There’s something about music that makes people feel something. Despite everyone’s different taste in music, there’s a certain genre for everyone that makes people tap their toes or dance around their room. Often times even our friends prefer their favorite artists over our own. If your group of fickle friends never give you the auxiliary cord because they constantly argue over which artists to play, it’s time for you to grab the aux cord back! There’s one band that’ll make them rethink your playlist and that band is Fickle Friends.
The members of Fickle Friends were simple college students with a passion for music. All five members met through the British and Irish Modern Music Institute, a notable performing arts institute in the UK. Their hyper indie-pop style comes as no surprise since BIMM Brighton is known for producing other indie/pop artists like the Kooks, James Bay and Pale Waves.
Despite the well-known alumni from the British and Irish Modern Music Institute, there are numerous American artists that inspired Fickle’s Friends debut album “You Are Someone Else”. According to an interview with HisKind, lead vocalist Natassja Shiner said artists like Chance the Rapper, Michael Jackson, Paramore had heavy influence in the band’s debut album. The inspirations from popular American songs like Ain’t It Fun are apparent and contribute to the fun and unique sound that Fickle Friends has produced throughout their album. It’s not only artists from across the pond that inspired Fickle Friend’s debut album. The indie-pop band was also influenced by other indie bands in the UK, such as The 1975, Everything Everything and Friendly Fires.
After two years of touring and selling out shows without a record label, Fickle Friends signed a record deal with Polydor Records. From there, Fickle Friends releases their debut album You Are Someone Else on March 16 of this year. The overall theme of You Are Someone Else is about the problems in a relationship. The upbeat and fun tunes on this album distracts the listeners from the real and relatable lyrics that people in relationships go through, making it fun and enjoyable to yell lyrics about the lack of communication in a relationship. The fusion of an energetic pop sound with relatable lyrics has landed Fickle Friends at the top of the charts in the UK. Within a week of release You Are Someone Else landed at number 9 on the UK Album Chart. The debut album even landed on the UK Album Cassette Charts at number 1.
After blowing up on the charts with their debut, Fickle Friends is on tour in the US, UK and Canada. The You Are Someone Else Tour starts October 11 but this is only just the beginning for this band.
