"After several years of perseverance, things are happening for Storefront Church. The audience at this month's sellout gig at St Pancras Old Church in London included Perfume Genius and members of the Last Dinner Party and the Horrors and their self-released second album, Ink & Oil, is picking up rave reviews. One used the term emotional flood to describe the album's epic, baroque pop, big pianos and drums, sweeping choruses and Travis Warner's lush, cinematic orchestrations."
"Storefront Church is singer-songwriter/producer Lukas Frank and his various collaborators. The son of Scott Frank, director of Netflix's The Queen's Gambit, he was a session drummer in his teens, touring with Portland rockers Portugal the Man and playing with Perfume Genius and his childhood friend Phoebe Bridgers before striking out to make his own music. His connections undoubtedly made this easier."
"His first album, 2021's As We Pass, pulled Diiv guitarist Zachary Cole Smith into his melancholy, slowcore world; he and Bridgers also put out a mesmerising cover of Low's Words in tribute to the band's late Mimi Parker. But Frank has also put in the hard yards, working as a teacher and a waiter while making music."
Storefront Church combines Lukas Frank's hymnal songwriting with lush, cinematic orchestration on the self-released second album Ink & Oil, delivering epic baroque pop with big pianos, drums and sweeping choruses. The project has drawn high-profile supporters and sellout live audiences, featuring members of Perfume Genius, the Last Dinner Party and the Horrors. Frank has a background as a session drummer, touring with Portugal the Man and collaborating with Perfume Genius and Phoebe Bridgers. His 2021 debut As We Pass included contributions from Zachary Cole Smith. Frank balanced teaching and waiting jobs while developing impassioned covers and turbulent live performances.
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