Fryars

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Fryars
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Fryars in 2015
Background information
Born
Benjamin Garrett

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OriginLondon, United Kingdom
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GenresArt pop
Synthpop
Baroque pop
OccupationTemplate:Pluralize from textSinger, songwriter, producer
Years active2007–present
LabelTemplate:Pluralize from textMake Mine, 679, Fiction
Websitefryars.co.uk

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Benjamin Garrett, better known by his stage name Fryars (sometimes stylised frYars), is an English art pop musician from London.

Career

Fryars released his debut EP, The Ides, in September 2007, and was profiled as The GuardianTemplate:'s "New band of the week" in November.[2][3] A second EP, The Perfidy, followed in March 2008.[4] His debut album, Dark Young Hearts, was released in September 2009; its first single, "Visitors", features backing vocals from Dave Gahan of Depeche Mode.[5][6][7][8] In October 2012, Fryars issued the song "Love So Cold" online as a free download, followed by the EP In My Arms in January 2013 via 679 Recordings.[9][10][11][12]

In October 2013, 679 released Fryars' EP Radio PWR, which was accompanied by a series of live shows devised with magician Simon Drake.[13][14][15] Fryars' second album, Power', which he produced with Luke Smith (formerly of the band Clor) and Rodaidh McDonald, was released in November 2014 through Fiction Records.[16] It followed a lengthy period of what he referred to as "record label limbo", during which he was released from 679 amid the acquisition of parent company Warner Music Group by Access Industries.[17][18] He described the album as "a soundtrack to a film that does not exist", and released a "B-movie" in the form of an accompanying mixtape titled The Boy in the Hood, as well as developing social media profiles for its characters.[16][19][20] Power received positive reviews from Dazed & Confused, The Guardian, and NME.[21][22][23]

Fryars' musical influences include David Bowie, Serge Gainsbourg, Kraftwerk, and The Strokes.[1] As a songwriter and producer for other artists, he has contributed to albums including Mika's The Origin of Love (2012), Lily Allen's Sheezus (2014), and Rae Morris's Unguarded (2015);[24] he was additionally featured on Morris's 2014 single "Cold". They entered a relationship during their collaboration on Unguarded.[25][26]

He co-wrote the song "Johanna" with Miles Kane and Mark Ronson for the film Mortdecai (2015).[27] Fryars is affiliated with Universal Music Publishing Group.[28] He released a new album in 2021 titled God Melodies.[29]

Discography

Studio albums

Extended plays

  • The Ides (2007)
  • The Perfidy (2008)
  • In My Arms (2013)
  • Radio PWR (2013)

Mixtapes

  • The Boy in the Hood (2014)

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Singles

  • "The Ides" (2009)
  • "Olive Eyes" (2009)
  • "Visitors" (2009)
  • "Love So Cold" (2012)
  • "In My Arms" (2013)
  • "On Your Own" (2013)
  • "Cool Like Me" (2013)
  • "The Power" (2013)
  • "Prettiest Ones Fly Highest" (2014)

Remixes

Personal life

Fryars is married to the pop singer Rae Morris. They have two children.

References

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  1. ^ a b Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Interview: frYars". musicOMH. 2 August 2008.
  2. ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Single Review: FrYars – The Ides EP". Drowned in Sound. Archived from the original on 21 February 2015. Retrieved 31 January 2015.
  3. ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."No 234: frYars". The Guardian. 26 November 2007.
  4. ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Amelia's Magazine – FrYars – THE PERFIDY EP". Ameliasmagazine.com.
  5. ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."BBC – Music – Review of frYars – Dark Young Hearts". BBC.
  6. ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."NME Reviews - Album review: Fryars - 'Dark Young Hearts' (Bandstocks)". NME. 21 September 2009.
  7. ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Will Dean (10 September 2009). "Fryars Dark: Young Hearts". The Guardian.
  8. ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."New frYars Video (Feat. Dave Gahan) – "Visitors"". Stereogum. 21 January 2009.
  9. ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Fryars". Pitchfork.
  10. ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Fryars – "Love So Cold"". Stereogum. October 2012.
  11. ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Michael Cragg (28 November 2012). "New music: Fryars – In My Arms". The Guardian.
  12. ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Fryars – 'In My Arms' [Track of the Day]". The 405.
  13. ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."NME Reviews - Fryars - 'Radio PWR' EP". NME. 28 October 2013.
  14. ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."EP: Radio Pwr, Fryars". Varsity Online.
  15. ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Dazed (6 June 2013). "Fryars Vs Simon Drake". Dazed.
  16. ^ a b Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Fryars Announces New Album Power, Shares "Prettiest Ones Fly Highest"". Pitchfork. 21 July 2014.
  17. ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Fryars: How to survive record label limbo". The Guardian. 14 November 2014.
  18. ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.David Renshaw (9 September 2014). "NME News Fryars reveals how record label wrangling caused four-year delay to new album 'Power'". NME.
  19. ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Download Fryars' The Boy in the Hood Mixtape Feat. Lily Allen". Stereogum. 27 October 2014.
  20. ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Fryars interview: "You need to believe any hype, or at least in what you're making"". DIY. 14 November 2014.
  21. ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Dazed (12 November 2014). "Listen to Fryars' genre-bending album Power". Dazed.
  22. ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Nick Levine (17 November 2014). "NME Reviews - Fryars - 'Power'". Nme.com.
  23. ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Paul MacInnes. "Fryars: Power review". The Guardian.
  24. ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Michael Cragg. "Fryars Is The New Mad Professor of Pop". Thefader.com.
  25. ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Rae Morris talks love stories and latex catsuits". Standard.co.uk. 2 February 2018.
  26. ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Morris, dancing: Rae Morris". diymag.com. 2 February 2018.
  27. ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Johanna, song | Details". AllMusic.
  28. ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Fryars". Umusicpub.co.uk.
  29. ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.NaijaGem, NaiaGem (22 July 2021). "ALBUM: Fryars – God Melodies". naijagem.com.

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