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CMU Approved
Approved: Frontier(s)
By Andy Malt | Published on Monday 20 September 2010
Frontier(s) frontman Chris Higdon previously led Elliott, a band whose last two albums, ‘False Cathedrals’ and ‘Song In The Air’, saw them step ever further away from their punk roots and gave their sound more stadium aspirations with highly emotive, soaring rock songs. Although those albums drew a strong and evangelical fanbase, the band never made it out of the smaller venues their sound was no longer designed for. They split in 2003, releasing a posthumous compilation of live recordings and alternate versions in 2005.
Higdon went on to form Frontier(s), a band which, thanks to his distinctive voice and guitar sound, is not a million miles away from Elliott, with songs pitched somewhere between ‘False Cathedrals’ and the pacier sound of his former band’s debut album, ‘US Songs’. Retreading old ground, perhaps, but to hear new material from Higdon is nonetheless very welcome. Frontier(s) released their debut album, ‘There Will Be No Miracles Here’, last month through the Arena Rock Recording Company. Check out the two tracks streaming on MySpace for a taste.
