Friko - Where we’ve been, Where we go from here (February 16, 2024)

keeping an eye on this one

 

I think this record is really excellent — feel like it could make a real splash next year

 

Ummmmm so I’ve been slacking hard on these singles because this new one slaps, I remember thinking the first single was good but I didn’t return to it for whatever reason. The album is out tonight so I’ll just wait and listen to all of it.

 

Whoa this is REALLY good

 

Hey. I really love this. Opener reminds me of Bright Eyes at their most chaotic, something like “Pull My Hair”, one of my favorite BE songs.

 

This is total Chorus.fm-core. Thread should be huge. Best debut of the year already?

 

It reminds me so much of Bright Eyes and Cursive and a very specific era of indie rock.

One day we’ll lay statues of our own
For now we’ll bow to memories made of stone

 

This is awesome! Just finished my first listen.

 

Yea it definitely at times sounds a lot like a Saddle Creek band and then sometimes just 100% unabashed indie rock. The electronic elements for sure remind me of Letting Off the Happiness.

 

added to check out

 

This is sick, not a single weak song. I catch traces here and there that remind me of "The Dust of Retreat" by Margot & the Nuclear So and So's, also kinda a Chicago album.

 

Love this. And love that it’s 9 tracks/36 min.

 

This is scratching my 'Lifted' era Bright Eyes itch perfectly

Love it

 

Loving this album so far. Definitely makes me wanna revisit it over and over again.

 

Don’t sleep on this album, y’all

 

Beautiful album, glad I've checked it out (solely on the Bright Eyes RIYL)

 

i'm definitely coming around on this. "statues" is the one.

 

This rules, and it rules harder how much it literally is this board’s taste on the nose. I didn’t really love either quiet song but everything else was awesome.

 

This is really great

 

This is where I’m at, the ballads kind of take me out of it but everything else is really engaging.

 

This is very good. Cool to find out they're a Chicago band too.

 

This level of Conor Oberst worship and overall earnestness should be offputting but somehow despite how hard it wears those influences it sounds really fresh. Get Numb to It! especially is going to get countless plays from me over the next few weeks, the whole second half payoff is perfect.