Mel and The Tall Boys

The Frontier Of Love harnesses the energy and breadth of Mel and The Tall Boys’ NYC gigs into a potent package of love songs that run the gamut of experience. Lead single “Baby Blues” is a splash – a bit of B52s, a hint of surf rock – that captures the feeling of wanting to ignore all the red flags. “Runnin Around” puts the band’s Chuck Berry and Wanda Jackson influences front and center, as Mel promises to track down a wandering lover. “Fall a Little Faster” brings the early ‘60s to NYC streets where Mel, recovering from heartbreak, wishes herself to be all out of tears over Ventures-inspired guitar and girl group harmonies. Mel and The Tall Boys aren’t afraid to turn up the drama with Wall Of Sound-inspired ballads “The Breeze” and “Frontier Of Love.” The album’s title track brings theatrics and spaghetti western vibes to a mythologized tale of self; where romantic love meets love for one’s art. “We mythologized ourselves and created this hero’s journey about our experiences as artists,” Mel says. “You are literally forgoing stability because you’re traveling; you’re forgoing financial stability and the markers of adulthood; you might forgo love and relationships to walk a lonely path. But its’ the only thing that you could ever do.”