DESCRIPTION:
Released in 2010 on Weird Records.

Frank (Just Frank) are a synth-pop, cold wave duo from Paris, France. The two guys became friends over a common interest in black metal (I guess, don't quote me on that) and decided to make music together.

How any of the music on The Brutal Wave is metal influenced is totally beyond me. It's clearly 80's rip off music. Not a rip off in a bad way, it does a great job recreating almost all of the elements that made bands like Cure, Joy Division, Smiths, etc, great.

Punchy drum machines, cold synth, catchy guitar riffs, depressive lyrics, they all scream "1980 !!!! WOOT!" It's all very retro, quasi minimal and slightly robotic. An emo goth robot !

And that pretty much sums up the music here perfectly. The songs that aren't in French a very likable and somewhat catchy. If you like any band from the 80's post punk scene, I'm sure there is something on The Brutal Wave you will like. It's isn't overtly hipster sounding. It sounds just like the 80's did.


6.5 / 10