The fiery lead single from Chicago duo Friko’s forthcoming debut album “Where we’ve been, Where we go from here”, “Crashing Through” does what its title suggests. A sonic drop hits right after a fine-tuned drum fill from Bailey Minzenberger, and it’s a breakdown that arrives as an organic fixture of Friko’s guiding momentum they bring to every song. The harmonics embrace the untapped, energetic potential of a live show, and Niko Kapetan’s singing galvanize saccharine, heavy guitar chords into an oblivion of noise, gang vocals and a wallpaper of distortion. “I haven’t said what I mean to say, haven’t done what I mean to do,” Kapetan wails. “‘Cause every coward looks away from all the light crashing through.” The volume metrics are off the chart, as Minzenberger’s percussion ensconces Kapetan’s worn-in, sandpaper-polished singing like a fence of landmines.
You can pick out familiar components in the band’s work and name them but, how they’re merged together—under the bow of Friko’s finesse and button-bursting energy—arrives untapped, nuanced and dramatic.
“Crashing Through” previews Friko’s debut album ‘Where we’ve been, where we go from here’ which will be released on 16th February 2024
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