Diyath Yavin – vocals, guitars, drums, keys; Bastián Núñez – electric bass; Matt Hambra – piano; Mari Smith – backing vocals

"So this won't be the last farewell,
For we shall part to meet again"
It has been exactly 10 years since Frozen Coco's first single and over seven since those words were uttered on the band's last release. Although none of us imagined we would stick around a decade later, the lyric seems somewhat prescient in hindsight.
If you have heard of Frozen Coco you might simply (in an amazing coincidence) have the titles of two recent Disney films in mind… Or you could be a fan of one of the earliest online rock groups to exist, years before the advent of "Zoom bands" over the pandemic.
During early lockdown last year I revisited some of my writing that was never put to tape, for the sole reason of having something to do. The several Internet music collaborations during quarantine reminded me of us at 14 and made me think, "I've done that gig before" and that it might be interesting to reunite the band.
Some song fragments that had been lying around for years were soon put together and other parts newly written. The lyric draft drifted towards a theme of urgency as it drew upon various things that were happening around me and life in general at the time. Other lines were nicked out of a couple of poems I had written, complete with a not-so-subtle Neil Young reference.
By the time the demo was shared with the rest of the band the song had about 20 chords. Bastián was enthused and turned in a groovy bass performance I am immensely proud of, while Matt was up to the task of learning the song on piano. To complete the line-up we had returning guest singer and "honorary Coco" Mari on backing vocal duties.
With members currently situated in the UK, Chile and the USA, it was nice to hear after all these years what we could make with a bunch of lo-fi, garage band style recording setups. The single was recorded and slated for late 2020 but being tied up with university studies meant that this was pushed back for the 10 year anniversary of our first release. The song's sentiments generally do seem to hold up even in 2021.
Whether you know us from the old days or have newly discovered the band, thank you for taking the time to listen to our music. This has been a pleasant distraction from our respective day jobs and that does not mean Frozen Coco has to stop here: Among some of the songs I revisited was the entirety of our unreleased second album, most of which I was pleasantly surprised to find was near completion. That would make a delightful and quick project for another time.
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Waking up in the shoes of somebody that you used to be
And you don't know what the world's been coming to
Looking back with 20/20 vision life never seems
The way you thought it would
I saw us just the other day in your decaying photograph
In seven years does it still sing the same for you?
Your coat's got heavy since I left the city and I found my band
And it can't stop, won't stop tearing at your gut and weighing you down
CHORUS
[And maybe, it never really was the last goodbye
But I've been searching for a hand glass just to read between the lines
And maybe, the game's taken you by surprise
'Cause you've been waiting long inside for a second roll of the dice]
Picture us half-drunk and unfunny now at twenty three
Living either side of who you are and who you want to be
You called my bluff but your mind's hung up on a memory
That's getting hard to see
[CHORUS]
The leaves have gathered out upon the lawn
Unspoken words left hanging just to fall
Funny how it seems that silence is so deafening
When I can't even hear if you're calling, yeah, yeah, yeah
Those words cut through you just like broken glass
The voice behind the fractured mirrors of your past
Reflecting on this path we're going through
If I knew, oh, if I only knew
These times, they change so quickly
Your life, it's changed you too
Some kind of new beginning
Not all that new to you
[CHORUS]

Second Roll of the Dice

After over eight months of much toil over the creation of Frozen Coco’s debut album plus various other academic and extra-curricular preoccupations, my third single is finally out! The initial conception for the song’s tune came back in May when I received my brand new Les Paul with which I recorded the guitar tracks shortly afterwards. The overdubs of drums, electric bass and vocals were done much later due to the hectic schedule of my final year at school prior to graduation. As is the intention of my solo career, the song digresses immensely from the style of its predecessors, “Rock Nomad” and “Gold Ringers”, cultivating a more guitar oriented sound with catchy bass fills and delicate drum rolls. I hope you relish this track since it is likely to be my last release for 2013 which has indeed been an exceptional year musically!

Lyrics:

VERSE 1 

It started with me telling him: 
“Boy, don’t commit such a sin” 
Thoughts preluded my wonted instinct 
But then I finally gave in 

PRE-CHORUS 

Now I hear every pin drop 
See every raindrop 
And every damn thing seems alive 
Said I hear every pin drop 
See every single raindrop 
And every damn thing seems alive 

CHORUS 

My thoughts are in reclusion 
Requests in abnegation 
Nightmares are in the zillions 
And fears in exposition 
Gonna break the damn workstation 
And indulge in exultation 
‘Cause my mind’s in evaporation 
Gotta go into detraction 

VERSE 2 

The morbid low and ultimate high 
Won’t leave you without a smile 
But when every element dies 
Don’t let it take you by surprise 

PRE-CHORUS 

Now I hear every pin drop 
See every raindrop 
And every damn thing seems alive 
Said I hear every pin drop 
See every single raindrop 
And every damn thing seems alive 

[GUITAR SOLO] 

