The acclaimed Cork 5 piece Fred have hit new heights this week, with their single 'Skyscrapers' having been awarded iTunes Canada's influential Single of the Week accolade
One of the most promising of the new breed of Irish 'real-pop' acts, Fred, signed a deal with the Canadian label Sparks Music in September. The band have just returned from their appearance at this year's prestigious Pop Montreal and their album Go God Go is due for Canadian release in February 2009
Go God Go, their third studio album, was released in Ireland in May and has been widely praised as one of the strongest Irish releases of 2008. With two singles already getting strong radio support, they are shaping up to be one of the hottest new bands of the year here.
FRED release their third single, from Go God Go in Ireland on 14th November 'The Lights' before embarking on a nationwide tour.
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The bash at the Royal Cork Yacht Club is about more than just sailing, and this year the music line-up is better than ever.
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Quite why Fred have yet to reap the acclaim they deserve is a puzzle, although taking two years to come up with any new material probably won’t have helped. ‘Good One’ does what they do extremely well, an off-the-wall pop song complete with a cool girl group backing vocal that demands to take its place at the top table. Now let’s hear some more.
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Read More ...Fred somehow manage to combine potentially jarring elements – spoken lyrics, a Stax-esque brass section, punk rock guitars and drums, lounge funk bass and percussion – into a magical whole
Read More On first impression Making Music So You Don’t Have To is a ticklish, impulsive body of work, but its happy, functional marriage of strings, piano and guitars hints that the band have played nice, taken their hyperactivity medication and developed the album into a gratifyingly mature, ambitious and reflective work.
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