The concert was recorded on May 21, 2006, at the Electric Factory in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. To promote the album, the Fray began a worldwide tour and released a live album, Live at the Electric Factory: Bootleg No. 1, on July 18, 2006. Epic Records A&R man Daniel Davis discovered the band through the article in Westword and soon after, Epic Records officially signed the band on December 17, 2004. The band changed the name of the song to "Over My Head (Cable Car)", and as the song's airplay increased alongside their local following, the band was voted "Best New Band" by Westword in 2004. The song found airplay on a KTCL radio show highlighting local bands, and the radio station received a large number of requests for it soon thereafter.
Despite these reviews, the band struggled to launch a single Denver radio station KTCL rejected eight of their songs before the band decided to submit a demo of "Cable Car". Westword, an alternative newsweekly, gave Reason EP a positive review, stating "The music is epic, no doubt, but it's played on a wholly human scale". The next year, the band released Reason EP produced by How To Save A Life co-producer Aaron Johnson, which garnered the band local fame and acclaim. Big in sound and ambitious in scope, Scars & Stories aims for a wide audience but doesn’t lose its humanity in the process.The band released its first record, Movement EP in 2002. Lead singer Isaac Slade continues to project a heroic (if tormented) presence in defiantly idealistic numbers like “Heartbeat,” “Here We Are," and “The Fighter.” He takes on a seafarer's spirit in “The Wind” and delivers a compelling romantic vignette in “Rainy Zurich.” The band’s underlying Christian faith is expressed most clearly in the stately, hymn-like “Be Still.” At its best, The Fray has the power to disarm the most cynical listener with a heartfelt ballad-it does that here in “I Can Barely Say,” a falsetto-tinged confession of need draped with dramatic orchestration. Producer Brendan O’Brien pushes The Fray toward a more muscular, aggressive sound while retaining the graceful piano interludes that defined the band’s earlier work. On its third album, The Fray journeys across physical and emotional landscapes as it fortifies its music with a bolder production approach.
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