Friendly Fires (Special Edition) (2xCD+DVD)
Special, expanded version of Friendly Fires critically acclaimed self-titled full length. Includes the original album plus a bonus disc of singles and remixes, as well as a DVD of music videos and footage shot live at the Forum on May 15, 2009.
Friendly Fires is one of the most exciting bands from the UK. Last year's super limited 7-inch "Paris" was judged the single of the week in both the NME and The Guardian for its deft combination of clattering percussion and a blissed out, hum along hook. Other songs on this release contain driving punk funk grooves with unstoppable pop melodies, joyous vocals, wonky waltz-like rhythms, and My Bloody Valentine atmospherics. It's all the more impressive when you consider the band recorded this entirely themselves on a laptop.