ENCORE! SESSIONS #03 | FRIENDS RELEASED ON YOUTUBE ON MAY 15

Teaser Video: http://youtu.be/PtRREwphvAU

Friends is a band from Brooklyn, New York formed in September 2010. The band, originally named Perpetual Crush, consists of Samantha Urbani (vocals), Lesley Hann (bass, percussion, backing vocals), Nikki Shapiro (guitar, keyboards, percussion), Matthew Molnar (keyboards, percussion, bass), Oliver Duncan (drums). They are named after the debut album from... [read more]

Teaser Video: http://youtu.be/PtRREwphvAU

Friends is a band from Brooklyn, New York formed in September 2010. The band, originally named Perpetual Crush, consists of Samantha Urbani (vocals), Lesley Hann (bass, percussion, backing vocals), Nikki Shapiro (guitar, keyboards, percussion), Matthew Molnar (keyboards, percussion, bass), Oliver Duncan (drums). They are named after the debut album from the 80s British band The Bolshoi.
The group released the singles "Friend Crush" and "I'm His Girl" in 2011. They performed a new track, "A Thing Like This", on BBC Radio 1 in January 2012.
Friends were named one of NME's top 50 artists of 2011 and was nominated to the BBC's Sound of 2012 poll.. Stereogum named them a Band To Watch April 4, 2011.

“I’m His Girl”: http://youtu.be/O5VNumNJyqE

“Friend Crush”: http://youtu.be/gfamBoa_zYQ


Website: http://afriendszone.com/
Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/sdneirfbackwards/


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WHAT THEY SAID:

“Meet Brooklyn's freshest, sassiest girl-fronted group. Our new favourite band.” – THE GUARDIAN

“In Friends’ Suggestive Notes, Hints of Future Power” – THE NEW YORK TIMES

“Cooly detached bass-heavy pop.” - NME (50 best new bands of 2011)

“Brooklyn quintet Friends recently caught our eye with their rad retro-chic video for "I'm His Girl," a cut which mixes "radio-friendly bubblegum with the vintage downtown cool of early hip-hop." – SPIN

“Friends’ latest video for "I'm His Girl" is generating major blog hype.” – ROLLING STONE

“The band is fronted by Samantha Urbani, whose sultry stage performances are the sort that cause eyes to stop blinking and the backs of knees to well with sweat.” - INTERVIEW

“Their latest vid (directed by Matthew Caron), the ridiculously catchy "Friend Crush," describes exactly how we feel about them. Can't get enough!” – PAPERMAG

“It was an impressive, infectious set — ESG-style polyrhythmic post-disco on a tropical-pop trip, with some Lykke Li in the mix.” – STEREOGUM (Bands To Watch 2012)

“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” – BBC (Sounds of 2012)

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