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- Summary: The debut full-length release from Chicago indie rock duo Friko was co-produced by Scott Tallarida and Jack Henry.
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- Record Label: ATO
- Genre(s): Pop/Rock, Alternative/Indie Rock
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Mar 5, 2024Across nine tracks, singer/guitarist Niko Kapetan and drummer Bailey Minzenberger bounce effortlessly from fragile ballads to punk rippers to chamber-pop crescendos, somehow both fully in control and barely holding it together.
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Feb 26, 2024On their debut, Friko have cemented themselves as one of the most distinguished up-and-coming voices in all of indie-rock.
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Feb 26, 2024"Get Numb to It!" is a late-arriving outright banger with headbanging drums, a soaring singalong chorus, and lyrics that include "do do, do do do" as well as an anthemic "No, it never gets better/It just gets twice as bad…So you better get numb to it/Get numb to it." The rest of WWBWWGFH is just as nihilistic, a potentially appealing trait given the global tenor of its time.
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Feb 29, 2024Friko’s songs are real, true and felt. Songs like “Where We Been” and “Crashing Through” build from small beginnings, voice, guitar, piano into huge anthemic refrains and breakdowns.
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Feb 26, 2024The duo balances every big statement with genuinely warmhearted moments. The piano-driven Until I'm With You Again is a good example, which serves as a preamble to the galloping sing-a-long anthem Get Numb to It! Is it precious? Sure is, but does it matter when they have full command of their craft?
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Feb 26, 2024Where we go from here isn’t just a throwback. It carries the spirit forward, reaffirming that indie rock, as a style and ethos, can still feel like the most exciting thing a young person could be into.