Friendly Fires // Pala

We posted about the brilliant and bold Live Those Days Tonight back in March, and here now is the full record for you to stream (and then go out and buy) in full.

The band have also discussed their 80s rave, Aldous Huxley and ham sandwich related inspirations with Dummy which you can check out here.

Friendly Fires // Live Those Days Tonight

For those of you that loved the progression in Friendly Fires from their worthily acclaimed debut to interim single Kiss of Life, you will also love Live those Days Tonight. The tropical rhythms and percussion adds a freshness and vibrancy to their funky epic dance, which promises much for the release of album two, Pala, in May.

This live effort on Jimmy Fallon is brilliant not only for the song, not only for Ed's moves, and not only for his uncontrollable energy and involuntary leaps once the song ends, but for the final glimpse of Bootsy and his funk to play us out.

UPDATE: Urgh, NBC removed the live vid, so you'll just have to believe the above and imagne the situation using the single version below.

Local favourites // Get People

Get People have been on the radar for a bit but, in an unusual move for a new, unsigned act, seem almost determined to fly under it, cloaking themselves in mystery and playing no shows save for a few DJ sets.

Delivering the sort of tropical electronica Friendly Fires hinted at with post album single Kiss of Life, only perhaps with a more explicit use of pan-pipes and bongos, the band's sound is complex yet invitingly warm, making their self-imposed absence from the spotlight all the more intriguing. Apparently live shows will arrive in September. Till then you'll have to make do with the below.