About Friendly Fires
Hometown
St Albans, Hertfordshire, England
Formed
2006
Genre
Alternative
Formed in St Albans, England by three longtime schoolmates in 2006, Friendly Fires were immediately smoother and less spiky than UK dance-punk ambassadors like Bloc Party and The Futureheads. That was thanks in part to producer/frontman Ed Macfarlane’s airy, romantic singing, which propelled the disco-licked guitar-pop on the band’s 2008 self-titled debut. Yet there was still plenty of giddy energy, with guitarist Edd Gibson and drummer Jack Savidge rivaling Macfarlane’s animated on-stage dancing for sheer dynamism. Friendly Fires’ streamlined balance of live instrumentation and club-ready electronics made them a natural source of remixes, while Macfarlane nurtured a range of collaborations with FaltyDL, Dusky, and The Advisory Circle’s Jon Brooks. After 2011’s more concentrated and hard-hitting Pala, the trio lightened up and embraced their retro funk, soul, and disco influences on 2019’s Inflorescent, as heard on the house-kissed Disclosure collaboration “Heaven Let Me In.”
Members of Friendly Fires include, or have included, Jack Savidge, Edward Gibson, and Ed Macfarlane.
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