Biography

Irish fans have devoured the passionate folk-pop stylings of Dublin's the Frames since 1990, witnessing as their music transformed from brash but literate indie-folk to a sparser and more experimental brand of introspection. But U.S. audiences may be more familiar with the outfit's charming lead vocalist Glen Hansard, who has starred in two beloved music-oriented films, 1991's THE COMMITMENTS and the 2006 hit ONCE. The latter film, directed by their former bass player John Carney, featured original music by Hansard and the Frames. The movie's popularity helped to boost the Stateside exposure and sales of the band's 2006 album, THE COST, arguably their most mature and accomplished work. That the album was recorded almost completely live in the studio attests to the long-standing ensemble's remarkable rapport.

Top Tracks

• Click on the track to launch in Spotify

• Early Bird

• Fake

• Fitzcarraldo

• Headlong

• Keepsake

• Lay Me Down

• Masquerade

• Monument

• Neath The Beeches

• Pavement Tune

• People Get Ready

• Perfect Opening Line

• Rent Day Blues

• Revelate

• Santa Maria

• Ship Caught In The Bay

• Song For Someone

• Star Star

• The Cost

• The Dancer

• Your Face

Discography

• Click on the album to launch in Spotify

• The Cost

  Anti

  2007

• Burn the Maps

  Anti

  2005

• Set List

  Plateau Records (UK)

  2004

• The Roads Outgrown

  Touch & Go / Overcoat Recordings

  2003

• Breadcrumb Trail

  Indies Records

  2002

• For the Birds

  Overcoat Recordings

  2001

• Dance the Devil

  Universal Distribution / Uptown/Universal

  1999

• Fitzcarraldo

  Elektra / ZTT Records

  1996

• Another Love Song

  Island

  1992