Best Friends explain they are “armed with a encyclopaedic knowledge of WWF, a full set of achievements on Mario Kart and several crates of beer” when it comes the release of their new album, as yet untitled, out May 18th via Fatcat Records. Their new single, ‘Fake Spit’, taken from the album, shows that the band have decided to depart aesthetically from their scrappy and dilapidated surf rock Art Is Hard days, but have still kept the fun and anarchy deeply imbedded in the music.
Their stark change from lo-fi to hi-fi production adds excitement value to hear what this new, mature version, of Best Friends will come up with. Guarantees can still be made though, that whatever happens, whatever the band come up with, whatever the music brings, it’ll always be laced with that free-spirited, riotous, party filled clamour that have made Best Friends so magnetic and unique amongst the surf garage horde.
The Fat Angel Sings 