Add to playlist: the endlessly inventive, radiant indie rock of Friko and the week’s best new tracks
The Chicago band’s frantic, urgent guitar melodies celebrate hope, friendship and family in these uncertain timesFrom Chicago, IllinoisRecommended if you like Modest Mouse, Wilco, Car Seat HeadrestUp next Second album...
By Lior Phillips and Laura Snapes · The Guardian Culture
The Chicago band’s frantic, urgent guitar melodies celebrate hope, friendship and family in these uncertain times From Chicago, Illinois Recommended if you like Modest Mouse, Wilco, Car Seat Headrest Up next Second album Something Worth Waiting For out 24 April, touring the US from April and Europe in summer In Friko’s hands, a swirl of influences and experiments curve the many colours of indie rock into an endlessly inventive, radiant ramble. The Chicago band’s upcoming, cheekily titled second album, Something Worth Waiting For, explores the energy of yearning: for growth, for change, for stability. Across nine tracks, Friko take inspiration from their recent spate of touring to orbit the idea of finding things worth moving for and the value of the journey itself. Continue reading...