{"id":22625,"date":"2014-08-27T07:00:14","date_gmt":"2014-08-26T21:00:14","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/maytherockbewithyou.com\/mtrbwy\/?p=22625"},"modified":"2014-08-26T00:13:30","modified_gmt":"2014-08-25T14:13:30","slug":"frnkiero-andthe-cellabration-%e2%80%93-stomachaches","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/maytherockbewithyou.com\/mtrbwy\/2014\/08\/frnkiero-andthe-cellabration-%e2%80%93-stomachaches\/","title":{"rendered":"Frnkiero andthe Cellabration \u2013 Stomachaches"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a>So when you often hear about a band breaking up, you get the odds on bet that the singer will go on to make an album but you often forget about the other guys in the band, or they disappear into obscurity but it\u2019s really cool to hear this album from former MCR guitarist Frank Iero or Frnkiero for short stepping out solo to make his debut album called \u2018Stomachaches\u2019. Let us begin.<\/p>\n

MCR fans beware, this is not a pop punk rock album, this instantly throws 90% of the pop away and is pretty much straight up raw and punk rock, well the first two tracks \u2018All I want Is Nothing\u2019 and \u2018Weighted\u2019 are anyway, with ‘Weighted’ being a perfect example of what you can expect throughout the album, and what I can tell is this is gonna be a whole lot of fun! In reading up on it I was happy to read that this is truly a solo album with Iero playing all the instruments bar the drums, so it in fact feels like a labour of love, albeit a frenzied punk laden labour of love. I always love what band members do when they step out for a solo album as odds on it sounds nothing like what they had done in their bands prior and I could name more than a handful of artists that have done so. The album takes on a bit of a Lou Reed vibe with \u2018She\u2019s The Prettiest Girl at The Party and She Can\u2019 as its less punk but still full of the \u2018angst\u2019 ugh I don\u2019t really like that word, but you get what I mean. The clean guitar is the highlight in this song though, great tones there!<\/p>\n

\u2018Stitches\u2019 rocks the bass line, and punks the shit out of it in the chorus, sadly \u2018Joyriding\u2019 isn\u2019t a sequel to the Roxette hit, but nonetheless it\u2019s a killer track here, I particularly enjoy the arrangements in the 2:20 short little punch of power, but, now we take a turn, a left turn that was a little unexpected in \u2018Stage 4 of Trying\u2019 but I\u2019m happy to say that this is actually my favourite track on the album, whereas the album has just been go go go from the start, this one allows the listener to step back and take a well needed breath, and to just listen. It retains the buzz like quality throughout but the rawness of it works, while many may think it falls short in the midst of the punk, I think it was needed and well done.<\/p>\n

No sooner has that lovely song finished we\u2019re back to our regularly scheduled programming, here we have \u2018Tragician\u2019 and what a groove, not only does it have a cool title but it\u2019s a great song to boot, musically it hooked me and if you can do that, you\u2019ve got me. Then we have \u2018Neverenders\u2019 that allows the music to be so loud and crazy that I almost lose the vocals in the mix, maybe that\u2019s just due to the volume I have this playing at and the fact that my hearing has been well and truly fucked over many years of loud music. Sorry what\u2019s that? The time? Oh it\u2019s 11:41… \u2018Smoke Rings\u2019 is another short, sharp and not overdone track, I actually wish this one was longer, this one is crazy and in the good way.<\/p>\n

Only a couple of tracks to go and ooh, here\u2019s \u2018Guilttripping\u2019 and I like what I\u2019m hearing, as it clocks in at double the length of time of the last one, it really has that 90\u2019s vibe to it, almost Pixies style, and I like that, it suits what\u2019s happening here and this one as like \u2018Stage 4 of Trying\u2019 above stands out in the midst of the punk rockers. I think what I\u2019m liking about this album is the fact that it isn\u2019t the polished MCR type record, it\u2019s raw, Frank can sing and has his own unique style about it, the music is great for what this is and I think purely in the comparison of what he\u2019s done before this shows who he really is. I personally like that as I was saying at the beginning in terms of band members stepping out on their own. Closing the album is \u2018Where Do We Belong? Anywhere But Here\u2019 and it\u2019s a good way to go out as it builds from a slower gloomy type feel to a big, loud, aggressive piece of work with a minute and a half to go and it keeps this up to end this album closing with a single guitar chord strum and with that we\u2019re done.<\/p>\n

So I can\u2019t say I\u2019d ever throw this album on during a dinner party, but I really enjoyed Iero\u2019s first solo effort, at no time did I need a Quik-Eze for this stomach ache, which to me means you did good, kid. Pick this one up for something different, something a little unexpected and a while lotta punk rock and fuckin\u2019 roll!<\/p>\n

Essential Information<\/strong><\/h2>\n

From:<\/strong> New Jersey, USA<\/p>\n

Produced By:<\/strong> Frank Iero<\/p>\n

Release date:<\/strong> 29th<\/sup> August (Cooking Vinyl Australia)<\/p>\n

Website:<\/strong> \u00a0https:\/\/www.frank-iero.com<\/a><\/p>\n

Track Listing:<\/strong>
\nAll I Want Is Nothing
\nWeighted
\nBlood Infections
\nShe\u2019s The Prettiest Girl at The Party and She Can
\nStitches
\nJoyriding
\nStage 4 of Trying
\nTragician
\nNeverenders
\nSmoke Rings
\nGuilttripping
\nWhere Do We Belong? Anywhere But Here<\/p>\n

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