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Frankenfido dares to ask the big questions. What is life? What is art? What is beauty? Can music be better than it sounds? And, just like the great philosophers before them, the band members themselves are not immediately forthcoming with the answers. Not all of them, anyway. “Perhaps the answer itself is a journey, an odyssey, if you will. Much like our music,” argues Dean, the band’s principal timekeeper. Not unexpectedly then, the music of Frankenfido is an intriguing and genre-defying creation that explores the boundaries of artistry and encourages listeners to re-evaluate their own preconceptions of rhythm, melody, harmony and tuning. “The lessons I’ve learned in Frankenfido have been invaluable,” agrees Ben as he polishes his fretboard. Indeed, Frankenfido has gone so far as to invent its own genre: “post-music”. A listening experience can no longer be treated simply as a passive endeavour. The band’s music demands that audiences apply their own imaginations to help