s amazing, after all, that they experience
with new kinds of songs and music. We all have ups and downs, and, if we have
songs from The Fray not only for when we’re feeling down, but also for when we’re
feeling good, that’s even better, isn’t it?
That’s what I think. They’ll always be a couple of
kids who were up to no good ;)
Hello guys! I’d like to share with you news about The
Fray, but this month there haven’t been any news to share. However, I’m feeling
kind of melancholic today, and I decided to listen to some of The Fray’s old
stuff, and I was just listening to “Fall Away” and felt like writing about it
here.
The Fray hasn’t talked about its meaning in any
interview, so all I can do is share with you my interpretation and thoughts of
the song, much like what it means to me.
The song is about your past following you, even when
you try hard to run away from it, and I believe that somehow every person out
there can relate to that, some people more than others. I personally strongly
relate to that, because I always end up letting my past follow me no matter how
hard I try, and for that reason the song speaks to me in very personal levels.
Do you relate to it? Let me know below in the comments
what it means to you! Below you can listen to the song:
Hello the frayers! How are you doing? I’m here to
bring you some interesting news! The Fray is going on tour this summer, as
guests, with the band Train! You can already order your tickets, VIP packages and “Meet &
Greet” as well. Have you already ordered your tickets? They’re going on tour in
the US, how many of you are from there?
Hello guys! How are you doing? Today, as I had
mentioned before, I’ve decided to do something different, and review one of The
Fray’s albums!
I’ve reviewed albums before in other of my blogs, but
never reviewed any here, and, it’s something I felt like a must.
The album I’ve chosen is my favorite The Fray album so
far: ‘The Fray’. I love all their albums, but I have an especial love for this
one. I find it very hard to choose among The Fray albums, and, ‘How to Save a
Life’ is very close to this one in my favorite The Fray albums list.
The sophomore album ‘The Fray’ was released in 2009,
and mostly recorded in 2008. It was produced by Aaron Johnson and Mike Flynn,
who had already produced The Fray’s first album ‘How to Save a Life’ (this one
I’m talking about is their second one). The album was released with the record
label “epic records”.
Since this is a blog about The Fray, I won’t stop much
to talk about the band. They’re an alternative rock band from the U.S., and the
band is currently formed by Isaac Slade (piano, vocals), Joe King (guitar,
vocals), Dave Welsh (guitar) and Ben Wysocki (drums). And, the band was formed
in 2002.
The album contains ten tracks, and three of its songs
have music videos: “You Found Me”, “Never Say Never” and “Syndicate”. The music
genre of the album is a piano rock/alternative rock style of music. The album
has a different lyrical content than the first one, although both albums are
similar in some ways. All the songs were written by Isaac Slade and Joe King, except
“Say When” and “Happiness”, which were written by Isaac Slade. Also, the lead
singer in “Ungodly Hour” is Joe King instead of Isaac Slade.
Track by track:
- Syndicate: a piano driven track which turns out
alternative rock gives the album a pretty good start. This song is about life
and how sometimes it feels like we’ve lost it all, and it gives a message that
everything isn’t lost yet.
- Absolute: this is the most energetic song off the
album, and it’s electric guitar driven. This song is about a love relationship
which isn’t as it seems, and someone out of it notices that and wants to do
something about it.
- You Found Me: this song turns out to be a quieter
song than the other two ones, yet there are quieter songs in this album. I’ve
talked about the meaning behind this song in a post before, so I won’t say much
about this track. This song is about the lead singer of the band, Isaac Slade, a
tough time in his life and losing faith.
- Say When: it starts as a quiet song, with a low
singing and low instruments. But, as the song goes by, it changes as well. The track
is a love one, and a really interesting one though. It’s a whole story told in
five minutes. It also mentions war and nations. An amazing song with amazing
lyrics.
- Never Say Never: a pretty nice piano ballad, which
is the quietest one from the album so far. The lyrics are about Joe’s marriage and
how it was falling apart.
- Where the Story Ends: this song has an amazing
instrumental, and it’s based on the piano as well. It’s about Isaac’s relationship
with his current wife in the beginning, and how both were feeling like
strangers.
- Enough for Now: this track has got a style similar
that ‘Where the Story Ends’. The lyrics are very different though. They’re
about Isaac’s mother and how his father didn’t show her how he loved her.
- Ungodly Hour: in this song we can find a very quiet
and low beat and instrumental. This track is about a love relationship going
through a hard time.
- We Build Then We Break: here we can find a different
beat and music style than in the rest of the album, with also “aggressive”
vocals coming from the singer. It seems to be about a person who’s hurt a
woman, and the singer is showing his position of support and is warning that person.
- Happiness: the album finished with an acoustic song
which consists of a guitar and the vocals in most of the song. The title says
what the song is about, and, in a personal level (talking about the band) Isaac
has said that it’s about his grandpa, but also about his wife.
This is the track by track. I haven’t said all I could
about each song at all, because, to go into deeper details, I prefer to write a
post about only the song. I’m planning to write more posts about the songs that
I haven’t yet.
This is my review of the album, I hope you liked it. It’d
me amazing if you shared with me your thoughts of the album and of my review! Thank
you so much for reading and stuff! Below I’m posting the video of the song “Syndicate”
for you to give it a listen:
Hey there! We’re only a few days from Christmas, and
the guys from The Fray have a little present for us.
Well, last year, around this date, I posted about The
Fray’s EP with covers of Christmas’ songs. And, The Fray has just posted that
they’re giving for free their version of “Silent Night”. Are you interested in
it? I’m writing here the link in case you want to listen to it these holidays! http://www.unlock.fm/39 Here you can listen to the song before you download it too:
By the way, I’ve been thinking of writing reviews of
The Fray’s albums on here, do you like the idea? I thought it might be cool,
but I also want to know what you guys think! So below in the comments, let me
know that :)
Hello guys! How are you all doing? Since it’s been
almost a month since Helios tour finished, I decided that it might be cool to
post some pictures from the tour! Did any of you come to the Helios tour? If
so, how was it? Also, if you want me to post pictures from the Helios tour that
you took, you can send me them to my twitter account and I’ll post them! (@bandskeepalive)
