The video for Fanfarlo‘s forthcoming single ‘The Walls Are Coming Down’ due for release through iTunes on September 21. The video was directed by renowned visual artists Iain Forsyth & Jane Pollard. Their unique works have been exhibited around the world and they have recently directed a number of music videos for Nick Cave. The [...]
Boro-based promoters The Kids Are Solid Gold have finally managed to book hotly-tipped London quintet Fanfarlo for a gig at Westgarth SC on October 2: “TKASG proudly present the ‘Smorgastour’ featuring Fanfarlo + First Aid Kit + Support Friday 2nd Oct 2009 @ Westgarth SC Middlesbrough TS1 3EZ 01642 242 164 £8 ***On sale 9am [...]
Beautifully layering post-punk guitars with strings, banjo, mandolin and glockenspiel, London-based quintet Fanfarlo do much to reinvent intellectual indie on their sublime debut Reservoir. Led by bookish Gothenburg native Simon Balthazar, the band fuse impenetrable lyrics with a warm pop sensibility that drips with inventiveness. Drawing on subject matter as diverse as the madness of [...]