The New Frontiers

Subscrita a FanaticPromotion, puedo descubrir mucha música, y tener MP3s para escuchar. El otro día cuando escuché los MP3s de The new frontiers, decidí investigar. Se me había pasado hacer un post de ellos. Y hoy comprobando mi lista de Friends del MySpace, he picado en su icono, y en cuanto los he escuchado...me han vuelto a enganchar. Y aunque debería postear todas las bandas de FanaticPromotion, se me pasa...Pero ésta no podía quedarse fuera del blog.También buscando sobre la banda me he reencontrado con una página que pensaba desaparecida :) y genial que siga, para no perderse casi nada ^^


Indie / Rock / Americana

Dallas, Texas
United States

WEB

MySpace

Componentes:

Nathan Pettijohn: vocals, guitar
Ryan Henry: Bass, vocals
Jacob Chaney: Guitar, vocals
Guy Turner: Keyboard, vocals
Alex Bhore: Drums

Bio recogida en FanaticPromotion:

In a time where big beats and big hooks equal big sales, and transience runs rampant throughout the medium, it is becoming ever so difficult to find records that still matter. You know, the ones that affect you. That stick with you. That serve as an underscore to the essential times in your life. While those types of records are certainly becoming an endangered species, there are thankfully those that defy this trend, and work to supply us with the instant classics we so rarely find anymore.

The New Frontiers are a band on the front lines of this battle with their debut full-length offering, Mending; they wisely let their music do the talking. Sonically, the band once known as Stellamaris offers up their take on a quieter, more introspective brand of indie rock. Anchored by singer Nathan Pettijohn's emotive vocal delivery, and complemented in kind by an equally skilled Dallas-based supporting troupe, The New Frontiers present tunes with a quiet sense of majesty that still manage to pack a colossal emotional footprint. Their pacing is deliberate, but never sedate and their sound is at once both contemporary and traditional. The overall musical stew is one that combines dashes of alt-country, brit-rock, and indie-pop (among others) towards a final mélange sure to win over sets of ears for years to come.

From the opening swells of "Black Lungs," Mending grabs a hold of its listener, but not at all in a forceful, brutish way. It is instead the type of prompting that begs for acquiescence, and the rest of the LP only cements that notion. Whether it is in the heartbreaking emotion of "The Day You Fell Apart" or the patient reflection of "Man Down," The New Frontiers pack an abundance of poignancy into their entrance onto the world's stage. It is all necessary, though, as exposure to the work's later pieces requires preparation. For as listeners delve into the unassuming anthemics of "Mirrors," the sparse acoustic/falsetto magnetism of "Passing On," the sweeping grandeur of "This Is My Home," and the ethereal moodiness of "Walking On Stones," it is readily apparent that this is not your typical radio-rock fodder. This is not to say that the tracks on Mending wrestle with issues of accessibility, instead that they maintain a profound depth beneath their lustrous surface appeal.

After sharing the stage with some of the country's hottest buzz bands, The New Frontiers now seem poised to break out on their own under the strength of their Matt Goldman-produced debut. Mending is a comprehensive journey through a range of sounds and emotions - one whose effect is not soon lost upon those it touches. Discussing the album, drummer Alex Bhore reveals that the band "wanted to make a record that was true to [themselves] and what the songs were in the first place." Frontman Pettijohn further elaborates how, staying true to the record's moniker, "a lot of the songs are about trying to fix certain things. Trying to fix yourself, trying to fix relationships with people, trying to make sense of things." With Mending, The New Frontiers exhibit nothing less than a keen sense of music's intrinsic healing power. Therapy has never felt better.

Mending contains 11 tracks of majestic, lush, and soaring alt-country indie rock, akin to Ryan Adams and Wilco. From the opening swells of "Black Lungs," Mending grabs a hold of its listener, but not at all in a forceful way. It is instead the type of prompting that begs for acquiescence, and the rest of the LP only cements that notion. Whether it is in the heartbreaking emotion of "The Day You Fell Apart" or the patient reflection of "Man Down," The New Frontiers pack an abundance of poignancy into their entrance onto the world's stage. -Steve Henderson


Discografia:

-Mending (29 Abril 2008)
Label: The Militia group
(Compra: Amazon.com)



1. Black Lungs MP3
2. The Day You Fell Apart MP3
3. Man Down
4. Mirrors MP3 en Purevolume
5. Strangers
6. Passing On
7. This Is My Home
8. Walking On Stones
9. Spirit And Skin
10. Standing On A Line
11. Who Will Give Us Love?

Puedes escuchar el disco entero en Purevolume.

-Tour EP | 2007
Sold Out!!!

1. Man Down
2. Mirrors
3. Walking On Stones
4. Car Doors And Stolen Keys
5. The Sound Of Love

-Stellamaris EP | 2006
Purchase From iTunes

1. Waking Up
2. Apparitions
3. Faces On Screens
4. Strangers
5. Walking On Stones
6. The People We've Become

-The City Turns Everything Electric | 2005 | Out Of Print


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Más temas de The New Frontiers:

Free Previously Unreleased Songs

Absolutepunk
1. "This Is My Home" (Alternate Version)
2. "Look At Miss Ohio" (Gillian Welch Cover)

Estas dos canciones están incluidas en un EP gratuito, que además contiene 2 temas de Alive in wild paint:

Alive In Wild Paint - "Ceilings (acoustic version)"
Alive In Wild Paint - "True Love Will Find You In The End (Daniel Johnston cover)"

Daytrotter
1. "Company"
2. "The Ones You Keep"
3. "Standing On A Line"
4. "Car Doors and Stolen Keys"