I love this band and although they have a firm fanbase I think they’re hugely underrated. They’ve been kicking around for 10 years, countless bands have come and gone in that time frame and having made two albums of joyously wonderful music they’ve been quiet since 2011 (apart from the brilliant cheeky Ghost Box side project The Pattern Forms). They merge wistful, immaculate pop songwriting firmly in the territory of Scritti Politti, Blue Nile and Prefab Sprout but with a massive dose of Rave and House music beats. They sound like someone created a band I would like in a lab so they can do no wrong in my eyes- but if you’ve written ’em off as Indie Landfill or whatever have a listen – they have a new album on the way – I’m predicting it will be a bit of a banger.
Friendly Fires
https://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/p07djrnh/glastonbury-friendly-fires-live-at-glastonbury
If proof were needed- they know their onions..
Squelchy! I’ll give the Glasto set a go.
Haven’t really heard much about them since the first album which I will now listen to today. … Can’t believe its more than 10 years ago. “Paris”, “Jump In The Pool” and “Skeleton Boy” are great pop singles. Thanks for the reminder @DrVolume
Give the follow up album Pala a go, it’s better than the debut in my opinion
I’ve never heard of them before, but I like what I’m hearing. Thanks for the tip!
Duly ordered Pala from the non tax dodgers (ebay). £1.69 including P&P, that’s cheaper than a download!
Haven’t yet heard anything from them that grabs me but intrigued to learn that Edd Gibson from FF was apparently involved in this recent tribute/reformation:
https://www.cafeoto.co.uk/events/the-music-of-trees/