FRIENDLY FIRES & THE ASPHODELLS
‘BEFORE YOUR EYES / VELO’
AA-SIDED SINGLE RELEASED ON 31ST MARCH 2014 ON TELOPHASE
DOWNLOAD NOW FROM ITUNES: http://smarturl.it/FFBeforeYourEyes

At some point in 2013, Friendly Fires, Andrew Weatherall and Timothy J Fairplay (aka The Asphodells), convened in an east London pub to discuss collaborating on new music together. The plan was to produce music that came from a place outside of their respective usual musical styles - a loose, open-ended process embarked upon for the pure joy of experimentation and collaboration rather than a specific end goal.

The collaboration came on the back of two hugely successful Friendly Fires albums – 2008’s debut Friendly Fires and 2011’s follow up Pala – and an acclaimed debut album from The Asphodells in 2013’s Ruled By Passion Destroyed By Lust, the latest in a long line of classic releases from Andrew Weatherall’s own Rotters Golf Club label.

Recording took place between Weatherall’s Shoreditch studio, The Bunker, and Friendly Fires frontman Ed Macfarlane’s basement studio just a short stroll down the road in Farringdon, using a desk that once belonged to influential German producer Konrad ‘Conny’ Plank to mix the tracks.

The result is ‘Before Your Eyes’ and ‘Velo’ - two brand new tracks that take close to ten minutes each to reveal their full hypnotic glory. The tracks will be released as a AA-sided single on 12” and download and will be the inaugural release on Friendly Fires’ own Telophase label.

http://www.recordstore.co.uk/recordstore/recordstore/Before-Your-Very-Eyes-Velo-Signed/37720000000
http://www.piccadillyrecords.com/prod/FriendlyFiresTheAsphodells-BeforeYourEyesVelo-Telophase-95128.html
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Friendly Fires & The Asphodells - Before Your Eyes

Talkie Walkie

Alpha Beta Gaga

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- Lyrics - 

I take my licks – like a man
Facing forward
I made my bed, it wasn't yours

How soon we'd forget – what we shared 

You said you'd always be mine
I nodded and smiled 
Tongue out of my head 

Is this love?
Or the love of the chase?
Is this love?
Tell me now, is it love?

We did the best that we can
Across the world
We made a plan, it wasn't yours

How soon we'd forget – what we shared

In folding sands
Our castle, no more
The magic -- sleight of hand

Is this love?
Or the love of the chase?
I had you once, you kept forgetting my name

Is this love?
Or the love of the chase?
What was your name?
Was it something like me?

We recede in the fog
As to breathe in this calm
And forget this walk
To leave, you and all
We were more than the fall
I hope you'd agree
Like sunlight through the fog
Always chasing me

Lil bluebell in shade – what was your name?
Was it something like me?
Lil bluebell in shade
What was your name?
Was it something like me?

The Chase

Moonlight

Two Brothers

Our Love (Expanded Edition)

Silver

Priestess

We Were So Turned On: A Tribute To David Bowie

Ashes to Ashes

'Brains' is from Baltimore-based Lower Dens' forthcoming second album, Nootropics (pronounced No-eh-tro-pics), out May 1st (North America) / April 30th (Rest of the world) on Ribbon Music.

Order Nootropics on double LP: http://ribbonus.dominorecordco.com/ribbonus/albums/16-02-12/nootropics/

View the video directed by Tristan Patterson here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OyxzjF8IjE8

05-01 New York, NY - Mercury Lounge ^ [SOLD OUT]
05-02 Brooklyn, NY - Glasslands + [SOLD OUT]
05-03 Philadelphia, PA - Johnny Brenda's $
05-04 Washington, DC - Rock and Roll Hotel $
05-05 Baltimore, MD - Ottobar %
05-10 Brussels, Belgium - La Chocolaterie
05-11 The Hague, Netherlands - Walk the Line Festival
05-12 Gent, Belgium - DOKarena
05-13 Paris, France - le Point Ephemere
05-14 Brighton, UK - The Hope
05-15 London, UK - White Heat at Madam Jojo’s
05-16 London, UK - The Lexington [SOLD OUT]
05-17 Rotterdam, Netherlands - Worm
05-18 Hamburg, Denmark - Hafenklang
05-19 Aarhus, Denmark - Pop Revo
05-20 Copenhagen, Denmark - Loppen
05-21 Berlin, Germany - West Germany
05-23 Krakow, Poland - Green Zoo Festival
05-24 Prague, Czech Republic - Club 007
05-25 Vienna, Austria - Chelsea
05-26 Kleinreifling, Austria - Seeweisen Festival
05-28 Turn, Italy - Blah Blah Festival
05-29 Milan, Italy - Video Sound Art Festival
05-30 St. Gallen, Switzerland - Palace
05-31 Dudingen, Switzerland - Kilbi Festival
06-01 Barcelona, Spain - Primavera Sound
06-03 Dublin, Ireland - Forbidden Fruit Festival
06-21 Raleigh, NC - Kings Barcade #
06-22 Atlanta, GA - The Earl #
06-23 New Orleans, LA - One Eyed Jacks #
06-24 Dallas, TX - Club Dada #
06-25 Houston, TX - Fitzgerald's #
06-26 Austin, TX - The Parish #
06-28 Phoenix, AZ - Sail Inn #
06-29 Santa Ana, CA - Constellation Room #
06-30 Los Angeles, CA - Troubadour #
07-01 San Francisco, CA - The Independent #
07-05 Portland, OR - Mississippi Studios #
07-06 Seattle, WA - Neumos #
07-07 Vancouver, BC - The Media Club #
07-10 Denver, CO - Larimer Lounge #
07-11 Lawrence, KS - The Jackpot Saloon #
07-12 St. Louis, MO - The Luminary Center for the Arts #
07-13 Chicago, IL- Pitchfork Music Festival
07-15 Louisville, KY - Forecastle Festival
07-16 Detroit, MI - Magic Stick #
07-17 Toronto, ON - Lee's Palace #
07-18 Montreal, QC - Ill Motore #
07-19 New York, NY - Bowery Ballroom #

^ w/  Matteah Baim
+ w/ Air Waves, Twisted Wires
$ w/  Violens
% w/ Celebration, Violens, Sprayer
# w/ No Joy, Alan Resnick

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Lower Dens - Brains

Rest

Deadly Valentine

Freedom

Blue Rose

Such a Remarkable Day

'Before Your Eyes/Velo' available to download now: http://smarturl.it/FFBeforeYourEyes