“She owns the song and its message with unwavering
confidence and inveterate wit,” says For Folk’s Sake. Hear “Practical
Jackets” now.
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Jane Frank as photographed by Iran Ramirez.
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[STREAM | MP3]: https://fanatic.lnk.to/JaneFrank-PracticalJackets
“If Weezer
wrote a smash hit called ‘Buddy Holly’,
Jane Frank inhabits a space in her
sound that blends the former’s knack for captivating with breezy
matter-of-factness with the actual Buddy
Holly’s pure sense of confounding cool.” – Jonathan Frahm, For
Folk’s Sake
“Indie rock musician Jane Frank is ending 2018 on a particularly high note, with the
release of her stunning, layered new track ‘Fight or Flight.’”
– Meredith Schneider, Imperfect Fifth
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“I hate all your practical jackets, Dress like you’re
40 when you’re only 37,” sings Jane
Frank on “Practical Jackets,”
the lead single from her just-released debut album The Big Squeeze. The song is essentially a quirky, spastic,
but still solidly rhythmic, toe-tapping indie rock version of a dis track.
“‘Practical Jackets’ is about when
you’re heartbroken, but you’re still in love, and you’re so mad, but since
you’re in love, you want to hate the person, but you can’t, so you just act
shallow and petty instead,” Frank
explains.
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“I asked her how to write a song,” the
Boston-by-way-of-San-Francisco-based musician recalls.
Frank interviewed Jenny
Lewis of Rilo Kiley when the
former was a reporter for her college newspaper. Frank was thinking about becoming a songwriter herself – she had
been writing her whole life – journals, stories, and now journalism – but the
process of songwriting baffled her.
Fortunately, Frank figured it out.
Jane Frank’s debut album is comprised of gutsy, autobiographical
songs with influences that range from the 1950s (Buddy Holly), the 70s (Blondie),
into the 90s with Weezer, and all
the way up to the indie rock surge with the aforementioned Rilo Kiley.
Add in Frank’s musical theater background, and
The
Big Squeeze may seem like a scattered amalgam of styles and influences
on the page, but when heard, outlines a unique, memorable voice and fun style
that is all Frank’s.
“There’s a
pop-punk song, an R&B-inspired song, a waltz with a beat, some synth. It’s
all there,” she explains.
Recalling the
first year of creation following her fateful interview with Jenny Lewis, Frank remembers, “I bought a guitar, taught myself some chords, and
wrote a lot of songs.” Frank later
spent seven years developing those songs, show, and sound in San Francisco
before her recent jump to Boston to further her education.
“Through all
the moving around, music has been such a huge part of my journey and healing,”
she concludes. “Even when I’m not making music, I’m listening and am constantly
inspired or consoled.”
And that’s how
you write a song.
The Big Squeeze, the debut album from Jane
Frank, is out now. Jane Frank is
available for interviews. Contact Josh Bloom
at Fanatic for more information.
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Jane Frank
The
Big Squeeze
Out Now
(S/R)
Track Listing:
01. Washington
02. Can’t Stop Thinkin’ ‘Bout You
04. Goldeneye
05. You’re a Star
06. If I Didn’t Know Better
07. Practical Jackets (STREAM |
MP3)
08. It Was a Good Dream
09. Oh Science
10. I Believed in You
11. The Big Squeeze
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Jane Frank Links
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Contact Josh Bloom at Fanatic Promotion
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