Jack Frost ?– Jack Frost - original vinyl from 1991 - The Church/The Go-Betweens
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original album from 1991 - European Edition - sticker in the front of sleeve
EMI Arista ?– 211 354
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Jack Frost (Australian band)
Jump to navigationJump to search Jack Frost Origin Sydney, New South Wales, Australia Genres Rock Years active
- 1990–1991
- 1995–1996
- Red Eye/Polydor
- Arista
- Karmic Hit
- Beggars Banquet
- The Church
- the Go-Betweens
- Steve Kilbey
- Grant McLennan
History[edit]
In July 1990 Steve Kilbey (of the Church) contacted Grant McLennan (of the Go-Betweens), "he's interested in the idea of them writing a song together. Grant says 'Come over and bring your 12-string' and offers to bake some cookies."[1] Kilbey on lead vocals, guitar, bass guitar, keyboards and drums and McLennan on lead vocals, guitar, keyboards and bass guitar formed Jack Frost in Sydney in 1990.[2][3]
The pair wrote enough tracks for a self-titled album, which appeared in 1991, via Red Eye Records/Polydor Records.[2][3] The album was recorded in three weeks,[1][4] with Bryce Surplice on drums, synthesiser and as co-producer;[2][3] plus "special guests" including Karin Jansson on backing vocals. Lisa Waller of The Canberra Times reported in November 1990 that, "[the duo] are doing a couple of live acoustic performances in Sydney and Brisbane but will wait to see how the album is received before making more commitments to their new found partnership."[1]
Australian musicologist, Ian McFarlane, described Jack Frost, "[the songs] ranged from romantic ballads to tough rock, with the two singers' voices fitting together well."[2] The album provided two singles, "Every Hour God Sends" (November 1990) and "Thought That I was Over You" (April 1991) before the members resumed their solo careers and main band projects.[2][3] Waller's colleague compared their styles, "Kilbey writes with a lush opulence. The ambience of the songs is as important as the lyrics. McLcnnan writes with a more subtle sound, where the lyrics are as demanding as the arrangements."[5] The album was re-released and remastered on Kilbey's label, Karmic Hit, with three bonus tracks:[3] "Persuasion", "Bad for You" and "Jack's Dream", after McLennan died in May 2006.
"Jack's Dream" was the B-side of "Every Hour God Sends", and was also on the three-track, Thought That I Was Over You extended play, along with the title track and "Dub Threshold (Nightmare Mix)".[6] It is closer to The Church (in mellow mode) than The Go-Betweens in sound and style.[citation needed] Kilbey thought highly enough of one song, "Providence", to include it on his 2000 Acoustic and Intimate solo album.[citation needed]
Kilbey and McLennan resumed the Jack Frost project in late 1995.[2] They had recorded new material back in 1993 and were joined in the studio by Kilbey's brother Russell on backing vocal, organ and blues harp, Tim Powles (from the Church) on drums and percussion and Jamie Pattugalan on drums (on the track, "Pony Express").[7][8] McFarlane noticed, "The resultant album, Snow Job, came out to little fanfare and duly sank without a trace."[2] It was co-produced by the Kilbey brothers and McLennan.[2][3] Woroni's Brett Leigh Dicks described how "[it] is a reflection of a unique teaming. But whereas Jack Frost's first endeavour relied heavily on programming, the mechanics of this recording is based upon a very different texture."[8] By 1996 the pair resumed their separate musical careers.[2][3]
Grant McLennan died in May 2006 of a heart attack.
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