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Not Carbon 14’s cup of tea

Wednesday April 30, 1997 – 6:00 pm

A review of CALLING OVER TIME by Michel Polizzi which appeared in Carbon 14 magazine. I have NO idea of the issue number or date, so I’m fudging on that… if anybody knows, please tell me.

Intensely depressing songs of lost love and yearning for dead lovers, oozing with sadness, melancholy and despair. Minimal, dirge-like, mostly acoustic accompaniment (guitar, piano, organ) evoke a really depressed Mazzy Star, if that’s possible. Unlike blues, which can cheer up a broken heart, this will push you to contemplate suicide if you’re THAT low! Not my cup of tea these days! (1, raised to 2 so as not to bum Ms. Frost out too much further!)

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CMJ New Music Report review

Wednesday April 30, 1997 – 5:00 pm

A review by Lydia Anderson that appeared in the May 1997 issue of CMJ New Music Report…

"I sing the blues ‘most every night," sings Edith Frost on her album’s opening cut, "Temporary Loan," and the subdued blue tone of this song glows throughout her debut, which offers a very personal, very solitary version of the blues. Echoing the four melancholy tunes on her EP of last year, these new songs tip-toe in different directions, touching upon folk, blues, country and artier strains, but are always anchored by Frost’s breathy, but confident, voice. While she recalls other plaintive-voiced singers, Frost achieves her own distinctive voice: She has a higher, sweeter sound than Kendra Smith, and an earthier, less ephemeral tone than Mazzy Star’s Hope Sandoval.

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Tufts won’t settle for mediocrity

Thursday April 24, 1997 – 6:00 pm

A review of Calling Over Time by Michael Perlmutter that appeared on Tufts Daily Online sometime in April ‘97 (I’m not sure of the exact date).

Edith Frost a disappointing addition to Drag City
‘Calling Over Time’ settles for mediocrity

From its inception, Drag City Records has been on the forefront of the music industry. Where others were too shy or hesitant, Drag City charged ahead, braving new and uncharted waters, discovering sonic exotica every time. Looking back at the seminal first records by Pavement, the adoption of avant-garde superstars Gastr del Sol, the careful cultivation of the latent talents of Bill "Smog" Callahan, the rescuing of Mayo Thompson and the Red Krayola from 1960s obscurity (into 1990s obscurity), and Palace, it seems that the folks at Drag City knew something that no one else did.

But with the release of Edith Frost’s Calling Over Time, it seems that whatever remarkable intuition and foresight the masterminds behind Drag City once had is faltering — or they’re now settling for mediocrity, which is what mostly stands out from this album.

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Painfully uncompelling

Wednesday April 23, 1997 – 6:00 pm

A review of Calling Over Time by Ilana Kronick that appeared in VICE (Canada) in 1997… not sure of the exact date.

Unlike labelmate Bill "Smog" Callahan, Edith Frost’s earnest-hearted acoustic pitter-patters are painfully uncompelling. She tries her damndest to stir your soul, but since her music — though sometimes pretty and all — has little soulful quality itself, Frost’s efforts entirely in vain. [sic]

This woman later wrote a semi positive review of my second album which appeared in Hour Magazine (Toronto). It made no mention of her having hated Calling Over Time… she called it "an under-appraised gem"!! Whatever.

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Calling Over Time

Monday April 21, 1997 – 9:00 pm

Edith Frost: CALLING OVER TIME
©1997, Drag City #DC89 (CD and LP)
Reviews (page back to ‘97) • More Reviews
Purchase the CD or LP at Drag City, or get the CD on Amazon
MP3s are available from iTunes and Amazon
Lyrics are included with the album (CD version only)

Produced by Rian Murphy
Engineered & mixed by Jim O’Rourke
Photography by Chuck Cors

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Chicago Flame interview

Monday March 3, 1997 – 5:00 pm

An interview by Phil Mole that appeared in the Chicago Flame (The Independent Student Newspaper at the University of Illinois at Chicago)…

God’s own singer of songs is coming home

As a slew of new country-based artists infiltrates the marketplace, it is becoming harder to separate the contenders from the pretenders. Make no mistake about it: Edith Frost is a contender. The former Texas resident and recent Chicago transplant makes music that is too fragile and heartbreakingly beautiful to be ignored. An amazing synthesis of styles, Frost’s music accomplishes the rare feat of sounding familiar and strikingly original at the same time.

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It’s in the can

Wednesday October 2, 1996 – 12:16 am

I just got back from my first trip to Chicago, I had the time of my life! I went there to record my first album for Drag City Records, it’s in the can now and should hit the stores around March, we’re hopin’. IT’S AMAZING, Y’ALL… I got to work with some awesome musicians… Jim O’Rourke and David Grubbs from Gastr del Sol, and Rick Rizzo from Eleventh Dream Day, among others.

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Song for today

Tuesday July 30, 1996 – 6:00 pm

Note: This is a journal entry — it was written on paper or on my computer, then transferred to my website, maybe years later.

Wrote "Temporary Loan"

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Song for today

Monday July 8, 1996 – 6:00 pm

Note: This is a journal entry — it was written on paper or on my computer, then transferred to my website, maybe years later.

Wrote "Pony Song"

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Song for today

Tuesday July 2, 1996 – 6:00 pm

Note: This is a journal entry — it was written on paper or on my computer, then transferred to my website, maybe years later.

Wrote "Wash of Water"

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Song for today

Wednesday June 19, 1996 – 6:00 pm

Note: This is a journal entry — it was written on paper or on my computer, then transferred to my website, maybe years later.

Wrote "Too Happy"

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Drag City: This Means War

Tuesday April 30, 1996 – 6:00 pm

My song "Calling Over Time" (the same version that later appeared on my first album of the same name) was included on this Japanese compilation CD, along with tracks by Palace Brothers, Royal Trux, The Red Krayola, Gastr del Sol, Smog, Flying Saucer Attack, Plush, Silver Jews, and Cynthia Dall.

Released sometime around the spring of 1996; I’m not sure of the exact date. I can’t read Japanese, but it’s almost certainly out of print, and isn’t available on Drag City’s site either.

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