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St Albans, England (2006 – present)

Friendly Fires is a dancepunk band which formed in 2006 in St Albans, England. They consist of Ed MacFarlane (vocals), Edd Gibson (guitar) and Jack Savidge (drums). The band released their self-titled debut album on 1 September 2008. It contains the singles “Paris”, “Jump in the Pool”, and “Skeleton Boy”.

Formed out of the ashes of First Day Back, the St Albans, United Kingdom hardcore band they formed while still at school, Friendly Fires make razor-sharp post-punk that burns through the memories of all the dismal, skinny jeaned ‘80s revivalists you’ve been hearing these past few years. Sounding brittle, knotty and urgent, Friendly Fires are the real deal. With no fat or padding on them at all, their songs possess an elegant sparseness. As guitarist Edd Gibson notes: “The hardest thing I think is to know what to leave out, to know when something is enough.” But amongst all the stripped-back twists, there are also moments full of deep, blissed-out melodies. “I love lush, massive, tingly chords; the My Bloody Valentine sound,” says bassist and singer Ed MacFarlane.

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electronic, indie, new rave, indietronica, dance
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1	Photobooth	5,477
2	Paris	4,073
3	Jump In The Pool	3,888
4	Skeleton Boy	3,681
5	In The Hospital	2,545
6	Lovesick	2,331
7	White Diamonds	2,239
8	Kiss Of Life	2,129
9	On Board	2,128
10	Strobe	2,086
11	Ex Lover	1,569
12	Bring Out Your Dead full track	1,461
13	Paris (Aeroplane remix)	929
14	Photobooth (Mock & Toof Mix) full track	663
15	On Board (Joakim Remix)	376

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Brownycakes wrote:
10 hours ago

Hmmm, sounds okay. Listening to Photoboth, sounds pretty good. My first hearing of them... :D

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macjasp wrote:
yesterday afternoon

i have a particular liking to Ex Lover at the moment

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raspberryfudge wrote:
yesterday morning

ed macfarlane is a dreamboat.

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Koszmonaut wrote:
Tuesday afternoon

Hahaha he dances like hell, in the bad torture-and-eternal-fire-related way.

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LikeACarillon wrote:
Monday evening

NEWS: FRIENDLY FIRES "Kiss of Life" hits 1 million + FREE mixtape: http://wp.me/pxGf1-eb

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Anira_Sugar wrote:
Monday evening

Paris (L)

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inaams wrote:
Monday afternoon

they're amazing! ed macfarlane <3 what a dancer :D [2]

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you_rocks wrote:
Monday morning

I can´t decide if i like the way he moves or if I hate it

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josie_oi wrote:
Sunday evening

they're amazing! ed macfarlane <3 what a dancer :D

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pedrovalenca wrote:
Sunday evening

basically,they're very very very good.

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spark18 wrote:
Sunday morning

--ADORE--

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rachel_89 wrote:
Saturday morning

best album and best band of the year. i listen to them practically everyday :D <3

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Enan-Alex wrote:
Friday morning

Check out a review of their self-titled album, here at: http://highlyevolvedau.wordpress.com/2009/08/23/friendly-fires-friendly-fires-joint-review/

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BrutalNick wrote:
Friday morning

ou, i reeeeally like this!

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Choory wrote:
8 days ago

our promise our promise

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Koszmonaut wrote:
8 days ago

I Have Music for Breakfast, yeah; Skeleton Boy is awesome.

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madsupersonic wrote:
9 days ago

You're too much, I take it that we're over Should we even care at all? You're too much, too much Shake hands and say goodbye

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julianialini wrote:
9 days ago

SKELETON BOY, LOVE IT SO MUCH!

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DanielChico wrote:
9 days ago

Kiss Of Life!

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hoakine11 wrote:
10 days ago

bueno!

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