Frame the City is the electronic pop project of Nate Moceri. Nate hails from Seattle, Washington, but now permanently resides in Portland, Oregon. Nate is an accomplished songwriter and composer with film/TV credits including several shows on MTV.
Frame The City recently self-released the "We Were Wolves EP" on February 9, 2010. Nate's frequent collaborators include vocalist Katie Byron and vocalist Ashley Ennis, who both contributed vocals to the new EP. Katie sings on the track below. Nate has referred to the We Were Wolves EP as the "official introduction of Frame The City" as their debut release in 2008 was more of an experimental record as he was trying to develop his sound.
With all his professional experience, it should be no surprise that Nate clearly knows how to write a pop song; and he does...repeatedly. Taking bits and bobs from the Postal Service but making something far lusher and shoegazey, We Are Wolves is anything but a clone. In listening to the EP you can tell that Frame the City is definitely in touch with it's inner heartbreak but that heartbreak gets caught in a swirly haze of guitars and synths. It's heavenly stuff that might just bring some of you to tears. In fact, this record is so good that if you listen closely you can hear Ben Gibbard running to Zoey D for a hug because of 1) how good it really is 2) he's jealous he didn't write any of the songs.
Download: We Were Wolves
Download: Whisper In Winter
Frame The City recently self-released the "We Were Wolves EP" on February 9, 2010. Nate's frequent collaborators include vocalist Katie Byron and vocalist Ashley Ennis, who both contributed vocals to the new EP. Katie sings on the track below. Nate has referred to the We Were Wolves EP as the "official introduction of Frame The City" as their debut release in 2008 was more of an experimental record as he was trying to develop his sound.
With all his professional experience, it should be no surprise that Nate clearly knows how to write a pop song; and he does...repeatedly. Taking bits and bobs from the Postal Service but making something far lusher and shoegazey, We Are Wolves is anything but a clone. In listening to the EP you can tell that Frame the City is definitely in touch with it's inner heartbreak but that heartbreak gets caught in a swirly haze of guitars and synths. It's heavenly stuff that might just bring some of you to tears. In fact, this record is so good that if you listen closely you can hear Ben Gibbard running to Zoey D for a hug because of 1) how good it really is 2) he's jealous he didn't write any of the songs.
Download: We Were Wolves
Download: Whisper In Winter
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