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FROG HITS

Taken from the "GROG" LP Out Nov 17th - https://heyitsfrog.bandcamp.com/album/grog

"New Ro" on Stereogum - https://www.stereogum.com/2242244/frog-new-ro/music

"New Ro" premiere on Various Small Flames - https://varioussmallflames.co.uk/2023/11/09/frog-new-ro

New York duo Frog (brothers Danny & Steve Bateman) return with their fifth album “Grog.” This collection of gorgeous Indie Americana is full of the nostalgia, hope, defeat and lust that earned previous singles “Judy Garland” and “You Know I’m Down” several million streams on Spotify.

Eclectic and wildly creative, this fully realized LP veers from the gorgeous grooving funk of “Black on Black on Black” to the classic pop of “Maybelline” before “New Ro” exemplifies the “gothic and cartoonish” characteristics that songwriter Daniel Bateman describes his latest work with.

“Grog” will be released both CD and digitally on November 17th and launched with a performance at YoFi Fest 11 (Yonkers, NY) which accompanies a screening of their “Kings of Blah” documentary.

Artist Quote:

“There are really exciting places we were able to get to on this record, places that I didn’t know existed before I found them. It feels both gothic and cartoonish to me, big gargoyles, dark skies, storms, but the statues are of ‘Aaahh!!! Real Monsters.’ Every song is a step deeper into the abyss.” - Daniel Bateman (Frog)

Previous Support: NPR / BBC Radio 1 / BBC 6 Music / TLOBF / CLASH / Gold Flake Paint / London In Stereo / DIY Mag / Various Small Flames / IMPOSE / Cereal & Sounds / For the Rabbits

Spotify Stats: 9.5 million streams / 78k monthly listeners (Oct 16th 2023)

Press Quotes:

“I was taken aback by its apparent simplicity; a simplicity that at first masked a wealth of subtle nuances, wry homages, and nostalgic narratives that were enough to make listeners lament growing up anywhere other than suburban America.” – The Line of Best Fit

“Locked between the unstoppable force of self-deprecation and the immovable object of the American Dream.” – Various Small Flames

“A subtle, stunning triumph.” – For the Rabbits

“Utterly brilliant...they make you nostalgic for memories you never had and take you back to places you’ve never before been.” - London in Stereo

Grog

New Ro

"Maybelline" is the second single from Frog's "Grog" LP (out November 17th) - https://heyitsfrog.bandcamp.com/album/grog / https://open.spotify.com/artist/3ME5MgDqwM6G3UDLmwjftA

FFO: Jonathan Richman / Bruce Springsteen / Modest Mouse / Townes Van Zandt / Silver Jews / "The Secret of Monkey Island"

"Grog" LP Out Nov 17th: bit.ly/FrogGrogInfoPage

New York duo Frog (brothers Danny & Steve Bateman) return with their fifth album “Grog.” This collection of gorgeous Indie Americana is full of the nostalgia, hope, defeat and lust that earned previous singles “Judy Garland” and “You Know I’m Down” several million streams on Spotify.

Eclectic and wildly creative, this fully realized LP veers from the gorgeous grooving funk of “Black on Black on Black” to the classic pop of “Maybelline” before “New Ro” exemplifies the “gothic and cartoonish” characteristics that songwriter Daniel Bateman describes his latest work with.

“Grog” will be released both CD and digitally on November 17th and launched with a performance at YoFi Fest 11 (Yonkers, NY) which accompanies a screening of their “Kings of Blah” documentary.

Artist Quote:

“There are really exciting places we were able to get to on this record, places that I didn’t know existed before I found them. It feels both gothic and cartoonish to me, big gargoyles, dark skies, storms, but the statues are of ‘Aaahh!!! Real Monsters.’ Every song is a step deeper into the abyss.” - Daniel Bateman (Frog)

Previous Support: NPR / BBC Radio 1 / BBC 6 Music / TLOBF / CLASH / Gold Flake Paint / London In Stereo / DIY Mag / Various Small Flames / IMPOSE / Cereal & Sounds / For the Rabbits

Spotify Stats: 9.5 million streams / 78k monthly listeners (Oct 16th 2023)

Press Quotes:

“I was taken aback by its apparent simplicity; a simplicity that at first masked a wealth of subtle nuances, wry homages, and nostalgic narratives that were enough to make listeners lament growing up anywhere other than suburban America.” – The Line of Best Fit

“Locked between the unstoppable force of self-deprecation and the immovable object of the American Dream.” – Various Small Flames

“A subtle, stunning triumph.” – For the Rabbits

“Utterly brilliant...they make you nostalgic for memories you never had and take you back to places you’ve never before been.” - London in Stereo

