Blog: SURFING ON STEAM

I kind of lied about the whole not blogging on Thanksgiving -- that's called a 'whoopsies'. I ran into Friendly Fires at a club NME performance a few months ago and was seriously impressed by how polished and precise their set was. The songs, especially this one, touch upon a lot of genres (Brit-pop, American indie-pop, and even techno) and is a welcoming dose of dance-pop that gets under your skin. "Paris" has a killer chorus, a sweet cowbell overdub and a floaty atmospheric [...]