A Fine Frenzy is the music of the 25-year-old Alison Sudol, she released her first studio album One Cell In The Sea July 17th, 2007
Born in Seattle to dramatic-arts teacher parents, Alison moved to Los Angeles, USA at age five with her new single Mum Alison moved frequently around the city, she developed a strong love for the fantastic literary worlds of CS Lewis, EB White Lewis Carroll and Charles Dickens, while becoming a passionate author in her own right
In an interview with wwwspinnercom Alison Sudol shares how she came on the band's name "(I) had a bunch of books open on a table" A Fine Frenzy "jumped from one side of" A Midsummer Night's Dream "[Shakespeare] and it was just right, but occasionally I wonder if it's a bit & hellip; blommigt '
Alison also immersed herself in classical music, Motown Aretha Franklin Swing Band Ella Fitzgerald Elton John Louis Armstrong The Beatles Technicolor movies and classic 1950's TV
After learning to play piano Alison increasingly invested her internal narratives into song form She found solace in the melodic melancholia of new global British bands Aqualung Coldplay Radiohead Keane etc ... she was also moved by the diatonic minimalism of Philip Glass and the transportive allure of Icelandic music (Bjork Sigur Rós) She graduated from Delphi Academy Los Angeles in 2001 inspired Alison Sudol developed the sound of A Fine Frenzy - hypnotic piano arrangements of classic American melody fused into irresistible atmospheric songs than with the power to reach around the world
A Fine FRenzy official website - wwwafinefrenzycom
