Persona Sauna — A week before the UK release of Friendly Fires’ second album Pala, the band has been made it available to the masses for streaming. How nice of them. How friendly.Still one of my favorite alliterated bands. more info

Altsounds — Named after the island in Aldous Huxley's 1962 novel 'Island', Pala has been produced by a mixture of Friendly Fires themselves and Paul Epworth (Florence The Machine, Adele). The album was recorded over the past twelve months in various locatio... more info

NME — Watch the trio talk about their new album 'Pala' on NME now more info

NME — The album isn't officially released until Monday (May 16) more info

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Nialler9 — The best of the last week’s album streams in A-Z. Plenty more in the Album Streams category. At the top of your listening list: Friendly Fires – Pala. Austra – Feel It Break. Elsewhere: Africa Hitech - 93 Million Miles Atari Teenage Riot – I... more info

NME - The Daily Download — Here’s a fresh weekly serving of the ten best free downloads on the web this week. 1. Friendly Fires – ‘Blue Cassette’ NME cover stars Friendly Fires are gearing up to release their second album, ‘Pala’, on May 16th. We’ve been throwin... more info

Let's Get Cynical — If you’re a fan of Friendly Fires then you’re in for a treat today – the band have posted not one, but two new tracks from forthcoming album Pala for your listening pleasure. You’ve probably already heard the record’s fantastic … Continue... more info

Persona Sauna — I've never been to Hawaii before, so I can't verify if this song is an accurate reflection of such a breeze, but I will go ahead and say sure!“Hawaiian Air” is the second track off the upcoming Friendly Fires album, Pala, which is set for releas... more info

NME - The Daily Download — Song of the summer anyone? This has been a highlight of the new album 'Pala', which is currently jousting with Tom Vek for space on the NME stereo on a daily basis. You likey? Friendly Fires are the cover stars on this week's NME, which contains t... more info