Maybelline

Bandcamp: https://heyitsfrog.bandcamp.com/album/grog
Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/track/0zrg5hyp8Vu7YmbmCqTHkY?si=0d8560a23547449c

FFO: Jonathan Richman / Hall & Oates / Silver Jews / Townes Van Zandt / "The Secret of Monkey Island"

"Grog" LP Out Nov 17th: https://bit.ly/FrogGrogInfoPage

New York duo Frog (brothers Danny & Steve Bateman) return with their fifth album “Grog.” This collection of gorgeous Indie Americana is full of the nostalgia, hope, defeat and lust that earned previous singles “Judy Garland” and “You Know I’m Down” several million streams on Spotify.

Eclectic and wildly creative, this fully realized LP veers from the gorgeous grooving funk of “Black on Black on Black” to the classic pop of “Maybelline” before “New Ro” exemplifies the “gothic and cartoonish” characteristics that songwriter Daniel Bateman describes his latest work with. 

“Grog” will be released both CD and digitally on November 17th and launched with a performance at YoFi Fest 11 (Yonkers, NY) which accompanies a screening of their “Kings of Blah” documentary.

Artist Quote:

“There are really exciting places we were able to get to on this record, places that I didn’t know existed before I found them. It feels both gothic and cartoonish to me, big gargoyles, dark skies, storms, but the statues are of ‘Aaahh!!! Real Monsters.’ Every song is a step deeper into the abyss.” - Daniel Bateman (Frog)

Previous Support: NPR / BBC Radio 1 / BBC 6 Music / TLOBF / CLASH / Gold Flake Paint / London In Stereo /  DIY Mag / Various Small Flames / IMPOSE / Cereal & Sounds / For the Rabbits

Spotify Stats: 9.5 million streams / 78k monthly listeners (Oct 16th 2023)

Press Quotes:

“I was taken aback by its apparent simplicity; a simplicity that at first masked a wealth of subtle nuances, wry homages, and nostalgic narratives that were enough to make listeners lament growing up anywhere other than suburban America.” – The Line of Best Fit

“Locked between the unstoppable force of self-deprecation and the immovable object of the American Dream.” – Various Small Flames

“A subtle, stunning triumph.” – For the Rabbits 

“Utterly brilliant...they make you nostalgic for memories you never had and take you back to places you’ve never before been.” - London in Stereo

Black on Black on Black

Debut single from Frog, the guitar band from Queens, New York. Released April 27th. 

Taken from the upcoming "Kind of Blah" LP on Audio Antihero. Pre-Order here: https://audioantihero.bandcamp.com/album/kind-of-blah / http://itunes.kud.li/AAH013

Frog - "Judy Garland"

Second single from Frog's "Kind of Blah" LP - www.heyitsfrog.bandcamp.com

Photo Credit: Andrew Piccone
Cover Design: Benjamin Shaw

Praise for the "Kind of Blah" LP: 
"A safer bet there’s never been – this record is essential." - GoldFlakePaint 

"A bit of a masterpiece." - 7BitArcade 

"Imagine the euphoric pop of Small Wonder getting caught in a time warp to the wild west with Modest Mouse’s ‘Satin in a Coffin’ and you just about scratch the surface." - DIY Mag 

"Oh, god. Help me, words. Help me convey what a blessing Frog is." - Collapse Board 

"A record whose sheer flood of ideas couldn't be denied...Irreverent, strange and just a little addictive." - CLASH 

"Utterly brilliant...they make you nostaglic for memories you never had and take you back to places you’ve never before been." - London In Stereo 

"A solid reason for Frog to be your new favourite band - 8/10." - Shout4Music 

"A perfectly melancholy subway ride..." - IMPOSE 

"A splendid piece of work." - Gideon Coe (BBC 6 Music) 

"Dreamy Americana soundscapes...Despite sounding ever-so-slightly menacing at points, it's deliciously sweet for the most part." - The Line of Best Fit 

"Makes me grin so hard I think my face may actually split into two separate parts." - The 405 

"Making you pine for romances you’ve never had...Perhaps the one unifying factor of the record is the degree of humanity upheld by each track present, the emotions and the experiences almost all universal - 4/5." - ARTROCKER 

"Anyone who doesn’t get that enjoyment from it really is past saving" - Louder Than War 

"Have you spent any of your time listening to Frog? No? Then prepare yourself for something quite special, something you’ll rush to share with your friends, hoping to be the coolest kid on the block..." - Austin Town Hall 

"A frenzy of fast guitar licks and off-kilter vocals, but it all comes together to form an impressive force." - MAGNET Magazine 

