All Things Considered

Friendly Fires
Posted by Kate Sullivan

I'm a sucker for cowbells and (some) boy bands and last night I enjoyed a little bit of both.

Friendly Fires - four lads from St Albans - played at Norwich's UEA following sets from two American bands tipped for great success, Boy Crisis and Hockey (yes, more boy bands).

Friendly Fires make a cool mix of pop and rave (nu-rave?), lots of percussion and heavy drums. Their music reminds me of the excellent LCD Soundsystem - both are full of energy and attitude but Friendly Fires win the dance accolade with some damn fine uninhibited shape shifting from the talented lead singer, Ed McFarlane.

Posted by Kate Sullivan on April 30th, 2009