Friendly Fires Archives

Album Reviews

Friendly Fires – ‘Inflorescent’ review

It’s hard to hate Friendly Fires. Like, you’d have to be a really miserable sod for the St Albans trio to drive you up...

Thomas Smith - 16th August 2019

Music News

Listen to Friendly Fires’ new song ‘Run The Wild Flowers’

Friendly Fires have shared another teaser of their comeback album 'Inflorescent'. 'Run The Wild Flowers' follows recent track 'Silhouettes' in previewing the band's first album...

Will Richards - 25th July 2019

Music News

Friendly Fires announce 2019 UK and European tour

Friendly Fires have announced a 2019 UK and European tour – check out the full schedule below. The St Albans indie outfit detailed their new...

Tom Skinner - 17th July 2019

Music News

Friendly Fires announce their first album in eight years and share new single, ‘Silhouettes’

Friendly Fires have today announced that their first new album in over eight years, 'Inflorescent', will be released this summer. The indie rock trio have also...

Elizabeth Aubrey - 24th June 2019

Music News

Friendly Fires unveil new single with Disclosure and announce intimate UK tour

Friendly Fires have shared their new single and Disclosure collaboration 'Heaven Let Me In', as well as sharing details of an intimate UK club...

Andrew Trendell - 16th October 2018

Festivals

“It was now or never”: Friendly Fires talk their triumphant return and confirm plans for album three

Friendly Fires have opened up on their huge 2018 comeback, as well as confirming that their anticipated third album will finally emerge next year....

Nick Reilly - 21st August 2018

Blogs

Boardmasters 2018 day three: George Ezra, Friendly Fires and Craig David bring the party to Newquay

Day three of Boardmasters was rounded off triumphantly with headline sets from George Ezra, Craig David and Friendly Fires as the wind and rain returned before...

Damian Jones - 13th August 2018

NME Blogs

Friendly Fires’ magnificent live return shows a band rejuvenated yet familiar

We never wanted Friendly Fires to change, we just wanted them back. The group were last seen hula-hooping and gyrating on festival stages back...

NME - 6th April 2018

NME Blogs

Friendly Fires hit the ground running with tropical comeback-banger ‘Love Like Waves’

Friendly Fires: we've missed you. Not counting the St Albans trio's 2012 'Late Night Tales' compilation and their motorik 2014 two-track collaboration with The...

Larry Bartleet - 5th April 2018

Music News

Friendly Fires tease long-awaited comeback single ‘Love Like Waves’

Friendly Fires are teasing fans with a snippet of their long-awaited comeback single 'Love Like Waves'. Towards the Autumn of last year, the band started...

Andrew Trendell - 3rd April 2018