Fickle Friends

Fickle Friends
Origin Brighton, England
Genres Indie pop, synth-pop
Years active 2013–present
Labels Polydor Records
Website www.ficklefriends.co.uk
Members Natassja Shiner
Jack Wilson
Harry Herrington
Chris Hall
Sam Morris

Fickle Friends are an English indie pop band from Brighton. The band formed in 2013, and is made up of Natassja Shiner (vocals, keyboard), Harry Herrington (bass, backing vocals), Chris Hall (lead guitar), Sam Morris (drums) and Jack Wilson (keyboards). Natasja met Sam at Liverpool Institute for Performing Arts and met Chris, Harry and Jack the following year in BIMM Brighton.

After two years touring the UK and Europe without a label or publisher and playing 53 festivals across 2 years, Fickle Friends signed to Polydor Records.[1] The band recorded their debut album in Los Angeles with Mike Crossey and it was released on 16 March 2018 during a promotional UK tour.[2]

Fickle Friends' debut album You Are Someone Else was released on 16 March and entered the UK Albums Chart at #9 and #1 in the UK Album Cassette Charts.

Band members

  • Natassja Shiner – vocals, keyboard
  • Jack Wilson – keyboard, backing vocals, samples, programming
  • Jack 'Harry' Herrington – bass guitar, backing vocals
  • Sam Morris – drums, percussion
  • Chris Hall – guitar

Discography

Studio albums

Extended plays

  • Velvet (2015)
  • Glue (2017)
  • Your Are Someone Else: Versions (2018)

Singles

  • "Swim" (2014)[3]
  • "Play" (2014)
  • "For You" (2014)[4]
  • "Could Be Wrong" (2015)
  • "Say No More" (2015)
  • "Swim" (2016)[5]
  • "Cry Baby" (2016)
  • "Brooklyn" (2016)
  • "Hello Hello" (2017)
  • "Glue" (2017)
  • "Hard to Be Myself" (2017)
  • "Swim" (2018) (re-release)
  • "Say No More" (2018) (re-release)
  • "Heartbroken" (2018) (featuring Amber Run)
  • "Broken Sleep" (2018)

References

  1. Goodman, Jessica. "Fickle Friends sign to Polydor and "Swim" to success with new single". Line of Best Fit. Retrieved 9 June 2016.
  2. Smith, Thomas (28 July 2016). "Under The Radar: Fickle Friends Are On The Pathway To Pop Perfection". NME. Retrieved 20 September 2018.
  3. St. Michel, Patrick. "Fickle Friends "Swim"". Pitchfork. Retrieved 24 January 2014.
  4. Lipshutz, Jason. "Meet Fickle Friends, A Great New Pop Band Blowing Up The U.K. Blogs". Billboard. Retrieved 9 June 2016.
  5. Taylor Bennett, Kim. "DON'T DROWN IN YOUR EMO: HERE'S FICKLE FRIENDS' VIDEO FOR "SWIM"". Noisey.
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