Frosted Green Productions Music Reviews

    With 2020 feeling like a lifetime, it is so strange when you realize we only just heard our first songs from NJ emo band, Sweep Echo last year.      Their debut EP, "I'm Not Afraid of My Shadow" was a hugely satisfying opener to the Dan Holden fronted, Shadowplay side-project. Some notable tracks that Frosted Green had the pleasure of filming live included, "Midnight Drive" and "Don't Kill Yourself". The EP is now available on all major streaming services!  Anyway back to the present! As of October 31st, Sweep Echo embraced their inner spooky season with a music video for their latest "Fried Rice". The both relatable and catchy tune is focused on what can be assumed to be the lyrical depiction of being stuck at home throughout this pandemic (or just a rainy day as stated) with a person you love. Whether you are playing Left 4 Dead  or watching Twin Peaks for the 5th time, you're doing it with the best person you could ask for....

Review #32 Artist: Matt Stoll Singles: "Better Than Me" / "Anxious"      So I've got two singles to discuss this time around, one is called "Better Than Me" by Hinder . KIDDING, so kidding. Very, very kidding.       In actuality, these two singles are written by Long Island singer/songwriter, Matt Stoll who now proudly has 4 singles under his belt since 2019. (Feels so long ago, doesn't it?) Self-described as a blues rock/ soul musician, Stoll genre-bends these songs quite well mixing what feels like pop, blues, indie rock, and pop punk all in one.  His most recent single is from April, 24th 2020. "Better Than Me" (not Hinder ) features fellow singer-songwriter, Sam Pollet and enjoys a chipper indie-vibe with smooth bluesy guitar (played by Gianni Gambuzza) at the lead. Sam's voice compliments Matt's very well, and creates a tone that reminds me of songs written by a newer-gen pop-punker named, Chase Huglin. Tog...

Review #31 Artist: Freddie Bourne EP: The Troubled Boy At The Bonfire Disco  Freddie Bourne has yet to cease to amaze me.      While I know it's been a minute since Frosted Green's last review, you may recall that  I also took a listen to Freddie's previous release, "Vulnerable Commercialism " (listen to it here ). That less than typical live EP in my opinion, felt like a very refreshing look into what goes on  in the mind of the modern-age singer-songwriter. Well now he's back again to flip the tables!      "The Troubled Boy At The Bonfire Disco" is the musical love-child of Ed Sheeran , Coldplay , Mashmellow , and Avicii . Yeah I know, strange baby. It's really good though!      As I began listening to this EP I was met with about what I expected ... at first.  On "I Hope You Don't Forgive Me", there is forty-seven seconds of very pretty and professionally produced finger-picking and...

Review #30 Artist: Jackie June Single: On the Move     In the world of late 90s and early 2000s rom-coms, the viewer sees the camera pan down to a shot of Manhattan or Los Angeles from above. This is followed by a cut to that particular film's female protagonist as she walks down the street holding hot coffee that she most likely is about to spill on someone who we will have to get to know for the next 90 plus minutes. All the while, "On The Move" by Jackie June is 100% setting the tone for these opening shots and would be listed as the first song on that CD soundtrack compilation. Remember those? They were the best. Now we have "playlists" … "sigh".     "On The Move" is our first taste of new music released by Jackie June in 2020. Likely gearing up for some more big releases, June is coming off a strong 2019 which included the release of her debut EP, "Wildflower" and an opening slot for 80's pop sensation, Tiffany a...

Review #29 Artist: All Systems Go EP: The Waiting Room Well it’s nearing the end of the year, and the end of the freakin' decade. And since the beginning of 2019, we have all become a bit wiser (I think), less patient (definitely), angrier (slightly), and grayer (unfortunately), but then there is this band, All Systems Go . These four dropped their first full length record entitled, Garden State Skies in January, and now not even a year later, are on the verge of bringing us this brand new six track EP named, The Waiting Room . Slated to be released on December 6th, this new EP shows how much this musical unit has grown in under a year’s time. While GGS was a strong opening act met with rather positive reviews from their fans (as well as FG **cough, cough**), The Waiting Room has them arriving at the whole new level. The band, comprised of Matt, Devin, August, and Joe, tried something a bit different coming into the production of TWR . As stated in some of their rece...

Review #28 Artist: Paddy Kaye Album: What It Means to Be Roadkill Paddy Kaye’s debut album “What It Means to Be Roadkill” is by far one of the best modern folk albums I have heard. Admittedly based on the title I originally thought I had this one pegged. I read the name and I was like, “this album is going to be lyrical strong, mostly just acoustic guitar, and very gritty”. Well boy, was I blown away! So to start, I wasn’t always into folk music, when I was in high school if it wasn’t punk rock it went right over my head. Bob Dylan was boring, Willie Nelson was way too country, Joni Mitchell I just couldn’t get into it, and Leonard Cohen… well, I still only know one song by Leonard Cohen. Long and short of it though, I was a shitty music fan and all I cared about was power chords and what pissed my Dad off. Fast forward like five or six years, a few music classes in college, and a weird neo-folk revolution that even Mumford & Sons abandoned, I discovered that folk ...