Album
Pala
2011 · Electronic, Pop
3 collectors on Gatefold own this
Pala is an Alt/Indie album by Friendly Fires, originally released in 2011. On Gatefold: 18 pressings tracked, owned by 3 collectors.
About
Friendly Fires’ 2008 eponymous debut introduced a promising band with an uncanny knack for songwriting, but it also revealed the them as genre neophytes, trying on bygone musical styles like vintage clothing. With <i>Pala</i>, the Hertfordshire, England–based trio solidify their sound. Over a dance-punk foundation, Friendly Fires trim their tunes with trace elements of disco, soul, dream-pop, and post-punk. The instantly winsome “Live Those Days Tonight” opens, pulsing on cosmopolitan dance-pop. Without reverting to retro rehash, the tune recalls moments of neon brilliance last heard in 1986. The following “Blue Cassette” starts like an early Daft Punk outtake before unraveling into a gigantic swooning anthem where the band somehow fuses a '80s New Romantic–flavored chorus with verses enveloped in electro-pop. This creates a well-oiled machine of innovative, kinetic dance music loaded to the gills with pop hooks. “Hurting” is another solid standout, where glossy disco rhythms and blue-eyed soul melodies braid together. “Pull Me Back to Earth” remains festive amid its gauzy soundscapes.
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Tracklist
- 1Live Those Days Tonight5:02
- 2Blue Cassette3:31
- 3Running Away3:02
- 4Hawaiian Air4:12
- 5Hurting5:03
- 6Pala4:01
- 7Show Me Lights3:36
- 8True Love3:15
- 9Pull Me Back To Earth3:30
- 10Chimes4:37
- 11Helpless4:25
Sound DNA
- Alt/Indie
- Indie Rock
- shimmering
- celebratory
- summer
Notes from the original pressing. Later editions may differ.
Comes in spot varnished gatefold cardsleeve with diecut inner.
Recorded in 2010 at Tower Lodge in St. Albans, Pre Production Studios, Wolftone Studios and The Pool in London, Gigantic Studios in New York and Lonely Houses in Rye and Yvetot.
Credits
The people behind it.
Performers
- Edward GibsonGUITAR KEYBOARDS, SYNTHESIZER , XYLOPHONE, BASS, VOCALS
- Edward MacfarlaneKEYBOARDS, SYNTH, SYNTHESIZER , XYLOPHONE, BASS, VOCALS GUITAR KEYBOARDS, SYNTHESIZER , XYLOPHONE, BASS, VOCALS
- Jack SavidgeDRUMS, PERCUSSION, PIANO, SYNTH, VIBRAPHONE DRUMS, PERCUSSION, PIANO, SYNTHESIZER , VIBRAPHONE DRUMS, PERCUSSION, PIANO, SYNTHESIZER, VIBRAPHONE
- Barak SchmoolSAXOPHONE
- Harlem Gospel ChoirFEATURING
- Paul JayasinhaTRUMPET
3 collectors on Gatefold own this · 18 pressings tracked on Gatefold
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