The Anatomy of Frank

The Anatomy of Frank

The Anatomy of Frank is an indie rock group from Charlottesville, Virginia, active since 2011. The band is associated with indie and alternative music, and its self-description places it in a touring-oriented live context, with performances in unusual places and stays on listeners’ floors.

Background and activity

The group is based in Charlottesville and continues to be active. It presents itself as unconcerned with political argument except where politics becomes relevant to its art, and treats music as something that can fit many different states and settings.

Musical outlook

The Anatomy of Frank frames its music as suitable for a wide range of reactions and behaviours, including dancing, sitting still, crying in private or in public, destroying things, ending or starting relationships, improving or worsening a mood, imagining oneself as more rebellious than social circumstances suggest, accepting ordinariness, believing in exceptional qualities, laughing, screaming and jumping.