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

“Liars and Thieves” is the first single release to be penned by Luke Slomba. Following on the heels of their debut album, only two band members performed on this song. The song initially resembled a light piano ballad when written, but was transformed into an edgier rock number with Diyath Yavin on electric guitars, and Luke Slomba debuting on bass, due to a post-album production hiatus taken by the rest of the band. The band also debuted their first ever music video along with the release: http://youtu.be/kQZQUKhGxUM

Diyath Yavin: vocal, rhythm guitar, lead guitar, piano
Luke Slomba: electric bass, drums

LYRICS:

Everyone's a liar
Everyone's a thief
You can't go a second without
Lying through your teeth

You bind my hands and tie my feet
As I stare at this bridge that cracks underneath

You say I'm a coward
I wouldn't run from rain
The rain drops in my hair keep me from
Being dull and plain

This routine gets old
Every day's the same
Sometimes I start to wonder,
What do I have to gain?

Liars and thieves,
Out in the streets
Liars and thieves!

Liars and Thieves

“The Valediction” concludes Frozen Coco’s two-and-a-half year active online existence. Following their album release in summer 2013, the group started to disintegrate with slackening interest from the band members. Yavin, being the only active member of the group at the time, consulted an old collaborator, Mari Smith, to sing on the last track. In a career that spanned 30 months, the group released seven singles, an EP, and a full-length album, forming a catalogue of 21 songs. They spread out to new reaches in the process, with the creation of music videos, and advancement in both composition style and musical instrumentation. This single is officially the last Frozen Coco release.

Mari Smith: vocal
Diyath Yavin: piano

And when calm surrenders to the storm,
Will we still know the way?
One aching heart tells another one
They will be there to see the day

So this won't be the last farewell,
For we shall part to meet again
So this won't be the last farewell,
For we shall part to meet again

And as I wear my winter coat,
I turn and see
One decaying photograph
Of you and me

Keeps me from forgetting 'bout you and me,
And the times we had back then

You've made amends, that I can understand
You have made some of your other plans
And though you're on some other foreign land,
In my heart you'll be with me

So this won't be the last farewell,
For we shall part to meet again
So this won't be the last farewell,
For we shall part to meet again

released 27 December 2013
- Composition: Yavin
- Lyrics: Yavin
- Producer: Yavin
Cover art by a friend of Yavin

The Valediction

VERSE 1:
I miss your warm caress,
I hold dearly to it,
As I meditate
What did I do wrong?

I miss your sweet essence,
I can’t stop feeling it.
What can I do
To bring us peace again?

CHORUS:
I want to stop this
And be at your side again.
Will you forgive me,
And please let me heal your wounds?

VERSE 2:
I miss your warm caress,
I can’t stop feeling it,
And I wonder why
It had to go away?

I beg your forgiveness,
I glimpse your silhouette
The ghost in your eyes
Is all that still remains

CHORUS:
I want to stop this
And be at your side again.
Will you forgive me,
And please let us forget this pain?

• Bastián Núñez – vocal, electric bass, synthesiser
• Matt Hambra – rhythm guitar, lead guitar
• Diyath Yavin – piano
• Luke Slomba – drums

• Composition: Núñez
• Lyrics: Núñez, Yavin
• Producer: Núñez 

It Had to Go Away

VERSE 1:
Stepped in this world, all dreary and cold,
Lost in confusion
Slept in the park, alone in the dark,
Seeking redemption

Then she came along, and she sang me her song
She started to walk, amidst all the fog,
Lighting the doorway

CHORUS:
Yeah, I’m telling you
This woman, this woman don’t make me blue
No, no, no!

I was waiting,
Waiting for someone who looked like you
Yeah, yeah, yeah!

VERSE 2:
The clouds in my head, blank dots I was fed,
Soon disappeared
So I played my part, following her heart,
And soon I was free

CHORUS:
Yeah, I’m telling you
This woman, this woman don’t make me blue
No, no, no!

I was waiting,
Waiting for someone who looked like you
Yeah, yeah, yeah! (Oh!)

• Diyath Yavin – vocal, piano
• Bastián Núñez – rhythm guitar, lead guitar, electric bass
• Luke Slomba – drums

• Composition: Yavin
• Lyrics: Yavin
• Producer: Yavin 

Light Amidst the Fog

VERSE 1:
I was looking for a girl to simply no avail,
Until you came and really got me over
Now me and my girlfriend past, ‘twas a love that’d never last,
I’m glad you came and finally turned me on

CHORUS:
So stay with me love, oh please my love,
Oh baby, all the time
All I ask of you is to love me do
Oh baby, I’m in love with you, oh yeah

(Take it Matt!)

BRIDGE:
So my dear, oh now don’t you see,
Just how much you really mean to me?

VERSE 2:
Now we are on pleasure shores, oh who could ask for more?
Just you and me, we can always be together
And so in this time of bliss, tender touch and rapture’s kiss,
In our new-found dawn we can sing along forever

CHORUS:
So stay with me love, oh please my love,
Oh baby, all the time
All I ask of you is to love me do
Oh baby, I’m in love with you, oh yeah

• Diyath Yavin – lead vocal, backing vocal, piano
• Matt Hambra – acoustic guitar, lead guitar
• Bastián Núñez – lead guitar, electric bass
• Luke Slomba – drums

• Composition: Yavin-Núñez
• Lyrics: Yavin
• Producer: Yavin 

Blissful Rapture

VERSE 1:
Howdy there, my friend, allow me
To introduce
For I am the spirit of a
Great, joyous life

CHORUS:
I am here to bring you to
A state of plenitude
You will forget all your worries
Dream with no setbacks

VERSE 2:
Don’t resist the seductive
Nature of commands
Succumb to temptation and you
Won’t look back again

Sadness and melancholy,
All is in the past
Look forward to your new life,
Should you take the chance

CHORUS:
I am here to bring you to
A state of plenitude
You will forget all your worries
Dream with no setbacks

BRIDGE:
What're you waiting for?
You've got a long way ahead!
But it’s also short;
So make your best!

