Frequency Drift - Summer (2014)

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Frequency Drift - Summer (2014)

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"Summer" is a collection of tracks that, for one reason or another, never made it onto band's previous albums. This is not to say that they are inferior in any way to tracks that did make it onto those albums, but rather those that missed out due to time constraints, conceptual issues or were incomplete at the time. The band considered them too good to remain unfinished on a discarded computer and, with the exception of ‘Summer’s End’ (entirely written for this project), have enhanced, altered and generally dusted down the tracks for this ‘between albums’ release.
So five tracks have got ‘the treatment’ with one new song tagged on and rather fine they are too - being a perfect fit into FD’s exceptional body of work.
From the dreamy cello/keyboard introduction of the 12 minute opening title track to the Julianne Regan/All About Eve coda of the appositely named closer ‘Summer’s End’ the band provide the metaphorical vessel for the listener to drift off to another place.
Highlights include the superb layered guitars of ‘Distant’, the pastoral piano figure and Focus/Sylvia guitar riff of ‘Siren’ and the wonderful combination of electric harp and cello on the standout ‘Ringshining’.
And with the graceful tones of vocalist Isa Fallenbacher weaving their way in and out of all this loveliness, they simply couldn’t fail.
For an album that’s been stitched together with disparate tracks it feels wonderfully cohesive and has that elusive quality (particularly in these days of a throw-away music culture) of exhorting the listener to give free-rein to their imagination.