Friendly Fires channeling "The Shining" for third album

It hasn't taken too long for the boys from England to start working on their next album. The follow-up to last year's Pala has already begun, and the trio is looking for inspiration in different places.

Friendly Fires is channeling the atmosphere of Stanley Kubrick's classic The Shining for their next album.  In a recent interview with 6Music, guitarist Edd Gibson stated, "I think we are trying to force on an element of the film The Shining, or the book The Shining, as a cultured gentleman who reads and doesn't just watch films… We're trying to alienate ourselves into a world of music alone and see what we come up with."

The group is changing their location to Sweden, where a log cabin will provide a setting all too familiar among the musicians. Although their time will be short-lived, as their stay will be under two weeks, the group is trying to make the most of their time in their frozen living quarters.

What could this all possibly mean for the group? They won't be trying to pull off any Bon Iver tricks any time soon, and any attempts to do so will be interesting. Despite the implication of channeling The Shining I highly doubt their next release would be able to pull off a longer, slow-paced sound. Hopefully, the next album won't leave us wanting to murder our families. Additionally, listening to it won't be able to make us communicate with each other telepathically (unfortunately). If the band can develop the telepathy The Shining gives its name to, the band will be able to craft an album more refreshing than Pala and if lucky, one better than their debut as well.

Top 40—WKNC’s Top Albums of the Week 7/26

Each week, the WKNC music directors tally up spins for new releases and submit their top charts to CMJ.

CMJ Loud Rock from WKNC’s Chainsaw Rock

	Artist	Album	Label
#1	ALL SHALL PERISH	This Is Where It Ends	Nuclear Blast
#2	TOMBS	Path Of Totality	Relapse
#3	ENDSTILLE	Infektion 1813	Season Of Mist
#4	SUICIDE SILENCE	The Black Crown	Century Media
#5	EXHUMED	All Guts, No Glory	Relapse
#6	A PALE HORSE NAMED DEATH	And Hell Will Follow Me	SPV
#7	BOOK OF BLACK EARTH	The Cold Testament	Prosthetic
#8	DRACONIAN	A Rose For The Apocalypse	Napalm
#9	PESTILENCE	Doctrine	Mascot
#10	STREAM OF PASSION	Darker Days	Napalm

CMJ RPM from WKNC’s Afterhours

	Artist	Album	Label
#1	SBTRKT	SBTRKT	Young Turks-XL
#2	FRIENDLY FIRES	Pala	XL
#3	WASHED OUT	Within And Without	Sub Pop
#4	ZOMBY	Dedication	4AD
#5	MAGNETIC MAN	Magnetic Man	Star Time
#6	YACHT	Shangri-La	DFA
#7	FM BELFAST	Don't Want To Sleep	Morr
#8	BORGORE	Delicious [EP]
#9	FIORA	Blue Muse
#10	THIEVERY CORPORATION	Culture Of Fear	ESL

CMJ Hip-Hop from WKNC’s Underground

	Artist	Album	Label
#1	AMAD JAMAL	Hood Tales
#2	SHANE ELI	I Can Do Better
#3	EL DA SENSEI & THE RETURNERS	GTO 2: Nu World	Asfalt
#4	JAYLIB	Champion Sound: Deluxe	Stones Throw
#5	SOLE AND THE SKYRIDER BAND	Napoleon
#6	KING MEZ	King's Khrysis
#7	CITIZEN AIM	As Just Cause Cries	Humble Beast
#8	SHABAZZ PALACES	Swerve... The Reeping Of All That Is Worthwhile
#9	IMMORTAL TECHNIQUE	"No Me Importa" [Single]
#10	SHAD	"Telephone" [Single]

CMJ Radio 200 from WKNC’s Daytime Rock

	Artist	Album	Label
#1	Gardens & Villa	Gardens & Villa	Secretly Canadian
#2	Unknown Mortal Orchestra	Unknown Mortal Orchestra	Fat Possum
#3	Motopony	Motopony	tinyOGRE
#4	Seapony	Go With Me	Hardly Art
#5	Balkans	Balkans	Double Phantom
#6	Sbtrkt	Sbtrkt	XL-Young Turks
#7	1, 2, 3	New Heaven	Frenchkiss
#8	Bella Ruse	Kuhzoo	Self-Released
#9	Memory Tapes	Player Piano	Carpark
#10	Vaccines	What Did You Expect From The Vaccines?	Columbia

(click for top 30)

WKNC RPM charts 6/7

Here are the top ten albums in Afterhours.

 

 

Rank	Artist	Recording	Label
1	Friendly Fires	Pala	XL
2	Austra	Feel It Break	Domino
3	Toro y Moi	Underneath the Pine	CarPark Records
4	Gold Panda	Companion	Ghostly International
5	Bibio	Mind Bokeh	Warp Records
6	Borgore	Delicious EP	White Label Nation
7	Moby	Destoyed	Mute
8	Blue Sky Black Death	Noir	Fake Four Inc.
9	Daft Punk	TRON: Legacy RECONFIGURED	White Label Nation
10	Gorillaz	The Fall	Virgin

DJ Ones' Five Music Facts from the past week

1. Sufjan Stevens has come out saying that his plan to write an album for each state was a result of him becoming a "cliche" and in looking back on the project idea he has claimed that it is now a "joke". This is after he released "Illinoise" in 2005 and "Greetings from Michigan: The Great Lake State" in 2003. He would go on to say the project seemed a bit silly. via (Paste Magazine)

2. According to the Matador Records' Web site they have acquired True Panther Sounds. This comes after Matador helped promote True Panther Sounds' band Girls' new album. via (Matador Records)

3. In what seems to be a growing trend among band front men, Bloc Party's Kele Okereke has announce plans to release a solo album while the band is still on hiatus. Complete detalis on the record are yet to be released.via (NME)

4. Friendly Fires has announced the follow up to its self-titled debut album. The album, which has yet to be named, is planning on being released next May. Accoring to member Ed MacFarlane the band already has four tracks they have already completed for the album. Ed MacFarlane also said, "We're going to hopefully have all the songs finished by the end of the year, record in January and have the album ready for May time, and do some festivals around then." via (NME)

5. The side project of Art Brut's Eddie Argos and The Bloody Arm's Dyan Valdes called Everybody Was in the French Resistance...Now are set to release its debut album, "Fixin' the Charts," in January. The album was produced by David Newton, and the full track listing is available. via (NME)