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Friendship are two guys from London who play music designed to deceive and surprise.
Their tracks bolt from being indie-pop summer tunes filled with tropical-style guitar licks and infectious choruses one minute, to being sheer walls of distorted noise the next.
But this noise is amazingly comprehensible. The heavy guitars, thrashing symbols and clashing rhythms somehow merge to create what might even be described as songs, held together by an undercurrent of strong riffs.
Unsurprisingly, singles ‘Lifeguard’ and ‘The Graveyard Shift’ are the sunniest of Friendship’s tunes. But there is still an uncertainty about whether to dance with a smile, as if you’re listening to Fool’s Gold, or mosh like a teenager at Download Festival.
The brilliant thing about Friendship is that the catchy, melodic parts stay in your head – and when you listen to them again, you’re still struck by the noisy, bashy, teenage tantrum that gives this band their kick.
Recommended track: 'The Graveyard Shift' TAGS: Friendship Words by: Sophie Armour
Links:
Friendship - Myspace
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