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2 February 2007 :: posted by Travis

frYars

The first time I heard frYars it was pretty much instant hate… like I wanted to turn it off and never hear it again. To spark such an instant gut reaction is actually a good thing though, and I find myself returning to his music. At times, his music seems a little hokey, but the rough spots are easily overshadowed by the good parts. Be careful because you might actually find yourself addicted to this guy. The fact that he’s only 17 is very promising — frYars may actually mature into an excellent musician. Lots of potential here…

NME says he sounds like “Anthony And The Johnsons playing ‘Kid A’-era Radiohead.” I don’t know if I quite agree. I’d peg him as a cross between Rufus Wrainwright and The Postal Service with a little bit of a Lovely Feathers twist in there… or maybe even some Junior Boys influence. But whatever. You can decide for yourself.


frYars - “The Ides” (demo) (mp3)


frYars - “Chocolate” (demo) (mp3)

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18 Responses to “frYars”

  1. he reminds me of momus!

  2. pul
    February 2nd, 2007 at 11.21 pm

  3. i love it.

  4. Aya
    February 3rd, 2007 at 10.17 am

  5. At some point there (very briefly) his vocals reminded me of Franz Ferdinand.

  6. Blaze
    February 4th, 2007 at 7.56 am

  7. i love it to :)

  8. sour
    February 4th, 2007 at 9.21 am

  9. His voice is very wonderful. I sort of see the franz thing. clever stuff!

  10. Kolbjorn
    February 4th, 2007 at 11.57 am

  11. we bloody well love him. best artist of 2006 without a doubt. can we have our five pounds now please mr frYars?

  12. children for breakfast
    February 5th, 2007 at 2.49 pm

  13. moderately excellent.
    (ps i still haven’t got the rise of jack and chloe…)

  14. hAsAn
    February 5th, 2007 at 3.22 pm

  15. i love frYars, yeah. he lives in golders green.
    He has stolen beats of kid a before, and he has also stolen patrick wolf’s voice.
    but he makes musoc. good music.

  16. phils
    February 5th, 2007 at 3.24 pm

  17. I Luv ‘The Ides’ so much!!!

  18. Jonny
    February 5th, 2007 at 3.27 pm

  19. frYars is moderately excellent, like haSan.

    i’ve already left a comment, but it didn’t get through.

    (ps, can you send me the rise of jack and chloe please.. cheers.)

  20. haSan
    February 5th, 2007 at 4.51 pm

  21. ALLOW
    I’VE COMMENTED BARE ALREADY

  22. hAsAn
    February 5th, 2007 at 4.54 pm

  23. Genius!

  24. domino
    February 5th, 2007 at 6.19 pm

  25. lovely jovely.. really gets my wobble on, makes me cough hot on my crotch area, really gets me going wobble wobble, jabber jabber, ides get my juices flowing. when my joices flow, it eventually makes me capitulate, and culminates, evemn, in a big juicy blast of jibber jabber pleasure, which is what this is really all about this music isnt it?

    Im going to have the clean my creamy keyboard, wib wob

  26. Jabberz
    February 5th, 2007 at 7.03 pm

  27. please get hold of horse or man.

  28. I
    February 6th, 2007 at 3.54 am

  29. killlah beats. Im refreshed.

  30. Olly
    February 6th, 2007 at 12.18 pm

  31. Fryars is cool. sounds sorts early Smiths, ish / David Bowie (ish, suprisingly) . GREAT STUFF.

  32. Ben
    February 7th, 2007 at 4.27 pm

  33. i think phils is a jealous twat. wait, thats unfair. a dyslexic jealous twat.

  34. trevor
    February 8th, 2007 at 8.49 am

  35. archive trawling.
    had to go searching for the music.
    favourite thing ive heard all year.

  36. gabriel
    August 25th, 2008 at 6.51 pm

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