CHORUS 

My thoughts are in reclusion 
Requests in abnegation 
Nightmares are in the zillions 
And fears in exposition 
Gonna break the damn workstation 
And indulge in exultation 
‘Cause my mind’s in evaporation 
Gotta go into detraction 

BRIDGE 

And don’t you know? 
I want it so 
Yeah, don’t you know? 
I need it so 

CHORUS 

My thoughts are in reclusion 
Requests in abnegation 
Nightmares are in the zillions 
And fears in exposition 
Gonna break the damn workstation 
And indulge in exultation 
‘Cause my mind’s in evaporation 
Gotta go into detraction 

[INSTRUMENTAL FADE-OUT]

When Every Element Dies

Coming under three months of my previous single’s release, “Waiting for the Sun to Come” is a folk song that discusses someone who is caught between a dreamer and a realist. It started out as an evening jam back in summer 2013, and the song was written and fully recorded within one day; the mixing process, however, was prolonged due to my focus on mixing and mastering other songs for my upcoming triple record. After a bit of fine-tuning on the mix, a few tweaks and a bit of EQ, I’m glad to share this song with all of you. This is my first single after the break-up of Frozen Coco, and I plan to devote all my music plans to my solo career only from now on, which means the forty-or-so songs in my album should be completed quicker than ever. Happy listening!

VERSE 1:
I like to think
My head is tossed upon the clouds
And they are ringing
My famed existence far out loud

VERSE 2:
A dreamer dares to dream
A singer starts to sing his song
And I'm just sitting
Waiting for the sun to come along

CHORUS:
It seems that my time is up
I finally must be leaving
It seems that I've lost the touch
I've got to keep believing

I'm waiting for the sun to come
Summer's right on its way
Waiting for the sun to come
I think I'm going to find a way

VERSE 3:
My mind is growing
A cloud collides with mountain tops
The rain keeps pouring
I do admit I've had enough

CHORUS:
It seems that my time is up
I finally must be leaving
It seems that I've lost the touch
I've got to keep believing

I'm waiting for the sun to come
Summer's right on its way
Waiting for the sun to come
I think I'm going to find a way


Waiting for the Sun to Come

Although “Encroaching Meadows” was the album’s starter track, it has been noted before that it was the last song on the record to be composed, in early March 2013. The idea came about during a Saturday evening jam, and I immediately recorded a rhythm guitar demo to the song and shared it with the band mates. Over the ensuing weeks, the decision to leave the original rhythm guitar track on the final version of the song was made due to its distant-sounding reverb levels and its powerful and bluesy tone which was well suited for an opener. All forms of crackle from the demo track were removed during the EQ process. In addition to being the last track to be composed on the album, the song also received the last recorded tracks, with the harmonica being taped just two weeks prior to the album’s release. Matt’s lead guitar submissions arrived only a few days later with eight days to go for the release, although only one of the two tracks made it to the final cut. The track that didn’t make it to the album version was a harmony guitar take that was intended to enter towards the end of the song, but it was left out in preference of what I thought produced a stronger ending to the song, with a more prominent harmonica build-up. This alternate version includes the harmony guitar and also contains a previously unheard “lost bridge”, which is a guide vocal take that has been slotted into this track to give an idea of how the song may have sounded with it.

Encroaching Meadows (Alternate Take)

Following the success of my previous single that received radio airplay, “Put It in Your Head” is more of a return to slightly harder edged rock. The song deals with a failing relationship represented in the image of a band, and is essentially about moving out and starting life on one’s own. It was composed and recorded earlier this year in March, and was thereafter left in the production process for a while. This song was released to coincide with the three year anniversary of Frozen Coco’s first single. One more single from the triple album will be released soon, just before the record comes out, so stay tuned for that!

VERSE 1
Put it in your head,
This working band is dead
There’ll be times when things you said
Begin to fill you in with dread instead

VERSE 2
All I really want
Is someone I can rely on
And when I’m looking down to turn
Myself around and face another day

CHORUS
There’s nothing no more,
I’m staying solo
You can speak your heart
But your words won’t buy you time

We’re riding low, so
I’d rather forgo
You can have your lot
But you can’t take what is mine

VERSE 3
From this moment on you say,
You’ll work with me if it’s OK
You can stay up night and day or chance a week of
Hard-earned pay and maybe I will change my ways

CHORUS
There’s nothing no more,
I’m staying solo
You can speak your heart
But your words don’t weigh a dime

We’re riding low, so
I’d rather forgo
You can have your lot
But you can’t take what is mine

VERSE 4
Do you count the fears
In every single light year?
You’ve been putting things on hold and now
You’re ready to unfold, but I’m already sold

CODA	x3
You ain’t gonna rock me in the cradle
You ain’t gonna lock me in the stable
You ain’t gonna dock me on the cable
Today!

