The past two years have been blurry.
After tucking away in the hills of Maine to
record their debut album with Sam Kassirer (Josh Ritter, Langhorne Slim),
the three voices behind Fort Frances found themselves on-stage at
festivals around the country, on- screen at Tosh.0
and on the road for tens of thousands of miles.
“Harbour” brings the band back home.
Recorded in downtown Chicago, the new release
echoes with the inspiration the band took from a
winter next to Lake Michigan. But this was not a
winter of hibernating; this was a season of exploring
the band’s all- instruments-onboard playground.
In the months typically marked by the nothingness
of a Midwestern winter, the band approached writing
and recording with a new energy fueled by the steady
pace of the city.
From the opening pulse of “City by the Sea” to the
jubilant stomp of “I Had Love”, “Harbour” is grounded in
traffic jams and bus rides, towering skyscrapers and
frozen sidewalks. It’s an ambitious collection of
songs - - songs that are bound to make the next
year just as blurry as the last.