BEN FROST - Steel Wound LP Shoegaze The bubblegum pop of “Wow

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

But Blades did not watch the film and instead worked on instinct to build out a concept of how the score would unfold

true art warriors with their swords and shields leaning against the practice room wall

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

BEN FROST - Steel Wound LP Shoegaze The bubblegum pop of “WowA 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,