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Burning Ambition: Friendly Fires

Gavin Martin, Daily Mirror, 30 January 2009

LAST YEAR, Friendly Fires' self-titled debut album marked them out as one of the most exciting and danceable new bands in the country. They'd certainly had time to formulate a recipe for success. The St. Albans trio, fronted by singer Ed MacFarlane, first bonded over a mutual love of US punk a decade ago.

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