Frankel - "Anonymity is the New Fame"

Frankel - "Anonymity is the New Fame"

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July 9, 2009

At a small house, somewhat tucked away in the trees and hillside, at the very end of one of the winding roads up behind the reservoir, I met up with Frankel, the musical pseudonym for Michael Orendy's songwriting. It was getting on to a point in the evening where the low sun drenched the living room and stretched the shadows, but the heat still lingered.

There was an upright in the corner and a couple acoustic guitars and no real plan, except to play a few songs off his new album, Anonymity is the New Fame, released by Autumn Tone Records two weeks earlier. He sat down with a guitar, started tinkering out a little folky blues song called "Weary Mind," gently meandering its way into the opening, "Sometimes, I don't want to be myself at all," and suddenly you're hooked, following the imagery soaked storytelling as it swims between comfort and uneasiness, disillusion and acceptance. His voice is magnetic, but it's the deliberate, careful delivery that makes these songs so immediate and enthralling.

Frankel gets the award for favorite home so far, although I'm a bit biased towards most things mid-century modern. He played three songs that day, all on guitar. Stripped away from the instrumentation of the album, to the heart of the songwriting, there's an endearing soulfulness and introspection that you can't help but be drawn to.

Find out more about Frankel at: www.myspace.com/frankel

Camera: Elliot Glass
Sound: Elliot Glass
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• michael orendy
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• rock
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[thefabnp]

very nice

[KIMMYsaysILY]

van i buy this song anywhere?

[KIMMYsaysILY]

i mean with the name of the song and your name on the screen haha

[KIMMYsaysILY]

awesome! i saw your ad for this song in details magazine with on the screen of an mp3 player and i was curious so i typed it on in haha :] its excelent i love your sound. Do you know the mp3 player is called?

[sothatshowitis]

is mongolia really where this video is most popular?? I didn't know mongolians had such good taste...

[kereneldar]

Frankel is amazing. sounds like Elliot Smith. i have the new CD and it is wonderful...come to Isreal for a show!

[kirkwoodie]

smooth ear candy.

[ventiac]

this is very good stuff.

[dxbluey]

really brilliant song, cool video, nicely shot. My fav track and video on 2009.