Friends - Manifest!
It feels like a horribly long time since I reviewed a debut album. Maybe it's down to having a university course that I've fallen astray with the whole emerging-musicians thing but I'd like to review more. Few I've noticed have garnered much hype and praise, though, and that too can be said of the Brooklyn fivesome Friends , a cross-generational nostalgic front that's probably a little too varied in its influences and sounds to present themselves as an easily identifiable band. The indie-funk I'm His Girl was their first taste of buzz, though, and its dangerously infectious bassline caught many, including my own, ears. The idea of a female-led indie group with a love of music past and a conveniently cool wardrobe is just about as clic h é d as introducing them in an article headed with an oh-so hilariously weird quote from the band. The Guardian went with " There's a lot of homosexuality among bedbugs ". Bravo. Top notch charisma right ...