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One to watch: Friedberg
The London-based four-piece led by Austrian singer-songwriter Anna F serve up the coolest dance punk this side of LCD Soundsystem
Tiring of working alone, five years ago she formed London-based dance-punk outfit Friedberg with guitarist Emily Linden, bassist Cheryl Pinero and drummer Fifi Dewey. Excellent early singles Lizzy, Yeah and Go Wild established the band as a great go-to for tracks that leaven emotion with motion, always tugging at your sleeve, dragging you to the dancefloor. With tension and release, they intersperse road-toughened material with new tracks such as My Best Friend that come over cooler than a Brooklyn basement in winter, plus covers including Grauzone’s cult classic Eisbär (literally “ice bear”).
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