"Climb On, Climb On Board"

iTunes recently featured the Friendly Fires in their free video of the week segment for “Skeleton Boy.” I was immediately drawn to the video’s creative nature and really began to love the song that went along with it. Before I knew it, I kept listening again and again. I looked for their album to see if the rest of it was as good as this single and was not disappointed. The Friendly Fires’ self-titled release is a fun electro-pop record that is both creative and original in its own way. It’s like a combination of 80s meets current pop that has you wanting to play it over and over again and jam and sing along. The album features a variety of instruments in the beats that add to its overall appeal, like that of Hellogoodbye or Wired All Wrong and hits you with things reminiscent of Depeche Mode, Tears for Fears or Duran Duran. The vocals are pleasing to the ears and their videos are pleasing to the eyes, almost mesmerizing. It is truly the right unique combination of sounds that you come to love more and more with each listen. Definitely a great album to listen to when you have nothing else to do or to go on a long drive with to your favorite destination with the windows down and the volume up (like there’s any other proper way).