VERSE 3:
Consume in copious amounts,
Don’t mind the hangover, nor the
Invasion of your senses, else you’re
Locked inside your mind

Reflect on the things you did,
Ashamed of yourself
A promising joyful life
Doesn’t need this jar

CHORUS:
I am here to bring you to
A state of plenitude
You will forget all your worries
Dream with no setbacks

What’re you waiting for?

• Bastián Núñez – vocal, electric bass, lead guitar
• Matt Hambra – acoustic guitar
• Luke Slomba – drums

• Composition: Núñez
• Lyrics: Núñez, Yavin
• Producer: Núñez 

This Jar

VERSE 1:
You told me you’d be back last winter,
But now I find you’ve changed your mind
You left me in early December,
You say to find some girl of another kind

PRE-CHORUS:
But there’ll be time to rectify
All your deeds again

CHORUS:
And baby, don’t make me cry
‘Cause the tears are filling my eyes
Please just don’t break my heart

VERSE 2:
I stand on the edge and ponder
Will I see you walking down my lane?
In my wildest dreams I wonder
Whether I will ever forgive you again?

CHORUS: x2
And baby, don’t make me cry
‘Cause the tears are filling my eyes
Please just don’t break my heart

Oh I’m standing on the edge
Watching the window ledge
Waiting for your knock on my door
Waiting for your knock on my door

• Mari Smith – lead vocal, harmony vocal
• Matt Hambra – acoustic guitar
• Diyath Yavin – lead guitar

• Composition: Yavin
• Lyrics: Yavin
• Producer: Yavin 

Early December

VERSE 1:
I was lost, I just stared
At the ruins of a love we once shared
Was I daft, so unwise?
What did I do that you simply despised?

CHORUS:
For what you’ve got girl, is hard to find
Oh, our love was of another kind
I’m afflicted underneath
It makes me break down and want to weep

CHORUS:
For what you’ve got girl, is hard to find
Oh, our love was of another kind
I’m afflicted underneath
It makes me break down and want to weep

VERSE 2:
Now I’m stuck deep inside
By these painful emotions I hide
Try my best to move on
From a love that has now faded and gone

CHORUS:
For what you’ve got girl, is hard to find
Oh, our love was of another kind
I’m afflicted underneath
It makes me break down and want to weep

• Diyath Yavin – vocal, rhythm guitar, lead guitar, piano
• Bastián Núñez – electric bass, orchestral arrangements
• Luke Slomba – drums

• Composition: Yavin
• Lyrics: Yavin
• Producer: Yavin 

Ellipsis

VERSE 1:
Close your eyes and don’t worry
I’ll be gone in a hurry
You’ll be left solitary
I’m going down

Stuck in subspace highway
Things spin out of view my way
See no land or no runway
I’m in freefall

CHORUS:
And it doesn’t matter the tears you’ll cry
Doesn’t matter the pain
You must somehow carry on
Though I won’t be back again

VERSE 2:
I am jammed in the cockpit
Of an FA Eighteen Hornet
I see no form of escape
I’m going down

I hear motors are breaking
The hydraulics are failing
My engines keep on stalling
Stuck in freefall

CHORUS:
And it doesn’t matter the tears you’ll cry
Doesn’t matter the pain
You must somehow carry on
Though I won’t be back again

VERSE 3:
Close my eyes and I’m with you
You don’t know how I’ll miss you
Know no world without you
Don’t want to die

I don’t wanna be no soldier
But the weight burns my shoulders
Had no choice but to leave her
I’m going down

VERSE 4:
I call seventy-seven hundred
Though I’m done and have floundered
I regret all my blunders
I’m to blame

I’ve been shot by enemy aircraft
There’s no chance I can escape
Just sit here watching the radar
I am stalling

CHORUS: x4
And it doesn’t matter the tears you’ll cry
Doesn’t matter the pain
You must somehow carry on
Though I won’t be back again

• Diyath Yavin – lead vocal, harmony vocal, lead guitar, piano, orchestral arrangements
• Matt Hambra – acoustic guitar
• Bastián Núñez – electric bass
• Luke Slomba – drums

• Composition: Yavin
• Lyrics: Yavin
• Producer: Yavin 

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Frozen Coco is a rock band that was formed on June 23, 2011. It is a purely online collaboration between Diyath Yavin (various instruments), Bastián Núñez (electric bass) and Matt Hambra (guitar) who are currently situated in the UK, Chile and the USA.

Since its inception, Frozen Coco has released eight singles, an EP, and a full-length album over their period of existence of over 10 years. The band had worked on a second studio album, on which they planned to incorporate multiple instrument overdubs and several orchestral arrangements, in contrast to their previous work.

However, following their disintegration, the project was abandoned until the band recently reunited for their 10 year anniversary. This project is currently on hold.

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