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- Summary: The debut full-length album for the British trio was self-produced.
- Record Label: Beggars XL
- Genre(s): Indie, Rock
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| Skeleton Boy | |
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| I close my eyes, on the dance floor And forget about you I lose myself in flashing colours I've gotta see it through You're too much, I take it that... | See the rest of the song lyrics |
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Positive: 10 out of 12
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Mixed: 2 out of 12
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Negative: 0 out of 12
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Assured, short and ultimately sweet, Friendly Fires is a glib reminder that you don’t need an M6 underpass, New York penthouse or guestlist to have an all night disco party, and remind us there’s no shame in getting your groove on.
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Lyrically, they veer between odes to suburbia, such as 'Photobooth,' and dreaming big dreams ("One day we'll live in Paris"); either way, they couldn't be more likable.
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Friendly Fires songs are all manufactured to a similar formula but there’s a whole lab shelf lined with addictive variants.
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The trio offers copious catchy bits, more tonal variation than the usual guitar-plus-beats norm and an appealingly pleading frontman in Ed Macfarlane. [Nov 2008, p.91]
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Quite what has held back the milieu of meandering morons that make up the music scenes mid range, mid class, middlemen is probably this intelligent and creative leap; crossing genres and keeping your opus open and fresh.
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Under The RadarGiven the humble, lo-fi beginnings of Friendly Fires, the sheer breadth and scope of the band's gloriously funky, expansive sound is quite remarkable. [Fall 2008, p.75]
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When the results are as fun as this album is at its best, it's hard to slam them too much for being derivative; better just to enjoy Friendly Fires as fleeting fun.
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Positive: 3 out of 3
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Mixed: 0 out of 3
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Negative: 0 out of 3
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dand.Mar 22, 2009Young band, with a lot of passion, lot of energy. An addictive album. And that useful thing an almost perfect album to work out to!
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ValM.Apr 14, 2009
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Apr 25, 2013
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