Editing Frente! (section)

{{Short description|Australian alternative rock band}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=March 2022}}
{{Use Australian English|date=May 2011}}
{{Infobox musical artist
| name            = Frente!
| image           = Frente-2010.jpg
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| caption         = Frente! performing at the [[Corner Hotel, Richmond|Corner Hotel]], Melbourne in 2010.<br />From left to right: Simon Austin, Angie Hart, Pete Luscombe, Bill McDonald
| background      = group_or_band
| alias           = 
| origin          = [[Melbourne]], [[Victoria (Australia)|Victoria]], Australia
| genre           = [[Indie pop]], [[Folk music|folk-pop]], [[alternative rock]], [[pop rock]], [[Pop music|pop]]
| years_active    = {{start date|1989}}–{{end date|1998}}, {{start date|2004}}–{{end date|2005}}, {{start date|2010}}–{{end date|2011}}, 2014–present
| label           = Thumb Print, [[Mushroom Records|Mushroom]], [[Mammoth Records|Mammoth]]
| associated_acts = [[Splendid (musical duo)|Splendid]], Holidays on Ice
| website         = <!-- {{URL|example.com}} -->
| current_members =[[Simon Austin]]<br />[[Angie Hart]]
| past_members    = Tim O'Connor<br />Mark Picton<br />Alastair Barden<br />Bill McDonald<br />Fraser Brindley<br />[[Jesse Tobias]]<br />[[Peter Luscombe]]
}}
'''Frente!''' {{IPAc-en|f|r|ɛ|n|t|eɪ}} (or '''Frente''') is an Australian [[folk music|folk]]-[[pop music|pop]] and [[indie pop]] group which originally formed in 1989. The original line-up consisted of [[Simon Austin]] on guitar and backing vocals, [[Angie Hart]] on lead vocals, Tim O'Connor on bass guitar (later replaced by Bill McDonald), and Mark Picton on drums (later replaced by Alastair Barden, then by [[Peter Luscombe]]). 

In August 1991, they issued their debut extended play ''[[Whirled (EP)|Whirled]]'', which included the track, "Labour of Love". In March 1992, they released a second EP, ''[[Clunk (EP)|Clunk]]'', with its featured track "[[Ordinary Angels]]", peaking at No.&nbsp;3 on the [[ARIA Charts|ARIA Singles Chart]]. It was followed in October by "[[Accidently Kelly Street|{{notatypo|Accidently}} Kelly Street]]" (the unintentional misprint of "Accidentally Kelly Street" was retained) which reached No.&nbsp;4. Their debut album, ''[[Marvin the Album]]'', issued in November, peaked at No.&nbsp;5 on the ARIA Albums Chart. "[[Labour of Love (Frente! EP)|Labour of Love]]" was released as an EP outside of Australasia in 1994 as a CD single with a [[cover version]] of [[New Order (band)|New Order]]'s "[[Bizarre Love Triangle]]" included. 

The band split up in 1998, but have reunited three times to date – most recently in 2014. Australian rock music historian [[Ian McFarlane]] wrote that the group's "quirky, irreverent, acoustic-based sound was at odds with the usual guitar-heavy, grunge trends of the day. The band's presentation had a tweeness about it that could have been off-putting if not for its genuine freshness and honesty".{{citation needed|date=May 2014}}