BEN FROST - Steel Wound LP Shoegaze showing a definite influence of

showing a definite influence of more experimental bands such as The Homosexuals and The Fall

Epic entries like “Suicide” (named after the notorious NYC band) and the mesmeric “How Does It Feel

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meandering with playful musical craftsmanship through styles like prog rock

The bubblegum pop of “Wow and Flutter” exhibits the earliest example of the band’s Krautrock stylings being overpowered by an ingratiating melody

BEN FROST - Steel Wound LP Shoegaze showing a definite influence ofA note from Lawrence English If Im not mistaken, Ben Frost and I first talked about the ideas of what would become Steelwound sometime in mid 2002. In the early 00s, Ben had been working on cut up electronics, spilling over with floating rhythms, humming string samples and piano splices. It was a sound realised in part through the subversion of fruity loops and also owes a debt to Ableton Live which arrived in late 2001. His works to that point,