The Frowning Clouds - "Gospel Sounds & More from the Church of Scientology" (2022, full album)

We are truly touched by this "new" album on Anti Fade Records, with no doubt one of the most timeless artifacts ever, that could have been launched in the mid 60's, fifty years later, round 2012, when these fabulous nuggets were created, or now by the time to be released in 2022, sounding just as fresh and real in any of these eras... Now that's a superpower, and not Marvel's! I will never understand what happened wtih this band.... How something so magical and wonderful didn't definitely work at the time, becoming a galactic stadium-filling lineup. Probably one of the most underrated bands in the history of music, which succumbed to the massification caused by the smashing new era of garage at the beginning of this millennium, but Tremendo Garaje, that long before being just a shitty Youtube channel was a blog with some prestige at the time, was lucky enough to live Frowing Clouds' journey parallel in time, more than 20,000 kms away, thanks to the unique connection that took place between that hot-spot called Geelong, and Sevilla's label Saturno Records, in charge of releasing from Spain the first recordings of this band, including that tour tape mentioned by Billy in the below text, which makes the core of this no remedy gem, cause this had to happen! I have no more space to go further in this story, but what i can assure you is that this is the band that put Geelong in our map, creating a scene that later would spread to Melbourne, and today survives with an inexhaustible vigor, making possible bands like Living Eyes, Ausmuteants, Orb, Hierophants... And countless more, that made known nowadays legends such as Jake Robertson, Billy Gardner or Zak Olsen... Sorry, not to mention many others, and made possible labels like Aarght! Records or Anti Fade, which now is releasing one of the most essential albums we can remember. Heartfelt thanks to all of you who have made it possible! https://thefrowningclouds.bandcamp.co... 00:00 01. Not The Fool 02:38 02. Guess Again 06:18 03. Thought About Her 09:03 04. The Grass is Greener (Further Still) 12:02 05. Picking Room 15:34 06. Sea Partner 17:33 07. Stream Two 21:52 08. Stick Fight 25:53 09. All Night Long 28:47 10. A Dame A Dozen 32:12 11. Open Your Eyes 34:48 12. Propellers 38:29 13. Bad Vibes 41:28 14. If You're Half Then I'll Make You A Whole "It’s with great excitement and much nostalgia, that today we have the pleasure of announcing a full length record’s worth of (circa. 2012) material from the real unsung heroes of the Geelong music scene; The Frowning Clouds. The band who started it all for what we refer to as the thriving music scene that currently remains in Geelong. Anti Fade for one, would not exist without The Frowning Clouds; the biggest musical influence a pimply teen growing up in Geelong could ever ask for. The band started out as pimply teens themselves in 2006, and by 2008, as 17 year old kids they were invited to play the iconic Golden Plains festival, and played shows around Melbourne and surrounds on a weekly basis for years onward. For a moment they seemed to like they were the next big thing, but for reasons beyond me, their 60’s garage inspired brand of music was largely under-appreciated and they never really got the respect or attention they deserved. A much more appreciated band these days than they ever were during their existence. You could say they were ten years ahead of their time, perhaps? To summarise the background of Gospel Sounds & More from the Church of Scientology; a large chunk of it could be looked at as the Clouds’ second album that never came out. After releasing their first record in 2010, they worked up a new set of songs, all much more original and “their own sound” compared to their first album, but by the time they got into the studio to record with Tim Dunn, they had over 20 tracks. So obviously a lot of them (predominantly the older tracks) didn’t make the sophomore classic, “Whereabouts” LP, and instead came out as a European tour cassette that quickly sold through it’s hundred copies and the songs sat idle on Bandcamp from then onwards. We were able to compile a lot of stuff from the time, including the above tour tape, two tracks that never actually came out plus a handful of singles that weren’t included on the albums. Owen Penglis who recorded their All Night Long single in 2011 was even able to dig up his original tapes to remix the three tracks from this session. It’s ten years or more since all of these songs were recorded, yet they still feel as fresh and relative as anything else that’s coming out today. The Frowning Clouds’ “Gospel Sounds & More from the Church of Scientology” LP is out August 5th, 2022." All songs by The Frowning Clouds, 2011/2012. Mastered by Mikey Young, Tremendo Garaje: IG:   / tremendogaraje   FB:   / tremendogaraje   Disclaimer: Uploaded with authorization of the label