Frank Details - False Pretences/Strangers On A Train 7″
March 31st, 2008 at 4:56 am
Arty and a little twisted but of course great UK punk. Can’t decide which I like the best False Pretences which is the obvious hit with it’s full on force punk sound. Or Strangers On A Train with it’s pulsating and aggressive steady beat. I tend to spin Strangers… a lot more. I love sleeves like this who don’t reveal how the record sounds. It’s ugly and boring but coupled with how the record actually sounds it makes you feel like you’ve discovered something great that other people would miss cause of the design of it.
Frank Details have been comped on Everyones A Classic and the Chuck’s Messthetics comps:”Frank Details were were built around two guitarists -Richard Furzer and Andy Milner- who shared a distinct taste for the New York City sounds of Richard Hell, Television, and [Fred and] Patti Smith.“. After reading this I can cleary hear Hell and Television in there.
Country: UK
Year: 1980
Label: Buzz Bomb
Format: 7″
Songs:
False Pretences.mp3
Strangers On A Train.mp3
March 28th, 2008 at 2:47 pm
Thank you for this. Never heard of them before. Great record. False Pretenses being the best of the two. Sounds like Wire to me.
March 28th, 2008 at 3:32 pm
Great HardFolk!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
March 28th, 2008 at 6:01 pm
Don’t be so frank…how’s about some details.
March 28th, 2008 at 8:40 pm
Thanks for posting this, it’s the first harDCore record I bought when I was ten.
March 29th, 2008 at 5:56 pm
Excellent posting. Never heard of the band or the songs, much appreciated.
Garychching
March 30th, 2008 at 4:53 am
Last I looked, band member Furzer was married to a woman who’s just one of THE most adorable people on the planet. Like or loathe the Frank Details record (I like it) I defy anyone to not fall in love within 5 seconds. (Chris, you’d back me up on this, right?)
Nice one Richard!
March 30th, 2008 at 7:39 am
Hey steve…what the fuck are you talking about???
March 30th, 2008 at 10:33 am
Furzer means farter in german hahaha.
March 31st, 2008 at 9:37 am
Don’t know about Chris Steve but i’d back you up on this :)
Ps.. never been on this site before.