Mann Friday are setting out to conquer a lifelong dream of playing the hallowed grounds of Glastonbury Festival. As part of their #gettingtoglasto bid the band are giving away a compilation of all the tracks, over the last decade, that they would love to play. Download the full album for FREE from bitly.com/gettingtoglasto http://mannfriday.com

17 Eyes Open

03 Sunburn and Wonder (radio edit)

02 City Love

01 Clouds From a Plane

To coin a phrase like Alternative Afro-Folk-Rock is pretty difficult – and quite a mouthful, but it seems Mann Friday might have done so with their incredible offering in Trainrides and Radio Play. 

Hailing from South Africa, Italy and ...wait for it ...Zimbabwe(!), and bound together by the London rock scene, Mann Friday seems to have forged a triumphant alloy of Brit grit and African optimism. 

The group first hit European soil in 2003 with their controversial rock opera Zimbabwe Ruins gaining critical acclaim at The Edinburgh Festival.
Tracks from the show were released on their debut album The Orchard, quickly followed by Apple Source (2005), a foray into lo-fi electronica and featuring on Sky News’ Year in Review. 

Gathering momentum, Mann Friday witnessed a groundswell of support for their live shows, spurring them towards rockier records Blue Sky Science (2006) and Waiting For the Flash (2009). BBC World News covered the band’s unconventional bid for the UK Top 40 as their ‘Week You Made Us Famous’ campaign went viral promoting the hit single Sunburn and Wonder.

The following three years saw front man Rob Burrell spend more time in Cape Town and it was here the tale of Trainrides began. A new balance was struck between their redemptive African roots and the solid rock of their London days. Finally, following months in the studio last year this is what emerged. 


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