LIZ FRAME and THE KICKERS
Sooner
Silly Fishy

www.lizframeandthekickers.com

Proof that live music lives: I first heard Liz Frame at a street festival. She blew me away then and her new CD still has me twisting in the wind. In an age of saccharine sentimentality and willowy vocals, Liz Frame offers a mature alternative. Her songs are soaked in the brine of experience, and she can knock down the walls with her powerful far-ranging voice, which she ornaments with tasteful catches. Her music lies in that murky border between country, rock, folk, and blues; call it country chutzpah if you must label it. Don’t expect lame “Baby, baby, you light up my world” lyrics; Frame sings: “I want to feel your love in my hands/I want to feel the sweat in my pores.” Put some edgy guitar and some sexy bass lines to this and you can imagine Frame’s sassy mien. In like fashion, The Kickers is an apt name for Frame’s band–like she, they are brassy, bold, and rootsy. This is music that dances on the razor’s edge between danger and ecstasy. Just like the deal really goes down outside of Fantasy Land.

— Rob Weir