JACK FROST - Original Euro LP - GO-BETWEENS Grant McLennan CHURCH Steve Kilbey

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JACK FROST

Jack Frost

Original Euro LP (made in Holland) released on Arista / BMG Records in 1991.

08 30430 20 1A1 211354   /   08 30430 20 1B1 211354

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Jack Frost was a side project uniting the Australian singers and songwriters Steve Kilbey (best known as the frontman of the Church) and Grant McLennan (late of the Go-Betweens). The duo's self-titled debut appeared in 1991, at which point both men both returned to their primary projects; however, in 1995, Jack Frost reconvened for the LP Snow Job, this time along with Church drummer Tim Powles and Kilbey's brother Russell.

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Putting key members of two of Australia's best bands together meant that a high level of expectation was already in place for Jack Frost's debut, but quite happily that expectation was met with flying colours. Quite wisely, neither Kilbey nor McLennan try to make their collaboration simply an extension of their respective bands -- while a certain familiarity is unavoidable, the two make a successful effort to try for something more. Part of this derives from the working set-up for the project; McLennan and Kilbey play just about everything themselves aside from some strings, woodwinds, and horns, with drum machines and synths adding a consciously technological edge to the proceedings at points. The tightly wound "Every Hour God Sends," for instance, touches on everything from Roxy Music at their most driving and sleek to anthemic '80s rock without the declamatory weight, while "Thought That I Was Over You" turns into a great lighter-waver while avoiding dumb-ass shoutalongs, a rare trick indeed!

For the most part, though, Jack Frost is calmer, more relaxed, though there are moments of excellent drama ("Providence," with a slowly intensifying but never explosive build of instruments, drums sounding like martial calls over the hell, is a major winner). The two singers trade off parts throughout the songs, sometimes taking lead versus backing vocals, something breaking things down into verse and chorus responsibilities. There's even a bit of light French pop influence, as the gently jazzy "Geneva 4 a.m." shows, Kilbey's world-weary lead nicely offset by McLennan's soft but impassioned singing on the chorus. With plenty of lovely individual touches like McLennan's spoken-word delivery of "Trapeze Boy," a gentle bed of plucked strings and electric guitar supporting the brief, heartfelt story, Jack Frost as a whole makes for a worthy listen on its own merits instead of simply those of its creators' other work.

Tracks Are :-

Side One

Every Hour God Sends
Birdowner (As Seen On T.V.)
Civil War Lament
Geneva 4 A.M.
Trapeze Boy
Providence
Thought That I Was Over You

Side Two

Threshold
Number Eleven
Didn't Know Where I Was
Ramble
Everything Takes Forever

Released on 'Arista / BMG Records' in 1991

Catalogue No. 211 354

Disc is in EX condition (some light surface marks)

Sleeve is in EX condition

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