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On their infectious debut album, 2018's You Are Someone Else, Brighton, England's Fickle Friends manage to make their dancey brand of '80s- and early-'90s-influenced synth pop sounds utterly contemporary. Produced by Mike Crossey, the album finds the band deftly straddling the line between the uber-polished studio aesthetic favored by '90s production powerhouse Stock, Aitken & Waterman, and the dreamy, evocative indie electronic of bands like Passion Pit. It's a creative equation that also calls to mind fellow Brits the 1975, set apart by the distinctive immediacy of singer Natassja "Natti" Shiner, whose crisp, airy vocals convey earnest passion. Not surprisingly, Crossey (who produced the 1975's debut album), certainly brings a level of pop wisdom to the proceedings, helping Fickle Friends find an almost perfect balance between indie pop cool and mainstream accessibility. Playing to their strengths throughout the album, the group's impressive debut puts a hard emphasis on hooky choruses and kinetic, rhythmically contagious arrangements. Tracks like the opening "Wake Me Up," and "Glue" mix airy keyboards, bubbly percussion, and laser-bright guitars, all wrapped around Shiner's buoyant, often richly textured melodies. Particularly engaging are tracks like the sassy but evocative anthem "Hard to Be Myself," and the yearning, slap-bass accentuated "Lovesick." It's a sound that draws upon the effusive, gauzy electronic pop of M83 as much as it does the similarly inclined work of contemporaries like the Naked and Famous, and Copenhagen's Alphabeat. Elsewhere, songs like "Heartbroken" and "Brooklyn" keep the band's sophisticated balancing act on its feet with productions that have a crystalline, late-'80s movie soundtrack sheen.
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Stuart Hawkes, Mastering Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Mark Ralph, Mixer, StudioPersonnel - Jack Wilson, Keyboards, Vocals, Recording Engineer, AssociatedPerformer, StudioPersonnel, ComposerLyricist - Chris Hall, Guitar, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Andy Hall Hall, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Sam Morris, Drums, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Fickle Friends, Producer, MainArtist - Natassja Shiner, Vocals, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Jack Herrington, Bass Guitar, Vocals, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist
℗ 2018 Polydor Records, a division of Universal Music Operations Limited
Stuart Hawkes, Mastering Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Mark Ralph, Producer, Mixer, Co-Producer, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Jack Wilson, Producer, Keyboards, Vocals, Recording Engineer, AssociatedPerformer, StudioPersonnel, ComposerLyricist - Chris Hall, Guitar, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Sam Morris, Drums, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Fickle Friends, MainArtist - Natassja Shiner, Vocals, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Jack Herrington, Bass Guitar, Vocals, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist
℗ 2017 Polydor Records, a division of Universal Music Operations Limited
Stuart Hawkes, Mastering Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Mark Ralph, Mixer, StudioPersonnel - Jack Wilson, Keyboards, Vocals, Samples, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Chris Hall, Guitar, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Charlie Hugall, Producer - Sam Morris, Drums, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Fickle Friends, Producer, MainArtist - Natassja Shiner, Vocals, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Jack Herrington, Bass Guitar, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist
℗ 2017 Polydor Records, a division of Universal Music Operations Limited
Mike Crossey, Producer, ComposerLyricist - Stuart Hawkes, Mastering Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Jack Wilson, Keyboards, Vocals, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Chris Hall, Guitar, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Charlie Hugall, Mixer, StudioPersonnel - Jonathan Gilmore, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Sam Morris, Drums, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Fickle Friends, Producer, MainArtist - Natassja Shiner, Vocals, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Jack Herrington, Bass Guitar, Vocals, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist
℗ 2018 Polydor Records, a division of Universal Music Operations Limited
Stuart Hawkes, Mastering Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Mike Spencer, Producer, Mixer, Programmer, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Jack Wilson, Producer, Keyboards, Background Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Chris Hall, Guitar, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Liz Horsman, Programmer, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Sam Morris, Drums, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Fickle Friends, Producer, MainArtist - Natassja Shiner, Vocals, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Jack Herrington, Bass Guitar, Background Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist
