Ideas often arise in several places at the same time. The American band The Fray has often been accused of copying bands like Counting Crows and Coldplay, but you could just as easily call it a band that feels the spirit of the times. Why should only a few bands be able to claim one sound? In any case, the audience did not care about all criticism and responded very well to the debut album How To
… Save A Life, which was released in 2005 and was also released in the Netherlands two years later. The successor - on which it took four years - was not given a title, often a sign that the piece in question is regarded by the band as a new beginning. In the case of The Fray, that is an empty gesture, since the record simply elaborates on the sound we already know from the band. That means epic rock songs in which the head voice is used by the singer at set times for optimal emotional impact. (MS)more
