FRANKIIE

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The Broken Islands

Samalas

Shanghaii Drugstore

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Sometimes it takes time apart to regain an appreciation for what you have. That’s what
Vancouver-based indie dream-rock group FRANKIIE experienced throughout the winter of
2016/17. It had been three years, one EP, several tours, and a debunked reality TV show pilot
when the 4-piece started questioning their direction as a group. They ended up naturally drifting
into their own interests; one member started a fashion line, another released a solo EP, one
became a school teacher, and the other moved to a small island community to work and surf.
But it didn’t take long before they found each other again, this time with a renewed excitement
for the bond they share over music and adventure-seeking.

In contrast to their self-released 2015 EP Girl of Infinity, which hit #34 on the !earshot National
College Radio charts, and landed them tour dates from Haida Gwaii (near Alaska) down to the
Southern Baja in Mexico, their new music moves away from folkier tendencies and into a more
experimental alt-rock vibe.

Over the past year, FRANKIIE has been writing new material and working with producer Jason
Corbett of ACTORS at Jacknife Sound to finish their debut full-length album. With a refreshed
sense of energy and cohesiveness as a group, their sound has naturally developed to include
more driving rhythms, while still capturing the soulful melodies and intricate harmonies that first
won over fans.

The new album’s first single “Glory Me” is a contemplation of life and death, and like many of
the tracks on the upcoming album, it explores the questions of meaning and purpose - feelings
that were heavily shadowing their lives before they took time for individual self-discovery.
Exploring new sounds and lyrical ideas while holding on to their core strengths as songwriters,
FRANKIIE is poised for another set of adventures as their evolution continues.

“With an approach that masterfully marries Fleetwood Mac’s lush rock qualities with the intimate
anthemic approach of Warpaint, “Glory Me” is a gorgeous, awe-inspiring single. The driving rhythms and the steelychimes of the reverb-drenched guitars are intoxicating and sublime, and the four-piece’s harmonies are stunning. What makes the song perfect for today is the band’s story, where they explain the liberation they felt after brushing aside unwanted expectations. Such freedom is what all strive to seek, and today that we push even harderto achieve.” – The Review

"...well-crafted arrangements, skilled instrument playing, and storytelling lyrics display FRANKIIE’s great strength as songwriters and musicians, and showing us just how much power lays in femininity." – The Daily Hive, Vancouver

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