Frawley, Martin / Undone At 31
| Album: | Undone At 31 | Collection: | General | |
| Artist: | Frawley, Martin | Added: | Jan 2020 | |
| Label: | Merge Records | |||
A-File Activity
| Add Date: | 2020-01-22 | Pull Date: | 2020-05-06 |
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| Week Ending: | Mar 15 | Mar 8 | Mar 1 | Feb 23 | Feb 16 | Feb 9 | Feb 2 | Jan 26 |
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| Airplays: | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 1 |
Recent Airplay
| 1. | Nov 05, 2021: | Everything in Particular
What's On Your Mind |
4. | May 02, 2020: | Hanging in the bone yard
What's On Your Mind |
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| 2. | Nov 01, 2021: | Hanging in the bone yard
What's On Your Mind |
5. | Mar 12, 2020: | I Like to Dance: Shake Off Your Pants
What's On Your Mind |
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| 3. | Sep 07, 2021: | Old Fart At Play (rebroadcast from Feb 20, 2020)
Smoke In Your House |
6. | Mar 07, 2020: | Hanging In The Bone Yard
You Can't Win |
Album Review
Be Sharp
Reviewed 2020-01-12
Reviewed 2020-01-12
ALT FOLK-ROCK / SINGER-SONGWRITER
Australian songwriter Martin Frawley has created an ambitious concept album that somewhat chronologically relates the story of his life falling apart (at age 31) after a long romantic relationship. Lyrics are in booklet, but not in the right order.
No FCC issues
1 * Mid-tempo. First relationship (aged 22-30) ends in disillusion. Folkish, talk-sung. (4:52)
2 Mid-fast. Hitting the bar scene. Cynical. Raucous. Guitar, drums, lots of piano. (4:01)
3 * Fast. Good rocking song. Fuzzy lead guitar, drums, piano. A bit Lou Reed-ish. (3:00)
4 ** Mid-tempo. Reminiscing about her. They were great together; or not. (4:13)
5 Mid-tempo. He was really close with her family, and that ended too, of course. (3:12)
6 Mid-tempo. Oblique retelling of a fight on a date (I think). (3:06)
7 ** Mid-slow. Half-hearted words of encouragement (directed to her or himself?) (4:29)
8 * Mid-fast. Blurry singing but good instruments including good synth and violin. (3:00)
9 Mid-slow. Country guitar. Talk-sung. Found out she’s dating someone else. (2:01)
10 Slow. Losing it. Pleading hopeless for her return. Strange instrumentation. (5:06)
11 Slow. Spare. Gloomy. Spooky steel guitar solo toward the end. (3:22)
Australian songwriter Martin Frawley has created an ambitious concept album that somewhat chronologically relates the story of his life falling apart (at age 31) after a long romantic relationship. Lyrics are in booklet, but not in the right order.
No FCC issues
1 * Mid-tempo. First relationship (aged 22-30) ends in disillusion. Folkish, talk-sung. (4:52)
2 Mid-fast. Hitting the bar scene. Cynical. Raucous. Guitar, drums, lots of piano. (4:01)
3 * Fast. Good rocking song. Fuzzy lead guitar, drums, piano. A bit Lou Reed-ish. (3:00)
4 ** Mid-tempo. Reminiscing about her. They were great together; or not. (4:13)
5 Mid-tempo. He was really close with her family, and that ended too, of course. (3:12)
6 Mid-tempo. Oblique retelling of a fight on a date (I think). (3:06)
7 ** Mid-slow. Half-hearted words of encouragement (directed to her or himself?) (4:29)
8 * Mid-fast. Blurry singing but good instruments including good synth and violin. (3:00)
9 Mid-slow. Country guitar. Talk-sung. Found out she’s dating someone else. (2:01)
10 Slow. Losing it. Pleading hopeless for her return. Strange instrumentation. (5:06)
11 Slow. Spare. Gloomy. Spooky steel guitar solo toward the end. (3:22)
Track Listing
| 1. | You Want Me? | 6. | Chain Reaction | |||
| 2. | End Of The Bar | 7. | You Can't Win | |||
| 3. | What's On Your Mind | 8. | Something About Me | |||
| 4. | Just Like The Rest | 9. | Lo And Behold | |||
| 5. | Smoke In Your House | 10. | Come Home | |||
| 11. | Where The Heart Is | |||||