Bristol risers Make Friends have shared new song ‘Loaded Fun’
The band construct complex, quirky indie pop songs, with their intelligence only matched by their melodic nous. Continually pushing the boundaries, Make Friends are reminiscent of Everything Everything in their quicksilver creativity.
New single ‘Loaded Fun’ finds the four-piece attempting to escape those break-up blues. If there’s a tinge of sadness to the lyric, then it’s matched by the intense velocity of the music, skipping past boundaries in the process.
Out now, ‘Loaded Fun’ is an excellent starting point for anyone coming fresh to this band – the slight math edge to the percussive attack, the vocal yelps, and the tightly wound songwriting point to something special.
Make Friends comment…
‘Loaded Fun’ is a post break up song. The track depicts a relationship where one person has fallen into bad habits, and after everything has broken down, you reflect upon what went wrong. The title ‘Loaded Fun’ depicts having “fun” but at a cost, in this instance using drugs excessively to enjoy the company of your partner.
The chorus of the song best describes that post break up feeling, where you know that you’ve lost a part of your life, however you don’t miss the anxiety and occasions where ‘Loaded Fun’ seemed like your only option. And realising that you don’t have to put up with any of it. Hate is a strong word.
Tune in now.
Photo Credit: Holly Whitaker