Put It in Your Head

Here it is, the debut solo single of Frozen Coco's Diyath Yavin, released 30/11/2012! The song idea all started out with a basic piano opening riff (no piano track made it to the final cut, it was replaced by guitar). Hours spent on what would become my solo debut single has led to an upbeat rock number, with plenty of lead guitar licks and a rather raucous vocal track. "Rock Nomad" is, at its essence, any hard rock musician's typical rock song... not that I would classify myself as entirely a rock composer anyway. Some of the lyrics are vaguely based off real life experiences and largely talk about a rock wanderer's dreams, thus the arrival at the title. This is completely home-produced and recorded; the rough quality of the mixing is intended to create the raw feel of a classic Rock N' Roll record. A big thanks goes to my awesome Frozen Coco buddy and amazing bassist, Bastián Nuñez for covering the department he does best on this track. All other instruments (save for drums which is a loop), composition, arrangement and lyrics are done by me. That said, hope you all enjoy the music!

Lyrics:

[RHYTHM GUITAR ARPEGGIOS INTRO]

VERSE 1

Yeah, I've been away for a long, long time
Ain't got no money, no not a single dime
Just let me hear some of that rock and rhyme,
'Cause I've been starved of that music, baby now that's a crime

VERSE 2

The folks at Massachusetts didn't care what I said,
So I headed down to Ohio instead
There I found my solace humming rock tunes in bed
And no one told me Frozen Coco's gone to my head

CHORUS

Small cash thinks she's wise but she's a nutty case,
Marksy always proves to be a big disgrace
Mr. Firebolt always keeps a pretty face
And I've had 'nuff of the Prophet and his sassy ways,
Don'tcha get the chase?

Rock on!

[LEAD GUITAR SOLO]

VERSE 3

Back in Ohio we sat down for a meal
Soon over dinner we had struck up a deal
When we wrapped up the contract it just seemed so surreal,
Who needs academics when you're rocking to kill?

CHORUS

Small cash thinks she's wise but she's a nutty case,
Marksy always proves to be a big disgrace
Mr. Firebolt always keeps a pretty face
And I've had 'nuff of the Prophet and his sassy ways,
Don'tcha get the chase?

VERSE 4

From then we set out to recruit a touring band
I had nothing with me but guitar in hand
We played the Land of Mines and God the one-night-stands,
Now those bloody fools rock as if they understand

Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah...
Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeeeaaah...
Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah...
Yeah, yeah, oh yeah, yeah!

[RHYTHM GUITAR ARPEGGIOS OUTRO]

Rock Nomad

To all, I give you my second solo single! ‘Gold Ringers’ is a country number I wrote back a couple of years ago and the structure has changed quite a bit (as is with most of my old song ideas). It has transformed from the originally intended folk song it was to my first recorded country song. Even the instrument solo on this track was initially played to the style of folk guitar but was later changed to piano. All the instrument parts are played entirely by me in this solo venture. Enjoy!

Lyrics:

VERSE 1

One day, must be some seven years ago,
I was with my girl in my four-wheel drive on the road
We weren’t doing much, just trekking out on our own
I said, “Watch it girl; ‘cause we sure ain’t going home”

VERSE 2

We wandered east, for a tavern we should find
‘Twas a stormy night then I finally saw the sign
We soon had stopped and parked that truck of mine
Then we stepped inside to a world of another kind

CHORUS

Then that night, as the stars were bright,
She said, “Darling, we’ve got time”
I scratched my head as I lay in bed
I said, “We’re working out every dime”

VERSE 3

The very next noon, we checked out of that local saloon
We trekked even more, until we’d both seen the moon
She saw a motel but the night man told us it was full
So we hopped in the back seat and fell asleep too soon

Oh come on!

[INSTRUMENTAL PIANO SOLO]

CHORUS

Then that night, as the stars were bright,
She said, “Darling, we’ve got time”
I scratched my head as I lay in bed
I said, “We’re working out every dime”

BRIDGE

The Good Lord knows, we’re drawing close to winter
We’ll be gone, taking nothing out of here
We’d better make the gold before it’s over
And head right home to those we hold so dear

VERSE 4

Thursday morn at dawn, at the early hours of sunrise,
With the radio on, we were making our final ride
The loot glittered so bright, in front of our Boss’s eyes
Then he gave us the roll and we were heading back with a smile

Then he gave us the roll and we were heading back with a smile, yeah...
Then he gave us the roll and we were heading back with a smile

Hey!

[END GUITAR SOLO]

Gold Ringers

I'm a rhythm, lead and bass guitarist, pianist plus vocalist. Massive Beatles fanatic. Also listens to Simon and Garfunkel, Rolling Stones, Queen and many more rock/ballad-y acts.

This account was created with the purpose of containing some of my raw recordings/demos that would have eventually made it into Frozen Coco's second studio album, but following the group's disbandment, this account is rendered somewhat obsolete, with perhaps only the occasional "bootleg" or raw mix from the band days being uploaded a-new.

You can check out my ongoing solo music act below.

Encroaching Meadows (Alternate Take)

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