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Originally posted by Gar
It's that time of year already - the annual Frames bashing thread on Cluas. I reckon if the band don't break through abroad with this album then they'll call it quits. Looking forward to the new record actually.
and i'm sure that people said the same thing bout "Dance the Devil". and then again about "For the Birds". and also "burn the maps".
i think that the frames piss off so many people off because they're still around thus disproving the theories as outlined above.
theyve actually got more successful here and abroad in the last 5 or 6 years and largely by using the cash from sell-out irish tours. other irish bands could copy and paste that approach but never do, which is an interesting one. when the frames now tour, they can pull the kind of crowds in bumfcuk, idaho which many other irish bands can only dream of attracting. not many paddys or J1ers in bumfcuk the last time i looked so there's a healthy non-irish audience out there for them.
like the m50, the frames will run and run (probably round in circles too - the last few albums have been awful since the high of "for the birds"). and like the m50, we'll probably always be happy to moan about them
now, that damien rice fellow......