Friedberg

In the organizer's words:

November 2024 saw the release of "Hardcore Workout Queen", the eagerly awaited debut album by the band Friedberg. In her own words, frontwoman Anna Friedberg describes the album's 10 tracks as "an endless road trip without a destination". The alternative rock quartet's debut album is full of songs made for road trips with your best friends - the kind of road trips where deep conversations are the order of the day and you discuss your innermost feelings over rest stop snacks and warm fizzy drinks. The kind of road trip you never want to end. On the album, the band expands their sonic palette: psychedelia, dance-punk and a dose of massive, pop-oriented hooks to boot. "Hardcore Workout Queen" was written in various studios, from Berlin to Los Angeles, via Dan Carey's (Hot Chip, Fontaines D.C.) studio in South London and Oli Bayston's (the mastermind behind Boxed In) in Walthamstow. The result? An electrifying debut album that is unmistakably Friedberg.

Anna says the following about the long-awaited debut album: "I suppose you could say it's a journey through the inner workings of my past few years. It's vast and minute, it's everything and nothing. It's about breaking in and breaking free, about slipping into someone else's mind for a holiday from your own thoughts. It's being the Champion of the Slobs, whilst cheering for the Hardcore Workout Queens who run past your bedroom window as you're tucking into your second breakfast(...)"

The band has already had an extremely busy 2024, including an appearance at this year's SXSW, Great Escape Festival, opening for German indie rock band Giant Rooks on their month-long US tour, and most recently opening for up-and-coming black country duo Big Special in May. They also supported British alt-rock band Placebo at some of their UK gigs in June. They ended the summer with a performance at the Lost Village Festival in Lincolnshire alongside acts such as Royel Otis and Floating Points.

Friedberg was formed in 2019 by Austrian-born, London/Berlin-based Anna (writer, vocals, guitar, cowbells and percussion) and is completed by Emily Linden (guitar, vocals), Cheryl Pinero (bass, vocals) and Laura Williams (drums). Friedberg's first success was the single "Go Wild" - a huge hit that was featured on the FIFA 2020 soundtrack and in the BBC series Normal People, as well as their debut EP "Yeah Yeah Yeah".

And you too will be screaming "Yeah Yeah Yeah" when the four ladies call for a hardcore workout in the tent.

The concert is unseated. (But there are seats in the stands for early birds)

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