Saturday, 13 April 2013

On The Radar : Fryars





I guessed it was about time I should touchdown on home soil musically, as lately I've been travelling (not literally) the world on a wave of indie-pop from Australia, America, Norway and Sweden.

Into the big smoke of our capital city reigns Radar act Fryars (real name Ben Garratt, 22 years young) a natural poetic genius of the 21st century gathering speed through an off the cuff bet by the NME and Zane Lowe causing mass hysteria though his next hype.

If anybody remembers Dave Grohl and his keynote speech at this year’s SXSW you’ll remember him grabbing his guitar along with 2 tape decks and recording himself, Fryars is the true example of this. Self recorded and self released, gaining attention far and wide.

Take a metaphorical stirring pot and add the ingredients of the fingers of Gold Panda, the vocals James Blake, the more emotional Jack Penate and the musical dust that Dépêche Mode leave in their absence. You should be left with something that creates Radar track ‘On Your Own’, a plethora of emotion, a brick wall of lust, like that punch to the stomach when you see the person you can’t gather the guts to speak to, yes, that feeling.

You can see Fryars at London’s St Pancreas Old Church on 2nd of May or Leeds Holy Trinity on 7th May.

‘On Your Own’ is set for single release on 13th of May 2013.

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