MIDNIGHT MANOR EP
7 songs (self-released) Jan 8, 2008
MIDNIGHT MANOR (track list):
1. Sad Song
2. Doubt
3. Bipolar Belle
4. Some Friend You Are
5. Third & Orange
6. Six Degrees
7. Taunting Greed
Produced by Chase Frank, Engineered by Robbie Reverberation, Mixed by David Krepinevich, Mastered by John Pemble
Players: Chase Frank (gtr, vocals, organ, piano), La Dawn Best (drums), Ahmad-Jamal (vocals), Beegs (vocals--6 degrees)
WINTER IS MY SUMMER
13 songs/Vesuvius, Feb. 2006
Influences
P.J. Harvey, Billie Holiday, The Geraldine Fibbers, Nels Cline, The Kills, Devotchka, Nico, Stereolab, Nina Simone, The Ravonettes, Cat Power, Portishead, Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds, Love, Nina Simone, Robert Johnson, Broadcast, The Swans, Two Gallants, Elliot Smith, Jimmy Hendrix, Gabor Zabo, Bartok, Grant Green, Chris Spedding, The Supremes, Gnarles Barcley, Tom Waits, Bob Dylan, Komeda, The Who, T-Rex, Stevie Wonder, The Pity Party, Ali Farka Toure, John & Alice Coltrane, X, Lou Reed, Loretta Lynn, Howlin' Wolf, Bill Withers, Townes Van Zandt, The Yeah Yeah Yeahs, Enio Moricone, Rufus Wainright, Spacemen 3, Blonde Redhead, Secret Machines, Johny Cash, the Supremes, Keith Richards (early Stones/Tom Waits), Cee Lo Green, The Tindersticks, Minmae, Robert Fripp, Wilco, Nathan Payne, Rademacher, King Crimson, Mia Doi Todd
Sounds Like
"...Angelheaded hipsters burning for the ancient heavenly connection to the starry dynamo in the machinery of night" Howl by Allen Ginsberg
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Jan 8, 2008, Self released, 23 min
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PERFORMING SONGWRITER / EP REVIEW
"This seven-song set casts Frank and her bandmates in a mostly menacing light, be it the arch exhilaration of "Doubt" or the ominous strains of "Some Friend You Are" and "Six Degrees." Predictably, edge and attitude win out. Clearly, the lady is a vamp."
"Her new album—white cover, white heat"...."lean clipped loop-unit-blues with iron vigor like PJ Harvey and a little of the outsider wildness of guys like George Brigman or Michael Yonkers." "Manor likes more a pounded-down lattice of guitar...."
SXSW 2008 / AUSTIN CHRONICLE MENTION AUSTIN CHRONICLE! SXSW 2008 MENTION
Melanie Haupt enjoys us, and says we "specialize in angry, confessional lo-fi rock". Guilty as charged, Melanie...
MTV.COM RECOMMENDS CHASE'S EP Yep, guess me and T-pain rolled out on the same day. Also Patti Smith's release was 2/8/08. It's a weird world.
OC WEEKLY -- 'LOCALS ONLY'
"...mean lean rock that’s set to slow boil. “Bipolar Belle” waltzes darkly with the standard “My Favorite Things,” adding flinty guitar accents and forbidding vocals in the vein of ex-Geraldine Fibbers front woman Carla Bozulich." FULL REVIEW
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---------------------------------------------- REVIEWS FOR "WINTER IS MY SUMMER"
full length. 13 songs, 2006, Vesuvius Records, 59 min
second album
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LONG BEACH MAGAZINE
...."follows closely along the lines of great bands like Portishead and the fuzz-crunchiness of Sonic Youth. The thirteen songs on her album prove
that you only need one to make it happen." Valdas Karalis, LONG BEACH MAGAZINE
OC WEEKLY 2005
....a "one woman guitar storm".
Chris Ziegler, show preview, 2005
BIG WHEEL MAGAZINE
" 'Front Lines' and 'Twelve Hours to Go' are some great songs with some thinly veiled opinions on certain topics in the U. S. Watch out Chase, or Dick Cheney might come shoot you in the face."
Boyd Wunder, 2006
COLLECTED SOUNDS, SWEDEN
"My Captor" is a startling lo-fi exercise in sound that recalls Sonic Youth.....The white-hot intensity of "Tethered Heart" is accomplished with the slightest of instrumentation. But Frank's vocal is strong enough to carry it. "
Anna Maria Stjärnell, COLLECTED SOUNDS
Stockholm, Sweden COLLECTED SOUNDS REVIEW
TIM'S BEFUDDLED UNIVERSE
"Kaki King turned me onto little girls with big guitars. I've started looking out for good women solo guitar players. If you like guitar without gimmicks, I expect you'll like Chase Frank's latest CD, ....Winter Is My Summer''. Chase Frank's music will catch many people by surprise, but, if they take the time to catch up with her, I believe they will be aptly rewarded for their effort."
TIM'S BEFUDDLED UNIVERSE (.org), San Jose Ca
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REVIEWS FOR BEE OF MY MIND
2003, Poverty Level Records
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Short, but oh so sweet. Chase Frank's debut is perfect on so many levels. Her voice is a flexible instrument that suits her music's free spirit well.
Anna Maria Stjärnell, COLLECTED SOUNDS
Stockholm, Sweden full review here
MERCH!! HOW TO BUY STUFF HERE?The new 7 song EP, "MIDNIGHT MANOR", Album & single tracks can be purchased here, single tracks (I-tunes--left, Snocap--above) or mail-order by PayPal (look left) or CD Baby for nat'l & intn'l mail-order.
PLACES PLAYED:
THE RED DEVIL LOUNGE, HEMLOCK TAVERN, HOTEL UTAH, THE KNOCKOUT, SPACELAND, DETROIT BAR, CRASH MANSION, CHARLIE O's, DANTE'S, PEHRSPACE, ECHO CURIO, THE PROSPECTOR, THE COG (rip), FLAMINGO CANTINA (sxsw) and too many underground shows to mention or remember!
PEOPLE PLAYED WITH:
NELS CLINE (w/Banyan), MIA DOI TODD, THEE MORE SHALLOWS, THE SOFT HANDS, THE PITY PARTY, HAPPY HOLLOWS, DEATH TO ANDERS, EL OLIO WOLOF, RADEMACHER, MINMAE, ASSEMBLY OF MAZES, THE PAPER PLANES, MODERN STATE, AZALIA SNAIL and many many many more 2004--present. Watch for us in a town near you!
I'll see what I can do! I'm doing well dahling. Looks like you are too! i can't believe your moving for reelz! but that's awesome for you. i know you've been wanting outta here for a long while. I'm so happy for you!
