Friendly Fires
Friendly Fires are a UK-based synth-driven dance-rock outfit that hail the northeast of London. The band was formed in 2006 by Ed Macfarlane (vocals/keyboards), Jack Savidge (drums) and Edd Gibson (guitar), though the trio had been performing together since they were 14 years old in the post-hardcore band First Day Back. Since evolving in what Macfarlane likes to call “romantic, epic pop music,” Friendly Fires burst on the scene first with a couple of highly regarded EPs, followed by their 2008 self-titled debut, Friendly Fires (XL Recordings). The hit single “Paris,” on the aegis of a slick video by Price James, garnered them plenty of new attention when it became the “Single of the Week” in The Guardian and... Read More
- Genre:
- Rock, Alternative/Indie
- City Of Origin:
- St Albans, Hertfordshire, England
- Formed Date:
- 2006
