A Frente Australian Tour 2014 has been announced to mark the 21st anniversary of Marvin The Album.
Released in 1992, Marvin The Album became a beloved Australian release off the strength of breakout singles like ‘Accidentally Kelly Street’, ‘Ordinary Angels’, ‘Labour Of Love’ and Frente’s acoustic rendition of New Order’s ‘Bizarre Love Triangle’.
Now the duo of Angie Hart and Simon Austin are reuniting to celebrate the record’s 21st birthday and heading out for their first headline Frente tour since 1997.
Visiting Sydney, Melbourne, Adelaide, Brisbane and Perth and making regional visits to Castlemaine and Lismore, Frente will perform Marvin from beginning to end, as it appears on the original Aussie CD, followed by the US cuts and many long standing fan favourites – all in support of a re-release of Marvin The Album.
First produced by the band with Michael Koppelman (Paisley Park’s in-house engineer and producer for Prince), the album featured some reworked cuts from Whirled and Clunk and was recorded in Melbourne at Platinum Studios.
Released at the end of 1992, Marvin… peaked at #5 on the charts and also went platinum and scored ARIA Awards in Sydney in 1993 for Breakthrough Single (‘Ordinary Angels’) and Album (Marvin) Frente followed in the footsteps of seminal indie-pop bands such as The Triffids and The Go-Betweens to find the recognition that had eluded them in their success in their hometown.
Sitting at 21 years between the Australian and US releases of the album, 2014 seems like a most fitting year to revisit Marvin.
Across 2 discs (fully remastered by Bob Ludwig in Los Angeles), Marvin The Album’s first disc features the Australian version with the addition of the three US bonus tracks added after the original sequence. The second disc features the long-out-of-print Whirled and Clunk EPs, again fully remastered, as well as a handful of rare-as-hen’s teeth, soon-to-be-revealed bonus tracks from the Marvin era.
Marvin The Album, the 21st Anniversary edition will be released on double disc CD and digital / stream on May 16th via Festival / Warner Music Australia.
See Frente perform their seminal 1992 opus live and in full at the following dates and venues.
Frente Australian Tour 2014
THU 22 MAY, PLAYHOUSE, ARTS CENTRE – MELBOURNE, VIC
FRI 23 MAY, PLAYHOUSE, ARTS CENTRE – MELBOURNE, VIC
Tickets available @ http://artscentremelbourne.com.au / ph: 1300 002 787
SAT 24 MAY, THEATRE ROYAL – CASTLEMAINE, VIC
Tickets available @ http://www.theatreroyal.info / ph: (03) 5472 1196
FRI 30 MAY, THE BASEMENT -SYDNEY, NSW
SAT 31 MAY, THE BASEMENT – SYDNEY, NSW
Tickets available @ www.moshtix.com.au / ph: 1300 438 849
FRI 6 JUNE, THE GOV – ADELAIDE, SA
Tickets available @ www.oztix.com.au / www.venuetix.com.au /ph: (08) 8340 0744
SAT 7 JUNE, THE ASTOR – PERTH, WA
Tickets available @ www.showticketing.com.au/ ph: 08) 9370 5888
FRI 27 JUNE, STAR COURT THEATRE – LISMORE, NSW
Tickets available @ http://www.starcourttheatre.com.au/ ph: (02) 6622 5005
SAT 28 JUNE, POWERHOUSE THEATRE – BRISBANE, QLD
Tickets available @ brisbanepowerhouse.org/ ph: (07) 3358 8600
ALL TICKETS ON SALE FRIDAY MARCH 14TH @ 10:00AM
