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Brooklyn five-piece Friends formed in 2010 after a bedbug infestation forced a group of vegan restaurant co-workers to cohabitate for a week. Within the confines of an appartement Matthew Molnar, Oliver Duncan and Lesley Hann were to discover the joys of her childhood friend Samantha Urbani's back catalogue of solo savings.
Urbani had spent the previous months in Berlin and had a laptop selection ready to be cultivated by her temporary housemates and final band-member Nikki Shapiro. The week culminated in Urbani's birthday party and a show for 30 of their friends under the name Perpetual Crush.
That name was soon to be discarded in favour of, Brian Wilson's favourite Beach Boys album, Friends, but the newly formed quintet's self-described "weird pop" and mid set instrument swapping preserved as the group were quickly upgraded to New York's CMJ showcase. Single I'm His Girl further cemented interest from the blogging world while the Brooklynites ended the year with regular plays on 6 Music and a plays on NME's top 50 artists of 2011.
Articles and Features
Stereogum Band To Watch: Friends
Read the full article 04/04/11
"A quintet of multi-instrumentalists fronted by Samantha Urbani and Lesley Hann..."
New York Press live review
Read the full article 16/02/11
"Dance -pop quintet Friends might be the luckiest band in New York..."
Sound of 2012 Artists
Last Played On the BBC
- I'm His Girl - 6 Music Session 08/02/2012
- Nemone Pepe Deluxe & Film Culture Club
- I'm His Girl
- Pete Tong R3hab has his 15 minutes of Fame
- Friend Crush
- Radcliffe and Maconie Thursday - The Icicle Works' Ian McNabb
Upcoming UK live dates
Most Played Tracks
- I'm His Girl
Scrobbles 40468 - Listeners 10154
- Friend Crush
Scrobbles 17891 - Listeners 4201
- My Boo
Scrobbles 8248 - Listeners 2407
- Feelin' Dank
Scrobbles 2803 - Listeners 933
- Eat You Alive
Scrobbles 678 - Listeners 377
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Artist Links
- BBC Music Page on Friends
- Official homepage at afriendszone.com
- Microblog at twitter.com/afriendszone
- Social network at facebook.com/sdneirfbackwards
- Last.fm at Friends
- Musicbrainz at Friends
BBC links
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