FRIGS SIGNS TO ARTS & CRAFTS, ANNOUNCES NEW EP
TORONTO FOUR-PIECE TO RELEASE SLUSH EP ON JUNE 10
WATCH AND SHARE THE VIDEO FOR “GOD HATES A COWARD” HERE
“"God Hates A Coward"... is the perfect indicator of the guttural 90s spirit residing in Bria's visceral vocals and the bands languid, swirling grunge guitars.” - The Line Of Best Fit
UK TOUR DATES BEGIN MAY 14, NORTH AMERICAN TOUR DATES COMMENCE JUNE 2
PHOTO : CAITLIN MCLAFFERTY
Frigs is a Toronto-based four-piece made up of Bria, Duncan, Lucas, and Edan that pairs the raw, emotional grunge of PJ Harvey with the immersive, psychedelic post-punk of early Sonic Youth. With each member bringing a unique set of influences, Frigs creates a sound that is hard to pin down and an impression that’s unshakable. The band has partnered with Arts & Crafts to release its latest EP, Slush, due out on June 10.
Yesterday the video for EP cut “God Hates A Coward” premiered via The Line Of Best Fit, who claimed the song ”is the perfect indicator of the guttural 90s spirit residing in Bria's visceral vocals and the bands languid, swirling grunge guitars.” Director Mushual Friend speaks on the video: "Through the exploration of dominant binaries, we will remember to, as Elizabeth Meyer says, ‘be skeptical of discourses that assign a gender affiliation to the landscape — implicitly or explicitly. The implicit affiliations are manifest as female’ — the ‘other’ who is seen but not heard.’ ‘God Hates A Coward’ explores feminist geography from a spatial standpoint, expanding the relationship between landscape and architecture, a spherical way of approaching a discourse that has become rooted in deconstruction rather than reconstruction."
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Led by the force of Bria’s vocals, the band has earned a reputation for putting on an hypnotic and visceral live performance. Embracing the mercurial and experimental, their shows are built upon instinct; a vocal growl can unexpectedly give way to a hushed whisper; languid drones boil over into guttural and searing tones.
As members of Toronto’s multi-disciplined Heretical Objects Cooperative, community and collaboration are essential to Frigs’ approach and aesthetic. Maintaining the communal, do-it-yourself spirit of their forebearers, the band bought recording equipment and turned their Toronto apartment into a studio where they wrote, engineered, and mixed their forthcoming EP, Slush.
SLUSH EP TRACKLIST
01 Diana
02 Ringworm
03 God Hates A Coward
04 TV
FRIGS UK TOUR DATES
May 14 - London, UK - Club Mofo
May 15 - London, UK - The Lock Tavern
May 17 - Leeds, UK - Headrow House
May 18 - Cardiff, UK - Clwb lfor Bach
May 19 - Brighton, UK - Green Door Store (Canada House Showcase - The Great Escape)
May 19 - Brighton, UK - Latest Music Bar (Artrocker Showcase - The Great Escape)
May 20 - Brighton, UK - Echocamp (The Great Escape)
May 22 - Glasgow, UK - Hug + Pint
June 02 - Toronto - Smiling Buddha *
June 03 - Hamilton - Baltimore House *
June 08 - Peterborough - The Spill *
June 19 - Sudbury - The Townhouse
June 22 - Calgary - Sled Island
June 23 - Calgary - Sled Island
June 24 - Calgary - Sled Island
June 28 - Edmonton - The Buckingham
July 02 - Nanaimo - Crace House
July 03 - Victoria - Copper Owl
July 05 - Seattle - Blacklodge
July 06 - Portland - High Water Mark
July 07 - Oakland - Sgraffito
July 11 - Denver - Meadowlark Bar
July 12 - Omaha - TBA
July 13 - Columbia - Cafe Berlin
July 14 - Carbondale - House Show
July 15 - Chicago - The Hideout
August 6 - Toronto - TIME Festival^
* w/ Blue Crime
^Run The Jewels, Broods, Bob Moses
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