Into The Fray

Into the Fray are a 4-Piece Ambient Indie-Rock Band from Stuttgart, Germany. Initially brought to life by singer and songwriter Lukas Klotzbach, a voice reminiscent of modern folk-falsettos Bon Iver or Ry X, the band now consists of Drummer Bastian Kilper, Bass Player Marian Hepp and Guitarist Fabian Glück.
Into the Fray create sonic underworlds celebrating the beauty in the broken. Settling at the fine line between lethargy and life, this is where eruptive guitars riffs meet warm strumming patterns accompanied by carefully constructed and textured drum beats fading in and out, just as the tide is pulled back and forth by the moon. Every moment of aggression and uproar is followed by a hypnotic floating sensation before the next fray.
Moving away from each individual band-member’s roots, Into The Fray mix Post Rock instrumentals with Indie Folk’s soft and tender core. The stories are told in a grounded singer-songwriter type of way, but the emphasis always lies more on soundscape, emotion and expression rather than in the lyrics themselves. Lukas himself says that his writing style tends to be more illustrative reminiscent of Canada’s City & Colour.
Whoever thinks Into the Fray are just another Dream Pop Band is wrong. Blending Post-Rock with a afflicted front vocal is what makes Into the Fray believable to Post-Heads and accessible to Non-Postrockers as well.