Mercury Prize nominated trio, the UK’s Friendly Fires are delighted to announce the
release of their second album ‘Pala’.
Named after the island in Aldous Huxley’s 1962 novel ‘Island’, ‘Pala’has been produced by a mixture of Friendly Fires themselves and Paul Epworth (award winning producer with credits including Bloc Party, Cee-Lo Green, Florence and the Machine, remixes for Santigold and P. Diddy). The album was recorded over the past twelve months in various locations including London, St. Albans, Rye in Sussex, Yvetot in France, and New York
It’s set to build on the success of Friendly Fires’ eponymous debut album that was released in September 2008 and went on to sell over 200,000 copies in the UK, picking up a Mercury Prize nomination and two Brit Awards nominations along the way.
The artwork for ‘Pala’ features a beautiful photograph of a parrot from a personal project of famed fashion photographer Sølve Sundsbø (Dazed and Confused, Yves Saint Laurent, Coldplay, Alexander McQueen) while the album also sees musical collaborations with America’s premier gospel choir -the world famous Harlem Gospel Choir (on ‘Hurting’) and Holy Ghost’s Alex Frankel (who plays Clavinet on ‘True Love’)
The first single from the album is ‘Live Those Days Tonight’. Friendly Fires will debut the single with a TV performance on the popular American late night show -the Jimmy Fallon show, which is set to air on Wednesday 23rd March.
Friendly Fires’ ‘Pala’ out May 16th on XL Recordings/Rhythmethod
