HISTORY & DISGOGRAPHY
HISTORY
FORMATION 2004
MILLIONTOWN
2004-2006
Named after the 26 minute long final track inspired by the book “The Apprentice” by Gordon Houghton, Milliontown was released in the United States on 18 July 2006 and in Europe on 24 July to widespread critical acclaim. The band went on a brief tour to play a selection from the album, supporting Pallas on a four date tour of the Netherlands and Germany in October 2006, but it wouldn’t last for long….
DISSOLUTION AND RE-BIRTH
2006-2007
EXPERIMENTS IN MASS APPEAL
2006-2007
THE PHILADELPHIA EXPERIMENT
2010
THE DIVIDING LINE
2010
THE HIATUS
2011
FALLING SATELLITES
2016-2019
13 WINTERS, ANTHOLOGY ARTBOOK
2020
Released in November 2020, 13 Winters was a limited edition box-set compilation that Jem put together as a celebration of his development into Prog and the history of the band. This 8-CD collector's bundle came in a 72-page hard back book layout. The box-set comprises 2020 remasters of Milliontown, Experiments in Mass Appeal, Falling Satellites (plus the Falling Satellites instrumentals and Falling Satellites live), The Philadelphia Experiment (2017), the Others EP and "This and That, B-Sides and Rarities".
As Tony Colvill of "The Progressive Aspect" said, 13 Winters is "A rather nice art book that has lyrics, pretty pictures, loads of sleeve notes explaining the songs, history, and other aspects that make up Frost*"Supported by some very arty artwork including album cover-work, track lyrics and background information, the 8-CD collection holds surprises with covers, demos and other previously unheard material.
The box-set "beautifully captures all the unpredictable twists and sometimes jagged turns" from the band's history and archive catalogue.OTHERS EP
2020
Completed back in 2019, FROST* released the 32 minutes long “Others – EP” on 5th June 2020. Jem Godfrey stated: “Others” is a 6 track EP containing 6 songs that were written at the time of the “Falling Satellites” album. Initially the idea was that “Falling Satellites” would be a double album, but it felt more focused and concise as a single album by the time we’d finished making it, so these half completed songs were put to one side. Now finished and mixed, they are ready to see the light of day!” The EP was also released as part of the limited “13 Winters” anthology-artbook in 2020.
DAY AND AGE
2021
In May 2021 FROST* released their fourth full length studio album ‘Day and Age’ through InsideOutMusic. ‘Day And Age’ features Jem Godfrey, once again joined by John Mitchell & Nathan King, as well as 3 guest drummers: Kaz Rodriguez (Chaka Khan, Josh Groban), Darby Todd (The Darkness, Martin Barre) & Pat Mastelotto (King Crimson, Mister Mister). The album also features spoken word on one track from actor Jason Isaacs. Jem Godfrey comments of the new album: “2020 was the year of the studio for obvious reasons. As a result 2021 is going to be a bumper year for new music I think and we’re very happy to be riding that wave too into what I hope will be a better year for everybody. It’s great to be back.” ‘Day And Age’ was recorded over the course of 2019 and 2020, featuring 8 tracks and striking cover artwork by Carl Glover of Aleph Studios (Steven Wilson, Marillion, Steve Jansen).
LIFE IN THE WIRES
2024
“Every prog band worth their salt really should do a double album, shouldn't they?” asks Frost* frontman Jem Godfrey. “We've always kind of had this idea of wanting to do one. So I sat down last summer and thought, well, I'm just gonna have to get my head down and go for it. It’s actually a continuation from Day and Age; the first track on the new album starts with the end of the last track from that album "Repeat to Fade," where the static comes up and a voice says "Can you hear me?”. I remember putting that in when we did Day and Age as a possible little hook for the future; a character somewhere out there in Day and Age land trying to be heard. What does he want to say? Can anybody hear him? Day and Age kind of sets up the world that this character lives in and Life In The Wires tells his story”.
The story revolves around the main character Naio, an aimless kid heading for a meaningless future in an A.I. run world. He hears an old DJ talking on the ancient AM radio his mother once gave him and decides to trace the source of the signal and find “Livewire” to see if there’s a better future out there. However, the All Seeing Eye is less than impressed at this bid for independent thought and fights back. Soon Naio finds himself pursued across the country by an outraged mob as he tries to locate the home of Livewire and his freedom.
Helping create this parallel world are the “classic” Frost* lineup of guitarist John Mitchell, bassist Nathan King, and returning drummer Craig Blundell.
Fans of the band’s masterful debut album Milliontown (2006) will enjoy the band revisiting the style that made that debut album one of the most successful prog rock albums of the last 20 years, a fact that was not lost on Godfrey as he was writing this new record. “With Day and Age, we made it a very specific point: we're not doing any solos, we'll do clever arrangements. And we enjoyed that discipline, but this time I thought it might be good to row back on that position a bit. Plus, I wanted to have a little bit of a nod to Milliontown with this album, because it's been nearly 20 years since Milliontown came out and I’m still proud of it. The 15-minute title track has a few of those Milliontown moments in it which were great fun to do again.”