Frank From Blue Velvet’s eponymous debut LP was macabre and mysterious, dark country punk that haunted me so much that I included it in my 2022 year-end list. Its successor, I Am Frank, is a different story, literally and figuratively. The East Sussex band, at its core a trio of Andrew J Davies (vocals, guitar) and Ruby Lyons (bass, vocals)—father and daughter—and Mark “Og’s” Storr-Hoggins (drums, vocals), have some closure to do.

The backstory: when the father left the family home, the daughter was left angry and hurt. For a period, the two didn’t speak, and when they eventually did, the pain and unresolved emotions hung heavy in the air. Their shared love of music ultimately became the bridge that brought them closer together. After a period of healing and reflection, they are now ready to write off their family issues. In nine new songs they delve into the period of addiction and disintegration, adding electronic rhythms, deep vocals and appropriate country twang to the personal lyrics.

It’s an intense and relatable journey toward shimmering horizons. Isn’t there a little bit of Frank in all of us?

I Am Frank—produced by Yioti Chapman—is out now digitally, on CD and vinyl LP, trough Property Of The Lost Records.

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