“Firebird” by Alien Friend

In another life, the artist who goes by the Alien Friend moniker played guitar and sang in the band Redmoon. More recently, the Swedish musician has ventured out as a solo artist while enlisting many talented friends from his previous work to contribute to his new project.

Launched in the summer of 2020, his first offering under the fully name Arn-Identified Flying Objects and Alien Friends came with the disco-style debut single “Suck”. The next year he followed up with three more singles before closing the year with his debut full-length release, the double-album titled 17 Birds At The Summer’s Gate.

With more music on the horizon and another LP set for release at the start of next year, he now shares one of the new singles lifted from his debut album. The track “Firebird”, a fusion of country and grunge, stands out as an adventurous and ambitious cut on the album.

Written about loneliness and rejection, and a nod to his name with alienation, it offers a dark sound blended with grooving rhythms. Working with the singer of Mother James, Stefan Petersson, Alien Friends shares lead vocal duties with a female artist to add a sense of contrasting menace to the song.

Listen to Firebird below