The Winnipeg Sun
Staff
If you were smart or lucky enough
to see The Frames open for Calexico last fall at the West End, you know
how dynamic these earthy Irish rockers are live. If you weren’t there,
get a taste of what you missed with their powerful and passionate Set List.
Recorded in their Dublin backyard in 2002, this enthralling 73-minute document
captures the band in full cathartic flight. Charismatic frontman Glen Hansard
opens his heart, bares his soul and pleads his case as the musicians illustrate
his reflective, romantic odes with equal measures of poignant melody, epic
grandeur, roots-rock honesty and burning intensity. Imagine U2 if Bono
had his pretentiousness surgically removed -- or perhaps The Tragically
Hip after a few cases of Guinness -- and you’ve got the right frame of
reference. Don’t miss them next time -- and don’t miss this in the meantime.
4 out 5 stars |
