''Whirled'' is the debut
extended play
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by Australian
alternative rock
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group
Frente!
Frente! (or Frente) is an Australian folk- pop and indie pop group which originally formed in 1989. The original line-up consisted of Simon Austin on guitar and backing vocals, Angie Hart on lead vocals, Tim O'Connor on bass guitar (later repl ...
. It was released in August 1991, and was released in 6 different coloured covers: brown, black, blue, gold, pink and yellow.
Background and release
Frente! were formed in Melbourne, as "Frente", in 1989 by
Simon Austin
Simon Sean Nicholas David Austin (born 9 October 1966) is an Australian guitarist, songwriter, producer and sound engineer. Austin was a founding member of Frente! in Melbourne in 1989 with Angie Hart on vocals, Tim O'Connor on bass guitar an ...
on guitar and backing vocals,
Angie Hart
Angela Ruth Hart, billed as Angie Hart, is an Australian singer best known for her role as lead vocalist in the alternative pop rock band Frente! and the indie pop duo Splendid (musical duo), Splendid with her then-husband Jesse Tobias. Hart's s ...
on lead vocals, Tim O'Connor on bass guitar, and Mark Picton on drums and recorder. The band spent two years performing in Melbourne's inner-city venues before, in August 1991, issuing their self-funded debut extended play, ''Whirled'', on the Thumb Print label. It was produced and engineered by
Owen Bolwell at Whirled Records in
Richmond
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.
Hart explained that the exclamation mark was added for the CD's cover art "
don't write our name like that, but we thought we would on the CD covers because it looks good". One of ''Whirled''s eight tracks, "Labour of Love", was voted by
Triple J
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listeners to No. 69 on their
Hottest 100 for 1991.
Track listing
# "Love and Terror" - 1:23
# "Oh Brilliance" - 1:59
# "Last to Know" - 1:17
# "Labour of Love" - 3:10
# "Risk" - 0:28
# "Baby Blue Sycophant" - 2:50
# "Testimony" - 1:27
# "Discipline and Deep Water" - 3:05
Personnel
* Bass – Tim O'Connor
* Drums, Recorder – Mark Picton
* Engineer, Producer – Owen Bolwell
* Guitar, Vocals – Simon Austin
* Harmonica – Chris Wilson
* Mastered By – Malcolm Dennis
* Photography
over– Amanda Dalgleish
* Violin – Jane Schleiger
* Vocals – Angie Hart
* Written-By – Hart, Picton, Austin, O'Connor
References
External links
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Frente! albums
1991 debut EPs
Indie pop EPs
EPs by Australian artists