{"id":31389,"date":"2025-03-03T07:47:00","date_gmt":"2025-03-03T06:47:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/addtowantlist.com\/?p=31389"},"modified":"2025-02-28T12:23:13","modified_gmt":"2025-02-28T11:23:13","slug":"new-album-nick-frater-oh-contraire","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/addtowantlist.com\/index.php\/2025\/03\/03\/new-album-nick-frater-oh-contraire\/","title":{"rendered":"New album: Nick Frater || Oh Contraire!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p data-start=\"104\" data-end=\"449\">I\u2019m tempted to call Nick Frater a musical prodigy, but with <em data-start=\"164\" data-end=\"179\">Oh Contraire!<\/em>\u2014out today on Think Like a Key Music\u2014being his twelfth album, that ship has probably sailed. What always stands out, though, is his versatility and his knack for making songs sound like lost pop hits from the golden days of their influences\u2014not unlike The Lemon Twigs, although they differ in their inspirations.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"451\" data-end=\"924\">Impressively, Frater does most of the heavy lifting himself. Written, performed, recorded, mixed, and produced by Frater is one hell of a credit for a record this dense and accomplished. <em data-start=\"638\" data-end=\"652\">Sophisto-pop<\/em> is a strong descriptor for the material, and while it\u2019s a bit more polished than my usual fare, the musicianship and craftsmanship are undeniable. And that power pop sequence in the first half of the record (<em data-start=\"823\" data-end=\"869\">My Heart\u2019s In Stereo, I Know You Know I Know<\/em>, and <em data-start=\"875\" data-end=\"903\">Song For The One-Eyed City<\/em>) is hard to resist.<\/p>\n<p><iframe style=\"border: 0; width: 100%; height: 120px;\" src=\"https:\/\/bandcamp.com\/EmbeddedPlayer\/album=2462393767\/size=large\/bgcol=ffffff\/linkcol=de270f\/tracklist=false\/artwork=small\/track=4004200905\/transparent=true\/\" seamless=\"\"><a href=\"https:\/\/nickfrater.bandcamp.com\/album\/oh-contraire\">Oh Contraire! by Nick Frater<\/a><\/iframe><\/p>\n<div class=\"ast-oembed-container \" style=\"height: 100%;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Nick Frater - I Know You Know I Know (Official Music Video)\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/yWyDJEMiI0s?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<p>Add to wantlist: <a href=\"https:\/\/nickfrater.bandcamp.com\/album\/oh-contraire\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Bandcamp<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I\u2019m tempted to call Nick Frater a musical prodigy, but with Oh Contraire!\u2014out today on Think Like a Key Music\u2014being his twelfth album, that ship has probably sailed. 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