It's uncharacteristically overcast and rainy in the bay area these days. It all started right around the time Frontier Ruckus showed up in my mailbox. It's like the gods dimmed the lights, put a chill in the air, and washed rain against my windows to create the perfect backdrop for listening to this band's debut [...]
The scrawled and scratched-out lyrics on the band's website, the quavering vocals, the images of dust and absence and longing — Frontier Ruckus is tapping into all the elements of that particular folk style wherein the songs (and singers) appear much older than their actual age. In the demos for their album The Orion Songbook — that's not Orion like the constellation, but Orion (oree-un) li
The scrawled and scratched-out lyrics on the band's website, the quavering vocals, the images of dust and absence and longing — Frontier Ruckus is tapping into all the elements of that particular folk style wherein the songs (and singers) appear much older than their actual age. In the demos for their album The Orion Songbook — that's not Orion like the constellation, but Orion (oree-un) li
The scrawled and scratched-out lyrics on the band's website, the quavering vocals, the images of dust and absence and longing — Frontier Ruckus is tapping into all the elements of that particular folk style wherein the songs (and singers) appear much older than their actual age. In the demos for their album The Orion Songbook — that's not Orion like the constellation, but Orion (oree-un) li
The scrawled and scratched-out lyrics on the band's website, the quavering vocals, the images of dust and absence and longing — Frontier Ruckus is tapping into all the elements of that particular folk style wherein the songs (and singers) appear much older than their actual age. In the demos for their album The Orion Songbook — that's not Orion like the constellation, but Orion (oree-un) li
Frontier Ruckus is a band that is messing with my mind. Sometimes they have The Decemberists painted over their sound. Except instead of Meloy's sea faring vibe, there's more of a pioneer farmy feel to it. Other times their sound is built like Page France or even more like Mike Nau's newest project - Cotton Jones Basket Ride. And of course sometimes they don't sound like either of those ba...
Frontier Ruckus "Dark Autumn Hour" (mp3) from "The Orion Songbook" (Quite Scientific Records) Description Matthew Milia, David W. Jones, and crew take the americana, backwoods-homespun-heirloom sounds of a bygone era, and give them a new understanding, with an unobtrusive modern edge.