Firefriend

Another mind-bending set of psychedelic and noise rock bangers from the now quasi-legendary band from Sao Paolo, Brazil. This is explicitly anti-fascist, anti-authoritarian rock music the way maybe MC5 would have been in another era or even the way Os Mutantes was from the same city and country in offering a strong, creative, cultural alternative to mainstream culture and built into the music is a transport outside of standard consciousness as well and in that way definitely modern revolution rock. - THOMAS MURPHY, Queen City Sounds The band have long had a combustible way of making their point heard, and Dead Icons pours petrol on the embers of their back-catalogue while conflating many of the best guitar records in history with reverential glee. Sit back and watch them burn. - GANNON, sic magazine Universally well received, the band have built up a well deserved reputation for producing music that is increasingly exploratory and seductive. There is certainly a lot of love for them in the UK and this release is going to do nothing but bolster that enthusiasm as these ten songs over 45 minutes are some of their darkest, strongest and most memorable to date. The great thing about a Firefriend album is that their music flows beautifully; it glides past you so smoothly you don it even realise it is simultaneously hitting all sorts of triggers in your brain that will draw out an emotional response. Never has subversion sounded so sweet. - ADAM DEW HAMMOND, Isolation Records