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Friendly Fires

Friendly Fires are an English indie rock band from St Albans, Hertfordshire, England. They are currently signed to Polydor Records. Their self-titled debut album was released on 1 September 2008, and was announced as one of the shortlisted twelve for the 2009 Mercury Prize on 21 July 2009.

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Genres
Indie rock · indietronica · nu-disco · dance-punk · shoegazing
Labels
XL · Polydor
Members
Ed Macfarlane · Jack Savidge (2006 - 2026) · Edd Gibson
Origin
St Albans, Hertfordshire, England
Years active
2006–2014 · 2017–present

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related to Friendly Fires (2008–11) · 35
Friendly Fires → American, August, BBC One's, Bored, Colin McRae, Dirt, DVD, Each Other, Gossip Girl, Gran Turismo, Hospital, In, In May, In September, Jump, Kiss, Life, London's HMV Forum, Lovesick, LP
related to history · 35
Friendly Fires → At, Australia, Canada, Carl Craig, Channel, During, Ed Macfarlane, Europe, First Day Back, German, Green Day, In, Japan, Kompakt, LP Always Now, Mexico, NME, Paris, Precinct Recordings, Prince
related to Pala and hiatus (2011–2014) · 23
Friendly Fires → ABLE2UK, All, An, At, August, Birmingham, Brighton, December, Ed Macfarlane's, Glasgow, Hawaiian Air, In May, Live Those Days Tonight, London, Newcastle, November, On, Pala, Richard Turner, The
related to External links · 16
Friendly Fires → December, Edd Gibson, Edinburgh, Fear Archived, Fires Essential Mix, Interview, Jack Savidge, Live Review, May, OrFriendly Fires, Poule, Suck My Deck, There Goes, UGOFriendly Fires Live Review, Voluume, Wayback MachineJack Savidge Interview
Genres · 6
Friendly Fires → dance-punk, funk, Indie rock, indietronica, nu-disco, shoegazing
Members · 3
Friendly Fires → Ed Macfarlane, Edd Gibson, Jack Savidge (2006 - 2026)
Labels · 2
Friendly Fires → Polydor, XL
Years active · 2
Friendly Fires → 2006–2014, 2017–present
Origin · 1
Friendly Fires → St Albans, Hertfordshire, England

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friendly fires band released album 2009 nme first announced 2011 single also august songs 2008 macfarlane music board september polydor

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Friendly FiresGenresIndie rock1.00infobox
Friendly FiresGenresindietronica1.00infobox
Friendly FiresGenresnu-disco1.00infobox
Friendly FiresGenresdance-punk1.00infobox
Friendly FiresGenresshoegazing1.00infobox
Friendly FiresGenresfunk1.00infobox
Friendly FiresLabelsXL1.00infobox
Friendly FiresLabelsPolydor1.00infobox
Friendly FiresMembersEd Macfarlane1.00infobox
Friendly FiresMembersJack Savidge (2006 - 2026)1.00infobox
Friendly FiresMembersEdd Gibson1.00infobox
Friendly FiresOriginSt Albans, Hertfordshire, England1.00infobox
Friendly FiresYears active2006–20141.00infobox
Friendly FiresYears active2017–present1.00infobox

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