First Signs of Frost

First Signs Of Frost
First Signs Of Frost performing live at Fibbers, York (UK) 2009
Background information
Also known as	FSOF
Origin	South East, London, England, UK
Genres	Post-hardcore, progressive rock, alternative rock, ambient
Years active	2004–present
Labels	Zestone Records Smalltown Records Alaskan Records
Associated acts	TesseracT Polar Caps Cry For Silence
Members	Owen Hughes-Holland Adam Mason Alex Harford Andy C Saxton Daniel Lawrence
Past members	Daniel Tompkins Simon Poulton William Gates Dan Oehlman

First Signs of Frost is an English post-hardcore/tech rock band from South East, London. Forming in July 2004, the four piece originally conformed by guitarist and vocalist Owen Hughes-Holland along with guitarist Adam Mason, bassist Dan Oehlman and drummer William Gates. After embarking on numerous tours the band made a significant impact on the UK's underground rock scene.

They have shared the stage with Senses Fail, LostProphets, Sikth, Architects, Enter Shikari, You Me At Six, The Blackout and No Use For A Name.

In 2004 they released independently their first EP titled "In Our Final Chapter" and received press coverage in publications such as Metal Hammer,Rock Sound, Big Cheese and Salvo magazines.

In 2007 they released "The Lost Cause" on 26 September through Zestone Records (Japan). They toured the UK in order to promote the release.

In 2007 the band started writing material for their full-length debut titled Atlantic. Daniel Tompkins joins the band shortly after their UK tour with Exit Ten. They worked in the album production with band's friend Acle Kahney, Who had previously produced the Myspace demo of the song "Through The Exterior". The band also announced that three songs from the previous EP were in the main album. The songs were "The Saviour", "Expert In Trickery" and "Day Of The Collapse". The band explained why they put previous material in their first full length in an interview with Altsounds. Bassist Simon Poulton stated:

"We were a little uncomfortable at first about using slightly older material, and I think if we'd done the album as a 4 piece, we wouldn't have used them. Having Dan join the band really revived those songs though, the arrangements have been bettered. We can now obviously do the songs justice with Dan's voice, they now sound the way we wanted them to sound before, and we definitely want more people to hear them!"