Frankmusik Is Back With Newness

Frankmusik, winner of the 2011 UCA for Album of the Year (something to brag about!), is finally back. For a time he left this stage name for the name "Vincent Did It", but he has chosen to return to "Frankmusik" both to please his fans who had grown so attached to him and to return to his roots of being an electronic artist. Newly independent, he is now on a mission to make the music he wants to -- and that's just what he's done.

A few months back, when Frankmusik announced he would be recording again, it almost slipped past my radar. He released a few amazing demos, such as the extremely catchy "CAPTAIN", but this is the first track to be presented as finished since he retook his original name. "You Are Here" is a departure from what those who were introduced to him with "Do It In The AM". Gone is the shiny dance pop music and in it's place is something truly worthy of someone called a songwriter.




The sound of this track could be called almost tribal. The very Genesis sounding song comes as a bit of a surprise even to me. The only other demos I had heard fell somewhere between "Do It In The AM" and "The SOPA Opera EP", but this is completely new and interesting. While it may not get you dancing, it really fits in with the way pop music has been moving lately with people like fun and Gotye topping the charts.

What is retained is his distinctive sound. He has that wail that he does pretty often that cannot be mistaken for being anyone but him. I often wonder if he strains his voice doing it, but seeing as he does it often, and loudly, I'd say that it is just his style and what he feels comfortable with.

This comes paired up with the news that he is in the middle of writing a new record. He is known for doing Ustream recordings during his stints in the studio, but due to the conflicts in schedules I've been unable to catch him live. As far as written materials there has been no speculated time set for the release, nor a name put out for fans to go off of.