London guitar-pop band Farrah released their third album "Cut Out And Keep" in Spain, Japan and the UK in 2007.
In the two years since the release of Farrah's second album "Me Too", the band has been on a non-stop roundabout of international touring and recording, playing on bills with Ash, Phantom Planet and The Feeling, while also touring Europe, Japan and the UK. They've also been in and out of the studio recording "Cut Out And Keep".
Keeping the band's trademark jangly guitars, vintage synthesizer sounds and singer/songwriter Jez Ashurst's quirky lyrics, "Cut Out And Keep" is a more reflective offering than Farrah's two previous albums. The band’s pop sensibility has seen "Cut Out And Keep" peppered with anthemic rock songs, wistful piano ballads and classic West Coast-sounding harmonies. In essence, "Cut Out And Keep" is an album of contrasts.
The first single is the catchy "Fear Of Flying", which tells the story of an aviophobic travel agent, and sees bass player Michelle Margherita taking lead vocal for part of the track. "Fear Of Flying" also comes with a brilliant stopframe animated video involving nearly 10,000 still photographs, which took six weeks to shoot. "Dumb Dumb Ditty" is just what is says on the tin - a 'dumb' rock song - that has had the normally restrained live audiences in Japan moshing in appreciation.
The irresistibly poignant acoustic tune "As Soon As I Get Over You" looks at those first days after a relationship break-up with a shy sense of humour and a lot of heart, while the breezy strains of "No-One Stays Together" invokes summer days and car rides with the wind blowing through your hair contrasted with the message that no one stays together anymore.
Farrah are at their most expressive when marrying bittersweet stories with uplifting tunes and this is illustrated most affectingly on "No Reason Why" - a bright, brilliant song filled with brassy trumpet trills and strident guitars, but dealing lyrically with a nervous breakdown.
In 2007 Farrah played sold-out shows in Japan and Spain to launch the album as well as promotional dates in Australia. 2008 sees them gearing up to record a new album and continue promotion of “Cut Out And Keep”.