Find out what’s behind Frozen Factory’s song Planted Feet with Lead Singer Stephen Baker and Bassist/Producer Tomi Hassinen.
Here’s Part 1!
Also, save this YouTube playlist where all the episodes will be collected during 2024 and 2025.
https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL_w2Dwoo_UubZTL9D1MtlvYrmIBNkb-x-
Frozen Factory is back once again with TWO new songs packed together in a beautiful space-themed single, Can’t Fight The Spiral, which is out on Friday the 24th of May.
The visionary production of Frozen Factory bassist Tomi Hassinen and meaningful lyrics of singer Stephen Baker are set to take you on a journey through the galaxy, as the band ponder the fragility of life in ‘Can’t Fight The Spiral’ and the surely-seismic effect of discovering life beyond our planet in ‘Interstellar’.
Adding their unique storytelling flair to the tracks are long-time Frozen Factory drummer Marianne Heikkinen and relative newcomer on lead guitar Zsolt Szilagyi. Zsolt also takes a writing credit for Interstellar, which marks the first ever such credit given beyond the usual writing partnership of Tomi and Stephen. Be sure to pre-save the song using the link below, add them to your playlists and enter their vivid sound worlds with your eyes closed! Enjoy! 👊😁
https://distrokid.com/hyperfollow/frozenfactory/cant-fight-the-spiral-2
I Am But One is our new song and the first single from our upcoming new album, which is set to be our 3rd full-length, following our previous album releases in 2020 (Planted Feet) and 2022 (Of Pearls & Perils) and the EP we released in 2021 (The First Liquidation EP).
Singer Stephen Baker had these words about the song release,
“We wanted to enter this new era with a bang. This will be our first album with Zsolt on board, and we’re feeling really energised and full of ideas. The upcoming album is full of our trademark twists, turns and storytelling and we’re sure you’re going to love exploring it. I Am But One is one of the heavier tracks and it’s all about realising that we’ve got to work together, look after each other and listen to the warnings coming from people who know their shit!”
So, what’s left to do but watch the video and stream the song!
Streaming links: https://songwhip.com/frozen-factory/iambutone
Check out this new version of Host With The Most, a fast-n-heavy pondering of the wisdom of living in hope of an afterlife, which is originally from our 2022 sophomore album Of Pearls & Perils.
Check out this new version of Solar Windfalls, a prog-adjacent mini-epic originally from our 2022 sophomore album Of Pearls & Perils. The song is a tale of humanity’s compulsion to venture into the unknown at the expense of losing touch of our roots, and we always thought it deserves more attention!
We’re back with our third stand-alone single of ’23 – this time with a brooding sub-3-minute heavy ballad called ‘Break These Ties For You’.
Stream it: https://songwhip.com/frozen-factory/break-these-ties-for-you
‘Break These Ties For You’ sees the special return of Eetu ‘Eddie X’ Pesu on drums, who hasn’t recorded with the band since our 2020 album Planted Feet. That’s not to say pur regular drummer Marianne Heikkinen is out of the picture – she isn’t.
For those who love guitar solos, this single is the first opportunity to truly hear what lead guitarist, Zsolt Szilagyi, has brought to our sound, as he completes the song’s crescendo with a beautifully crafted solo. It’s safe to say there’s plenty more of that in store for the future. Just wait and see!
Stephen sums up the song’s meaning,
“In a world full of distractions that bring us down, this song is a love letter to what matters most. It’s a promise to do everything possible to stop being distracted and focus on what’s truly important. For many, the main distraction is smart phones, but it could be anything that holds you back from a fuller life. The letter could be to one’s self, family, friends, the planet or a passion of yours – anything!
Overcoming addictive social media, misleading press coverage, pressures at work and that feeling that time is going too fast is a huge challenge, but we must find a way. This song was made to feed that determination to finally break those ties, so you can concentrate on what’s important.”
Frozen Factory is overwhelmingly delighted to share that our new single ‘The Heart Has No Choice’ (out 28.7) has an amazing lyric video made in collaboration with the extremely talented Eleanor Davitt and her popular short film ‘Drawn to You’.
The best way to find out what it’s all about is to see it for yourself, so head over to Drawn to You’s channel and set a notification for the premiere at 00:00 EEST on July 28th. Or, if you’re reading this after the 28th, simply enjoy the video!
Adding to the collaborative vibes, we’re also ecstatic to share that someone who’s offered much-appreciated praise and support for our past musical works, the excellent host of YouTube’s Classic Album Review channel, Barry Robinson, has joined us to read the song’s outro speech. And one of our past collaborators, Anders Nyman (who played guitar on Frozen Factory’s very first single), is back with a great performance on acoustic guitar.
Rounding out the usual performances from lead singer Stephen and bassist-keyboardist Tomi are Zsolt Szilagyi on lead guitar and Marianne Heikkinen on drums.
Make sure to check out more from these amazing folk!
This 16th of June, Frozen Factory is releasing a very special and somewhat sassy new single that’s – pretty much – just for the hell of it. You know us, and you know that we spend a lot of time getting deep with incredibly serious topics, and we tend to highlight the dangers the future holds or the worries we have today. This time, we thought we’d imagine where our hope for better world might eventually take us – and that became a joyful moment in the sun, with everyone drunk on peace, love, beer and rum, because why on Earth not!
So, join us for a little celebration of what could be if we just try hard enough! A world without assholes!
Find streaming links for Peace, Love, Beer & Rum here: https://songwhip.com/frozen-factory/peacelovebeerandrum
Stephen recently joined the brilliant Bear Wiseman for a delightfully nerdy episode of Gathering of Geeks, adding to her fascinating podcast series, which she started for exploring and having fun with the world’s invaluable supply of geeky subjects. Check it out below! 👇
P.S. Yes, we’re working on new material right now! 👊😁 Stay tuned!
We’re absolutely stoked to have been mentioned several times in a series of ‘Best of 2022’ lists from the dedicated folks at online Finnish rock magazine Tuonela Mag.
You can check out the lists we’re featured in by following the links below! 👇
Number 10 in ‘Top Finnish Albums of 2022’ from Editor in Chief Laureline Tilkin.
Number 5 in ‘Top Finnish Albums of 2022’ and Number 5 in ‘Top Finnish Songs of 2022’ from Jani Lehtinen.
Number 9 in ‘Top Finnish Albums of 2022’ from Editor Bear Wiseman.
Featured in ’25 Finnish Albums From 2022 That We’ll Still Listen to in 2023′.
A massive thank you to Tuonela for their support and to everyone else that’s been taking this journey with us! We appreciate everything you do! 👊😁
