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WINTER IS MY SUMMER & BEE OF MY MIND REVIEWED
LONG BEACH MAGAZINE ...."follows
closely along the lines of great bands like Portishead and the fuzz-crunchiness of Sonic Youth. The thirteen songs on her
album prove that you only need one to make it happen." Valdas Karalis, LONG BEACH MAGAZINE
OC WEEKLY 2005 ....a "one woman
guitar storm".
Chris Ziegler, show preview, 2005
BIG WHEEL MAGAZINE
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'Front Lines' and 'Twelve Hours to Go' are some great songs with some thinly veiled opinions on certain topics
in the U. S. Watch out Chase, or Dick Cheney might come shoot you in the face."
Boyd Wunder, 2006
COLLECTED SOUNDS, SWEDEN
"My Captor" is a startling lo-fi exercise in sound that recalls Sonic Youth.....The
white-hot intensity of "Tethered Heart" is accomplished with the slightest of instrumentation. But Frank's
vocal is strong enough to carry it. " Anna Maria Stjärnell, COLLECTED SOUNDS
Stockholm, Sweden
TIM'S BEFUDDLED UNIVERSE
"Kaki King turned me onto little girls with big guitars. I've started looking
out for good women solo guitar players. If you like guitar without gimmicks, I expect you'll like Chase Frank's
latest CD, ....Winter Is My Summer''. Chase Frank's music will catch many people by surprise, but, if they take
the time to catch up with her, I believe they will be aptly rewarded for their effort." TIM'S
REVIEWS FOR BEE OF MY MIND
2003, Poverty Level Records
Short, but oh so sweet. Chase Frank's debut is perfect
on so many levels. Her voice is a flexible instrument that suits her music's free spirit well.
Anna Maria Stjärnell, COLLECTED SOUNDS
Stockholm, SwedeN
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MIDNIGHT MANOR REVIEWED... OC WEEKLY - DAVE SEGAL
"...mean lean rock that’s set to slow boil. “Bipolar Belle” waltzes darkly with the standard
“My Favorite Things,” adding flinty guitar accents and forbidding vocals in the vein of ex-Geraldine Fibbers
front woman Carla Bozulich." PERFORMING SONGWRITER / EP REVIEW
"This seven-song set casts Frank and her bandmates in a mostly menacing light, be it the arch exhilaration of "Doubt"
or the ominous strains of "Some Friend You Are" and "Six Degrees." Predictably, edge and attitude
win out. Clearly, the lady is a vamp." (July/Aug. 08 DIY section) DETROIT METRO TIMES, Jeffrey Morgan -- SIZZLING PLATTER OF THE WEEK: Chase Frank — Midnight
Manor (self-released) :: Chase is a girl and, boy, can she ever write, sing and play a whole host of everything, from
deep-sixed dirges ("Sad Song") and upbeat rockers ("Doubt") to decadent Euro-sautéed cabaret
torch numbers ("Bipolar Belle"). I also get the feeling that’s she’s got a loose screw or two rattling
around somewhere in that big beautiful brain of hers — always a plus in my book. (Oct. '08)
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SMILE TRIALS
REVIEWED OC WEEKLY, Chris Ziegler Frank writes and
plays like she's both armed and on the run, with her time and vision saved only for the most vital things, and Owens'
production shows just how gutsy these songs really are.
THE LAST BEATNICKS "Chase Frank is one of many singers unjustly neglected, I definitely think her performance is on
par with the greats.She moves from within -- this is what it literally means
to be a freelance artist."
MIDNIGHT MANOR REVIEWED... THE DISTRICT WEEKLY (Ziegler) --HOMETOWN LOVE -- 'CHASE
FRANK SUPERSTAR'
Chris Ziegler on Chase Frank, June 26, 2008
"Her new album—white cover, white heat"...."lean clipped loop-unit-blues with iron vigor like
PJ Harvey and a little of the outsider wildness of guys like George Brigman or Michael Yonkers."
LEFT OF THE DIAL MAG (.com) "Chase Frank comes off like the moody side of Patti Smith and the unerring arcade symbolist
poetry of PJ Harvey, especially on tracks like "Doubt," with its slightly funky drumming and ghostly guitar whispers
on one hand and a dampened post-punk blues crunchiness on the other. Her voice withers and wraps around your cerebrum with
a dire sense of otherness and abjection...." (Aug '08)
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