The Fray's new album panned in Rolling Stone

Well, the first review is in. Two stars. In the brand-new issue of Rolling Stone, which just hit stands over the weekend, the mag gives the Fray's forthcoming full-length, the hotly anticipated, self-titled followup to How to Save a Life, due in stores next Tuesday, two stars out of five...

By Dave Herrera

January 26, 2009

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Well, the first review is in. Two stars. In the brand-new issue of Rolling Stone, which just hit stands over the weekend, the mag gives the Fray's forthcoming full-length, the hotly anticipated, self-titled followup to How to Save a Life, due in stores next Tuesday, two stars out of five. Review highlights: "No big changes are afoot for Disc Two: The band's piano rock suggests a more earnest, less arty Coldplay." Coldplay...hmm...now, that's a fresh take.

Dave Herrera

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