FRIGS are a Canadian indie rock band from Toronto, Ontario,[1] whose 2018 album Basic Behaviour was longlisted for the 2018 Polaris Music Prize.[2] The band members are vocalist Bria Salmena, guitarist Duncan Hay Jennings, bassist Lucas Savatti and drummer Kris Bowering.[3][4]
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| Background information | |
| Origin | Toronto, Ontario, Canada |
| Genres | indie rock |
| Years active | 2013 - present |
| Labels | Arts & Crafts |
| Members | Bria Salmena Duncan Hay Jennings Lucas Savatti Kris Bowering |
History edit
The band performed live shows in the Toronto area,[5] and produced and released a self-titled EP under the name Dirty Frigs in 2014[6] before signing to Arts & Crafts, which released their second EP, Slush, in 2016.[7][8]
Basic Behaviour, the band's first full-length album, was released in 2018,[9] with cover art by Olenka Szymonski.[10] To support the album, the band set out on a 37-day tour.[11]
Since 2019, Bowering, Hay Jennings, and Salmena, along with Toronto bassist Kyle Connolly, have been members of Orville Peck's touring band.[12] Savatti played on Peck's Pony album, along with Bowering and Hay Jennings.[12]
Salmena has also released two EPs of country music covers as a solo artist, Cuntry Covers Vol. 1 (2021) and Cuntry Covers Vol. 2 (2023).[13]
References edit
- ^ "Frigs: Basic Behaviour". Pitchfork, February 28, 2018.
- ^ "A list of the 40 albums on the Polaris Music Prize long list" Archived 2018-07-17 at the Wayback Machine. Victoria Times-Colonist, June 14, 2018.
- ^ "Frigs is ready to move on from Toronto’s ‘Seattle moment’". The Globe and Mail, March 8, 2018.
- ^ "Local noise-rock foursome FRIGS delivers a nasty classic". Toronto Star, By Ben Rayner, April 6, 2018.
- ^ "Album Review: FRIGS – Basic Behaviour" Archived 2018-10-14 at the Wayback Machine. BeatRoute, 26 February 2018
- ^ "FRIGS Basic Behaviour". Pitchfork, Madison Bloom, February 28, 2018
- ^ "FRIGS: Slush EP". Exclaim!, June 8, 2016.
- ^ "Frigs: Slush". NOW Toronto, by Benjamin Boles, June 8, 2016
- ^ "FRIGS Unveil Debut Album 'Basic Behaviour'". Exclaim!, January 9, 2018.
- ^ "FRIGS Basic Behaviour". Exclaim!, Cosette Schulz, Published Feb 23, 2018
- ^ "Frigs' slow-release fury". Now, April 4, 2018.
- ^ a b Rancic, Michael (December 11, 2019). "Frigs' Lessons from Orville Peck". Now. Retrieved April 3, 2022.
- ^ Ian Gormely, "Bria Plays with the Past on Fiery 'Cuntry Covers Vol. 2'". Exclaim!, February 23, 2023.