UK indie electro outfit Hi Frisco bring us their debut single Snowfall via SO Recordings and Silva Screen Records. The duo, originally hailing from Blackpool and Yorkshire, now create in their studio in East London while they perfect their live performances.
Snowfall packs a wobbly, disorientating structure but pairs it with hypnotic melodies in the vein of MGMT and Flaming Lips – it’s an intense and intoxicating listen which creates Tame Impala levels of kaleidoscopic atmosphere.
Commenting on the track, they offer, “Snowfall was the first song that we ever started working on together, so it’s fitting that it’s the first thing that we put out. It almost became the testing ground for what Hi Frisco would sound like and what we have become as a band. The song came from being in a state of flux and the end of an era, struggling to make sense of what I wanted to do next. Lyrically, it reflects where I was at the time, feeling lost, but hopeful. We gradually found a sense of direction through experimentation.
Adding, “When we started the track, it started off much more stripped back and straightforward than it is now. We used live drums and bass, which then morphed into this weird Childish Gambino style bass and crunchy drum loop that you hear today.”
Listen to Snowfall below
