FRANK' S LAMENT

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    FULL COLOUR DIG-PAK WITH 4 PAGE COLOUR BOOKLET WITH THE ORIGINAL ART OF PAUL KOPAL AND ANDY WHITE. Vocalist Karen Langley suffered a potentially terminal blood cancer in 2019 - thankfully through extensive chemo and a stem cell transplant she has recovered and the cancer is in remission. Because of this, all profits will go to the Macmillan Cancer Support charity which provides specialist health care, information and financial support to people affected by cancer in the UK.

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about

from the opening sedate and powerful chords and completely off-kilter vocals, we know we are in for a somewhat different ride. Language and mood hold all the keys in this piece; flurries of wonderful synth oboe and orchestrations abound, illustrating and complementing the fabulous dips and dives of Karen’s outrageously over-prog vocal that borrows angst from Lotte Lenya, Kurt Weil, Dietrich and Nico, amongst others.

But none of those really nails the unique sound and vocal quality that Karen produces on this track. It’s a gorgeous journey as Frank finds he has one foot in the real world and his head floating in the ether. He has put the ladder against the wall and is ready to climb over the top to salvation. Robs guitars draw him up and we go with him, off into the sunset.

“Frank’s Lament” is a mega-prog track of lushness, with vignettes of intricacy and lightness. Three-quarters of the way through you are suddenly pitched into a darker place – never expect a commonplace dream or nightmare in a BABAL track; Frank has mood swings.

lyrics

SYNTHESIS
INNOVATION
EXPLORATION
IMAGINATION
FRANK HAD ALL THESE THINGS, AND MANY MORE.
TONALITY IS NOT JUST A CULTURAL INVENTION BUT A NATURAL FORCE, LIKE GRAVITY SAID FRANK
AND LIKE GRAVITY, FRANK WAS PULLED BACK TO EARTH.
TO FEEL HIS FEET UPON IT – WHICH NEVER FELT RIGHT TO HIM.
HE LIKED TO FLOAT, TO RIDE THE TREE-SHIPS INTO THE CLOUDS
AND HE HEARD STRANGE BIRDS, CRYING IN THE SUNSET.
HE PLAYED RAINBOWS ON HIS STRINGS
HE WAS CAUGHT UP IN THE WHIRLWIND OF SOUND
HE COULD FIND THE KEY,
HE COULD JOIN IN
IF HE COULD ONLY STAY –
BUT HE HAD TO COME BACK NOW AND AGAIN,
BUT HE KNEW THAT REALLY HE WAS A SPIRIT,
AND HIS THOUGHTS BELONGED IN A CRYSTAL BALL
WHERE FATE AND REALITY HELD TEA TO WHICH HE WENT
THIS WAS FRANK’S LAMENT
THIS WAS FRANK'S LAMENT

EXPANSION.
INSTINCT
EMOTION
INTUITION

FRANK HAD ALL THESE THINGS AND MANY MORE
BUT HE DID NOT KNOW THE WAY

HE SAW A KEY, FOREVER TRAPPED IN AMBER, AND HEADED FOR IT.

A DESIRE SO STRONG COULD MELT THIS PRISON, HE THOUGHT.
IT WAS A LONG JOURNEY AND HE WAS TIRED AND TEMPTED BY AVARICE
BUT FRANK’S RICHES LAY TO THE WEST AND HE KEPT TRUE
AND ONE DAY, AS THE SUN SHINES IN A MELLOW TONE,
YOU’LL SEE FRANK ALL ALONE,
AND THE LIGHT THAT COMES FROM HIS EYES WILL POUR FROM THE UNLOCKED DOOR OF HIS HEART.....

(COPYRIGHT: KAREN LANGLEY)

credits

from FRANK' S LAMENT (EP), released January 16, 2020
WRITTEN AND PRODUCED BY ROB WILLIAMS AND KAREN LANGLEY.
KAREN LANGLEY - VOCALS
ROB WILLIAMS - GUITAR, GUITAR SYNTH, BASS
JON SHARP - DRUMS

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One speaks and a thousand misunderstand
where millions are silent and a thunderous applause erupts
where chatter overwhelms humility and gossip destroys worlds
the tongues wag, the ears flap and the mind creates a wall
everything has been said but no one has understood
talking with conviction and concluding that knowledge is easy and effects a multitude of expanding smokescreens around truth ... more

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