FRIGS

FRIGS are a Canadian indie rock band from Toronto, Ontario,[1] whose 2018 album Basic Behaviour was longlisted for the 2018 Polaris Music Prize.[2] The band members are vocalist Bria Salmena, guitarist Duncan Hay Jennings, bassist Lucas Savatti and drummer Kris Bowering.[3][4]

FRIGS
Background information
OriginToronto, Ontario, Canada
Genresindie rock
Years active2013 - present
LabelsArts & Crafts
MembersBria Salmena
Duncan Hay Jennings
Lucas Savatti
Kris Bowering

History

The band performed live shows in the Toronto area,[5] and produced and released a self-titled EP under the name Dirty Frigs in 2014[6] before signing to Arts & Crafts, which released their second EP, Slush, in 2016.[7][8]

Basic Behaviour, the band's first full-length album, was released in 2018,[9] with cover art by Olenka Szymonski.[10] To support the album, the band set out on a 37-day tour.[11]

Since 2019, Bowering, Hay Jennings, and Salmena, along with Toronto bassist Kyle Connolly, have been members of Orville Peck's touring band.[12] Savetti played on Peck's Pony album, along with Bowering and Hay Jennings.[12]

Salmena has also released two EPs of country music covers as a solo artist, Cuntry Covers Vol. 1 (2021) and Cuntry Covers Vol. 2 (2023).[13]

References
  1. "Frigs: Basic Behaviour". Pitchfork, February 28, 2018.
  2. "A list of the 40 albums on the Polaris Music Prize long list" Archived 2018-07-17 at the Wayback Machine. Victoria Times-Colonist, June 14, 2018.
  3. "Frigs is ready to move on from Toronto’s ‘Seattle moment’". The Globe and Mail, March 8, 2018.
  4. "Local noise-rock foursome FRIGS delivers a nasty classic". Toronto Star, By Ben Rayner, April 6, 2018.
  5. "Album Review: FRIGS – Basic Behaviour". BeatRoute, 26 February 2018
  6. "FRIGS Basic Behaviour". Pitchfork, Madison Bloom, February 28, 2018
  7. "FRIGS: Slush EP". Exclaim!, June 8, 2016.
  8. "Frigs: Slush". NOW Toronto, by Benjamin Boles, June 8, 2016
  9. "FRIGS Unveil Debut Album 'Basic Behaviour'". Exclaim!, January 9, 2018.
  10. "FRIGS Basic Behaviour". Exclaim!, Cosette Schulz, Published Feb 23, 2018
  11. "Frigs' slow-release fury". Now, April 4, 2018.
  12. Rancic, Michael (December 11, 2019). "Frigs' Lessons from Orville Peck". Now. Retrieved April 3, 2022.
  13. Ian Gormely, "Bria Plays with the Past on Fiery 'Cuntry Covers Vol. 2'". Exclaim!, February 23, 2023.
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