℗ 2017 Polydor Records, a division of Universal Music Operations Limited
Stuart Hawkes, Mastering Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Jack Wilson, Producer, Keyboards, Vocals, Recording Engineer, AssociatedPerformer, StudioPersonnel, ComposerLyricist - Chris Hall, Guitar, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Andy Hall Hall, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Dan Lancaster, Mixer, StudioPersonnel - Sam Morris, Drums, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Fickle Friends, MainArtist - Natassja Shiner, Vocals, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Jack Herrington, Bass Guitar, Vocals, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist
℗ 2018 Polydor Records, a division of Universal Music Operations Limited
Mike Crossey, Producer, ComposerLyricist - Stuart Hawkes, Mastering Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Mark Ralph, Mixer, StudioPersonnel - Jack Wilson, Keyboards, Vocals, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Chris Hall, Guitar, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Jonathan Gilmore, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Sam Morris, Drums, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Fickle Friends, Producer, MainArtist - Natassja Shiner, Vocals, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Jack Herrington, Bass Guitar, Vocals, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist
℗ 2018 Polydor Records, a division of Universal Music Operations Limited
Stuart Hawkes, Mastering Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Jack Wilson, Producer, Keyboards, Vocals, Recording Engineer, AssociatedPerformer, StudioPersonnel, ComposerLyricist - Chris Hall, Guitar, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Andy Hall Hall, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Dan Lancaster, Mixer, StudioPersonnel - Sam Morris, Drums, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Fickle Friends, MainArtist - Natassja Shiner, Vocals, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Jack Herrington, Bass Guitar, Vocals, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist
℗ 2018 Polydor Records, a division of Universal Music Operations Limited
Mike Crossey, Producer, Mixer, StudioPersonnel, ComposerLyricist - Stuart Hawkes, Mastering Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Jack Wilson, Keyboards, Vocals, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Chris Hall, Guitar, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Jonathan Gilmore, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Sam Morris, Drums, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Fickle Friends, Producer, MainArtist - Natassja Shiner, Vocals, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Jack Herrington, Bass Guitar, Vocals, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist
℗ 2018 Polydor Records, a division of Universal Music Operations Limited
Mike Crossey, Producer, Mixer, StudioPersonnel, ComposerLyricist - Stuart Hawkes, Mastering Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Jack Wilson, Keyboards, Vocals, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Chris Hall, Guitar, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Jonathan Gilmore, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Sam Morris, Drums, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Fickle Friends, Producer, MainArtist - Natassja Shiner, Vocals, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Jack Herrington, Bass Guitar, Vocals, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist
℗ 2018 Polydor Records, a division of Universal Music Operations Limited
John Davis, Mastering Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Mike Crossey, Producer - Mark Ralph, Mixer, StudioPersonnel - Jack Wilson, Keyboards, Vocals, Samples, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Chris Hall, Guitar, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Jonathan Gilmore, Producer, Assistant Producer - Sam Morris, Drums, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Fickle Friends, MainArtist - Natassja Shiner, Keyboards, Vocals, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Jack Herrington, Bass Guitar, Background Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist
℗ 2017 Polydor Records, a division of Universal Music Operations Limited
Mike Crossey, Producer, Mixer, StudioPersonnel, ComposerLyricist - Stuart Hawkes, Mastering Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Jack Wilson, Keyboards, Vocals, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Chris Hall, Guitar, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Jonathan Gilmore, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Sam Morris, Drums, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Fickle Friends, Producer, MainArtist - Natassja Shiner, Vocals, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Jack Herrington, Bass Guitar, Vocals, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist
℗ 2018 Polydor Records, a division of Universal Music Operations Limited