"Anyone who's heard even the tiniest excerpt from Kind of Blah will attest that, however they came to it, they've found a spark of magic from somewhere." - Crackle Feedback 

"Frog are the most wonderful weirdos, and we should hold them close to our hearts forever." - Don't Need No Melody 

"Peek through a smeared window at an innocent and imaginary New York...the entire set feels like it exists outside of time...feels like a constant, noisy dawn..." - Clicky Clicky Music Blog 

"Recorded under a derelict bowling alley, the album really does suck you into the New York that Frog know…‘I’m an adventurer’ is a line from the album and it’s a hell of a journey to join Frog on. An album that will have you an emotional mess at one moment and hopping for joy at the next…" - Spectral Nights 

"Kind of Blah is America." - Wake the Deaf 

"An LP you'll want to faun over and adore even when it confuses the hell out of you. The best artists never bare all on arrival and this is no different. Give it spin. And then another - until it makes sense - 8/10." - The Digital Fix 

"Albums like this don't come around that often." - Independent Clauses 

"It’s been a long, long time since a lo-fi recording has hit me as powerfully as frog’s 'Kind of Blah'...It’s tough to even begin speaking about this album because it subtly steals the words out of my mouth by taking my breath completely away." - Sly Vinyl 

"Love this." - Huw Stephens (BBC Radio 1) 

"Kind of Blah is an album that speaks to many, and it will speak to you if you give it a chance. There's a honesty and humanity at its core and Frog pull shimmers of beauty through music that is sad, painful and desperately catchy." - Scene Point Blank 

"Here, frog has crafted something truly different, uniquely flawed, and indisputably special. And that’s kind of awesome - 4/5." - Sputnik

FROG - Photograph (Single Version)

Pre-Order: https://heyitsfrog.bandcamp.com/album/whatever-we-probably-already-had-it

Premiered by For the Rabbits - https://fortherabbits.net/2018/11/20/premiere-frog-bones

Lyrics:
Bones, we watched bones through the laundromat’s fumes in the cold
￼￼
There’s a VA hospital that you and I’d walk by on our way to diners and beggars in popeye’s and now Did you know that you are the guardian of a part of my life that I had forgotten

There’s a song that you learned from your mom and you thought if you’d call it out she’d come along And bro, you never know just what she’s thinking about on trains home

Pain it’s all the same it’s always helping you out when you’re down
Remember that tree we carved while you freezed and the rivers of shoes left to rot out in Queens where there’s something to say but I’m too afraid and I whisper it once now it’s gone, its ok, I say 

Kid, do you know that you are the guardian of a part of my life that I had forgotten

There’s a song that you learned from your mom and you thought if you’d call it out she’d come along Did you know that I’ve thought about you every year in the cold where the train rattles through
And I never told you it’s just what I do

Whatever We Probably Already Had It

Frog - "Bones"

Pre-Order here: https://heyitsfrog.bandcamp.com/album/whatever-we-probably-already-had-it / Playlist here: http://sp.kud.li/FROG001 

Premiered on The Grey Estates - https://www.thegreyestates.com/blog/song-premiere-something-to-hide-frog

Lyrics:
Card was declined, she walked home crying 
Do you need a ride, his car was dry 
Oh I, there’s something to hide with some other guy 
You met on the side 
There’s something to hide, you would’ve been a beautiful bride 
￼￼ 
Rented a room by the hour 
Home before noon in time to shower 
O wow 
There’s some kinda power in the car in the shower 
Oh you’re such a coward 
There’s something to hide, you would’ve been a beautiful bride 
Don’t you know why I don’t call you 
Don’t you know why I don’t care 
Truth be told I’m waiting for you 
Just a look and I’ll be there 
Got in a cab her hair still damp 
Turned on her phone and texted him 
Oh man 
There’s something to hide with some other guy 
You met on the side 
There’s something to hide, you couldn’t tell him if you tried

Frog - "Something to Hide"

Pre-Order: https://heyitsfrog.bandcamp.com/album/whatever-we-probably-already-had-it

Premiered on Various Small Flames - https://varioussmallflames.co.uk/2018/11/15/frog-american/

Lyrics:
Yes by god I’m American
God is great he’s hilarious
What the fuck y’all staring at
Tall, dark, bald and arrogant
Took the tram the rain flew off the glass
Thought of you and paused to let it pass
It takes it’s things off lays them on the grass
O yes
God bless the USA
I’m Ok
Call the paramedics
Call a priest call fedex
I’m a beast I’m pretty
Fuck with me forget it
Supermarkets lonely Clorox aisles
Counter girl the phone she never smiles
The fridge is buzzing like a child
O yes
God bless the USA
I’m Ok
Cluck Cluck pat yourself on the butt young man, I’m the king of smut young man, come give me a cut young man, shh

