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Fickle Friends

Pretty Great

Cooking Vinyl, 2020

Combining an eclectic array of influences into bite-sized chunks of pure pop perfection, Brighton-based four piece Fickle Friends are one of the most intriguing bands to emerge from the UK in recent years. Debut album You Are Someone Else, and latest single are stuffed with enough catchy hooks to reinvigorate an economically-troubled fishing village. We caught up with the band’s songwriter, keyboardist and DAW-wrangler Jack Wilson in his studio to discover the secrets behind Fickle Friends’ glossy sound.

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