Tom Coyne, Mastering Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Mike Crossey, Producer, Mixer, StudioPersonnel, ComposerLyricist - Jack Wilson, Keyboards, Vocals, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Chris Hall, Guitar, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Jonny Wright, ComposerLyricist - Jonathan Gilmore, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Sam Morris, Drums, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Fickle Friends, Producer, Mixer, MainArtist, StudioPersonnel - Natassja Shiner, Keyboards, Vocals, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Jack Herrington, Bass Guitar, Keyboards, Vocals, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist
℗ 2016 Polydor Records, a division of Universal Music Operations Limited
Mike Crossey, Producer, ComposerLyricist - Stuart Hawkes, Mastering Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Jack Wilson, Keyboards, Vocals, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Chris Hall, Guitar, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Dan Lancaster, Mixer, StudioPersonnel - Jonathan Gilmore, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Sam Morris, Drums, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Fickle Friends, Producer, MainArtist - Natassja Shiner, Vocals, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Jack Herrington, Bass Guitar, Vocals, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist
℗ 2018 Polydor Records, a division of Universal Music Operations Limited
Stuart Hawkes, Mastering Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Jack Wilson, Keyboards, Vocals, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Chris Hall, Guitar, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Charlie Hugall, Producer, Mixer, StudioPersonnel - Andy Hall Hall, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Sam Morris, Drums, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Fickle Friends, Producer, MainArtist - Natassja Shiner, Vocals, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Jack Herrington, Bass Guitar, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist
℗ 2018 Polydor Records, a division of Universal Music Operations Limited
Mike Crossey, Producer - Stuart Hawkes, Mastering Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Jack Wilson, Keyboards, Vocals, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Chris Hall, Guitar, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Charlie Hugall, Mixer, StudioPersonnel - Jonathan Gilmore, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Sam Morris, Drums, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Fickle Friends, Producer, MainArtist - Natassja Shiner, Vocals, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Jack Herrington, Bass Guitar, Vocals, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist
℗ 2018 Polydor Records, a division of Universal Music Operations Limited
Album review
On their infectious debut album, 2018's You Are Someone Else, Brighton, England's Fickle Friends manage to make their dancey brand of '80s- and early-'90s-influenced synth pop sounds utterly contemporary. Produced by Mike Crossey, the album finds the band deftly straddling the line between the uber-polished studio aesthetic favored by '90s production powerhouse Stock, Aitken & Waterman, and the dreamy, evocative indie electronic of bands like Passion Pit. It's a creative equation that also calls to mind fellow Brits the 1975, set apart by the distinctive immediacy of singer Natassja "Natti" Shiner, whose crisp, airy vocals convey earnest passion. Not surprisingly, Crossey (who produced the 1975's debut album), certainly brings a level of pop wisdom to the proceedings, helping Fickle Friends find an almost perfect balance between indie pop cool and mainstream accessibility. Playing to their strengths throughout the album, the group's impressive debut puts a hard emphasis on hooky choruses and kinetic, rhythmically contagious arrangements. Tracks like the opening "Wake Me Up," and "Glue" mix airy keyboards, bubbly percussion, and laser-bright guitars, all wrapped around Shiner's buoyant, often richly textured melodies. Particularly engaging are tracks like the sassy but evocative anthem "Hard to Be Myself," and the yearning, slap-bass accentuated "Lovesick." It's a sound that draws upon the effusive, gauzy electronic pop of M83 as much as it does the similarly inclined work of contemporaries like the Naked and Famous, and Copenhagen's Alphabeat. Elsewhere, songs like "Heartbroken" and "Brooklyn" keep the band's sophisticated balancing act on its feet with productions that have a crystalline, late-'80s movie soundtrack sheen.
© Matt Collar /TiVo
About the album
- 1 disc(s) - 16 track(s)
- Total length: 00:50:48
- Main artists: Fickle Friends
- Composer: Various Composers
- Label: Polydor Records
- Genre: Pop/Rock Pop
© 2017 Polydor Records, a division of Universal Music Operations Limited, under exclusive license to Interscope Records in the USA ℗ 2018 Polydor Records, a division of Universal Music Operations Limited, under exclusive license to Interscope Records in the USA
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