Previous Press:

"A safer bet there’s never been – this record is essential." - GoldFlakePaint

“Imagine the euphoric pop of Small Wonder getting caught in a time warp to the wild west with Modest Mouse’s ‘Satin in a Coffin’ and you just about scratch the surface.” - DIY Mag

“I was taken aback by its apparent simplicity; a simplicity that at first masked a wealth of subtle nuances, wry homages, and nostalgic narratives that were enough to make listeners lament growing up anywhere other than suburban America” – The Line of Best Fit

“A record whose sheer flood of ideas couldn't be denied.” – CLASH Music

“Utterly brilliant...they make you nostalgic for memories you never had and take you back to places you’ve never before been.” - London in Stereo

“The best American guitar record of the year. Seriously. It's like every cult band from the past decade bottled in to half an hour of music." - Tom Johnson (Drowned in Sound)

“Makes me grin so hard I think my face may actually split into two separate parts.” - The 405

“A real treat: hunt down debut album Kind Of Blah forthwith.” - The Skinny

“Perfectly melancholy.” - IMPOSE

“Making you pine for romances you’ve never had - 4/5.” - Artrocker

“We’re kind of huge fans of Frog” - The Grey Estates

"Kind of Blah is America." - Various Small Flames

“Oh, god. Help me, words. Help me convey what a blessing Frog is...I am transported.” - Collapse Board

Frog - "American"

Taken from 'Count Bateman' - https://heyitsfrog.bandcamp.com/album/count-bateman

Lyrics:

All these people want are covers, had your mom make up the flyers 
You’d be my lover but for another 
I wish I could live 1000 lives, court and wed 1000 wives 
Sow the bed with golden lies, journey to the center of 1000 thighs 
Call me when you're feeling down 
Call me when he’s not around 
Call me let’s get out this town you know I’m down 
All the songs you like are southern 
I don’t know when we’ll see each other 
You’d be my lover but for another 
Listen to the apples in stereo, rocking Pete and Paul and Mary-o 
Trouble and toil, bubblin’ oil 
Grab some potatoes and bring em to boil 
Call me when you're feeling down 
Call me when he’s not around 
Call me let’s get out this town you know I’m down

You Know I'm Down

Taken from 'Count Bateman' - https://heyitsfrog.bandcamp.com/album/count-bateman
Premiered @ Various Small Flames -https://varioussmallflames.co.uk/2019/08/01/frog-its-something-i-do

Lyrics:
"Old lovers in the cold air, said she never wants to get in the way
Stayed up watching Colbert, all the lights run cross her face
That’s right it’s broken and you can’t get back together
There’s something unspoken when her hand touches the leather
That’s all the claim the call you can rely on
Pulled into gear and followed in a Scion
There’s something in your midst
I’m thinking of you it’s something I do
Fall colors and the damp air and you don’t know what to say
Everything that you did there was just to make her stay
That’s right I’m fucked up and it can’t get any better
There’s something in the rough cuts and it makes you can’t forget her
That’s all the claim the call you can rely on
Pulled into gear and followed in a Scion
There’s something in your midst
I’m thinking of you it’s something I do"

It's Something I Do

Taken from Frog's upcoming "Count Bateman" LP -https://heyitsfrog.bandcamp.com/album/count-bateman

Count Bateman

Black Friday

Taken from 'Count Bateman' - https://heyitsfrog.bandcamp.com/album/count-bateman

Lyrics:
Portchester past I95, take a right into the parking lot 
Down the stairs past the Mariachi records you bought and then forgot
Who would play you in a movie, maybe Julia Styles 
Cus you got a foreign lover winking at the bottom of your smile 
Tell you what I’ll do 
I’ma wait out here for you 
Till the cars begin to move 
And the sun dries all the dew 
Search through all the bars and the nice gentlemen’s cars 
Smile and then you’re gone you don’t get what you want 
Can’t figure the mathematics of your thighs in the fuck’em dress 
Pat Swayze on them bitches like its 4AM and I’m depressed 
Who would play you in a movie maybe Maggie Gyll’ 
Irish immigrants stare out the water sad and mute and still 
One day when you’re gone 
I’ma wait out on your lawn 
Till the street lamps all turn on 
And the dog walkers are gone 
Black out all the moon 
Black out in your room 
You don’t get what you want 
You don’t get what you want

RIP To The Empire State Flea Market

Frog are a two-person band from NY. Daniel and Steve Bateman. "Grog" is out Nov 17th on Tapewormies & Audio Antihero Records.