FRENZEE ‘What’s Wrong With Me’ (Poison City)

On Crete art forms are ancient and born of the geography, bound to deep traditions. The

custodians of Cretan folk music are the Xylouris family, one of the most revered and respected

names in Greece. From brothers Nikos Xylouris, Psarantonis and Psarogiannis on down through

generations there is a tangible weight to every note.

But there’s a moment of flux just beyond the curve of the horizon where the old folds in on itself

and becomes blindingly new.

Apollonia, Nikos and Adonis Xylouris are the next generation. The children of George Xylouris

(Xylouris White), schooled and skilled in the ways of the old, these siblings share a kinetic bond

that is erupting in real time and their band is called Frenzee.

They are Occam’s Razor, hair trigger tight, pulverizingly mean and lean. Born in Melbourne, raised

and based on Crete, Frenzee embody the antipodean riffing of AC/DC, The Hard Ons and The

Angels but with a heavy dose of their childhood loves Bikini Kill, Motorhead, The Prodigy and

Rage Against The Machine. Frenzee aren’t the sum of some list of influences however. They don’t

sound like anyone on earth. No other band has the ties to a discipline and skillset like the Xylouris

siblings and yet it does not stifle the dynamic intensity of the band. It just makes Frenzee insanely

consistent. Relentless even.