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8/29/08

Friendly Fires - Friendly Fires (2008)


Genre : Indie,Pop,Disco,Post-Punk,Electro
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Tracklist
1. Jump In The Pool 3:37
2. In The Hospital 3:51
3. Paris 3:55
4. White Diamonds 4:12
5. Strobe 3:05
6. On Board 3:43
7. Lovesick 3:54
8. Skeleton Boy 3:33
9. Photobooth 3:24
10. Ex Lover 3:50

Friendly Fires seem to be in the midst of one of these clamouring cataclysms also known as "media frenzies" in the run up to releasing their self-titled debut album. With any luck their dance-inducing, indie, genre-melding efforts will see them through the horror.

The St Albans trio have been kindling over the last year or so, creating a couple of sparks as the first unsigned band ever to play Channel 4's Transmission show and signing to singles specialist Moshi Moshi. They stir up sounds from disco, funk, pop and latin party spice to end up with a Daft Punk-LCD Soundsystem-Hot Chip electro concoction that they is the foundation for the album.

No doubt comparisons with fellow experimenters Late Of The Pier will be made as they both vie for attention. Pop eclecticism has risen, but there's only room for a few masters; Friendly Fires will need to raise the temperature to get into the big league. - Shaun Newport


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