THE FRAY RETURNS WITH SCARS & STORIES LIVE IN MANILA ● JUNE 21, 2012 ● MALL OF ASIA ARENA FIRST SINGLE “HEARTBEAT” AVAILABLE NOW FOR DOWNLOAD ON MyMusicStore.com.ph ALBUM FOLLOWS GRAMMY NOMINATED SOPHOMORE EFFORT
Ivory Music & Video, the exclusive licensee of Sony Music in the Philippines, recently released the critically acclaimed Denver-based foursome The Fray’s third album Scars& Stories, available in all music stores nationwide. The band’s 2005 double-platinum debut, which featured the hit single “How to Save a Life,” garnered critical praise from People Magazine, who called the album “addictive.” The Fray, who received a 2010 Grammy nomination for their self-titled release have made numerous television appearances including “The David Letterman Show,” “The Today Show,” “Good Morning America,” “The Tonight Show” and many more. The first single off the new album “Heartbeat” is now available for download on www.mymusicstore.com.ph. The band premiered the new single on “Jimmy Kimmel Live!”
Scars & Stories leads with “Heartbeat,” of which lead-singer Isaac Slade notes, “That song came out of a period of my life when I was trying hard to be open to whatever came my way. I travelled through South Africa and Rwanda with a buddy, and at first it was really hard to stay open in the face of so much pain and heartache. But then I ended up meeting so many cool and inspiring people, and all these ideas for lyrics and melodies just started rushing in.” The inspiration specifically came from a chance meeting with an expatriate woman. Speaking of the miracle of the capital city overcoming such remarkable odds, the two held hands and Slade reveals “I felt so connected to her. I couldn’t tell if it was her pulse or mine.”
