Alison Sudol (born December 23, 1985), known professionally as A Fine Frenzy (formerly Alison Monro) is an American alternative singer-songwriter and pianist. Her debut album, One Cell in the Sea, was released on July 17, 2007, and peaked at number 91 on the Billboard 200 chart.Her music has also been featured on numerous television shows.

Born in Seattle, Washington to two dramatic-arts teachers, Sudol and her mother moved to Los Angeles after her parents divorced when she was five years old. She grew up listening to a wide range of music, including Aretha Franklin, Ella Fitzgerald, and swing.

She graduated high school at the age of 16, and considered herself "nerdy and quiet". Sudol did not "drink or smoke or do anything like that". "I was so nervous," she stated in an interview, "about going into college like that and super young. I figured I would take two years and try to find out what I was doing with music. And when I was 18, I was just so deep into it that I didn’t want to stop."

Sudol also had a passion for books, and immersed herself in the works of C.S Lewis, E.B. White, Lewis Carroll, and Charles Dickens (In fact, her artist name, "A Fine Frenzy", is taken from a verse in William Shakespeare's A Midsummer Night's Dream. - Theseus, Act 5, Scene 1. - "The poet's eye, in a fine frenzy rolling, Doth glance from heaven to earth, from earth to heaven;"). She became an author in her own right, and after teaching herself to play the piano, began putting her creative energy into writing songs.

The short demo she sent out received immediate attention from EMI's Jason Flom, who signed her after visiting her house and listening to her play.

In March 2007, Sudol appeared at the South by Southwest (SXSW) conference, opening for The Stooges. Shortly after, her debut album, One Cell in the Sea, was released to generally positive reviews.The first single, "Almost Lover", peaked at number 25 on Billboard's Hot Adult Contemporary Tracks chart. In mid-2007, she secured another opening spot, this time for Rufus Wainwright on his tour. In March and April 2008, Sudol headlined her own tour in the US and Canada, and in April is due to tour France, Belgium, Germany and Switzerland.

Her song "You Picked Me" was featured on iTunes as the "Free Single of the Week" for August 14, 2007, and VH1 recently featured her as one of their "You Oughta Know" artists.

The album has sold 300,000 copies so far. In 2008 it was released in Germany, Austria and Switzerland. In each of those countries, the album peaked winthin the top 30, with the first single "Almost Lover" reaching number eight in Germany, number ten on the Swiss Charts and number five in Austria.

On February 6th 2008, Sudol performed her song Come On, Come Out. on The Late Show with David Letterman. And on February 23rd, 2008, she sang Almost Lover and Come On, Come Out on the CBS Saturday Early Show. She appeared on the episode of CSI New York "Can you hear me now?"

!Lyrics for video below!

Your fingertips across my skin

The palm trees swaying in the wind

Images

You sang me Spanish lullabies

The sweetest sadness in your eyes

Clever trick

Well, I never want to see you unhappy

I thought you'd want the same for me

[Chorus]

Goodbye, my almost lover

Goodbye, my hopeless dream

I'm trying not to think about you

Can't you just let me be?

So long, my luckless romance

My back is turned on you

Should've known you'd bring me heartache

Almost lovers always do

We walked along a crowded street

You took my hand and danced with me

Images

And when you left, you kissed my lips

You told me you would never, never forget

These images

No

Well, I'd never want to see you unhappy

I thought you'd want the same for me

[Chorus]

Goodbye, my almost lover

Goodbye, my hopeless dream

I'm trying not to think about you

Can't you just let me be?

So long, my luckless romance

My back is turned on you

Should've known you'd bring me heartache

Almost lovers always do

I cannot go to the ocean

I cannot drive the streets at night

I cannot wake up in the morning

Without you on my mind

So you're gone and I'm haunted

And I bet you are just fine

Did I make it that

Easy to walk right in and out

Of my life?

[Chorus]

Goodbye, my almost lover

Goodbye, my hopeless dream

I'm trying not to think about you

Can't you just let me be?

So long, my luckless romance

My back is turned on you

Should have known you'd bring me heartache

Almost lovers always do