"This is, in my opinion, fall in love, take no prisoners pop at its very best. They're out for your heart, get ready to have it stolen."
- Clare Charles, www.howdoesitfeel.co.uk
Current Release: (Split 7" vinyl single with Sleeping States) Harold T. Wilkins Out now on Felt Tip Records, and available to buy from the Felt Tip online store or digitally from itunes!
"The London-based sextet otherwise known as Fanfarlo produce sounds on Harold T Wilkins that’s so folky, rustic and rich that it’s nearly possible to imagine them in the form of a Digestive biscuit." - Bandidge.com
...And our previous release: Fire Escape / We Live By The Lake on White Heat Records is still available to buy on CD or as a white vinyl 7" from the White Heat online store!
Our second single: Outsiders / In The Trunk on Club Fandango is still available to buy on 7" only from the Club Fandango label shop!
Fanfarlo are one of those bands you wish you discovered... Each of their songs is a melodic gem. [...] so luminescent we could almost be fooled into thinking that it's summertime. ****
- The Independent
"...there's about 20 of them (six), and they're all perfect. Friendly, fierce, wayward, timid, subtle, versatile, other things... From the moment their first song prickles the room, their charm is offensively powerful. What is most clear about Fanfarlo, though, is the world that Aurell has built around himself and the uniting, intangible purpose that each song has - they crush every ounce of effort and emotion through the narrowest of pop margins so that its power spurts out in a colourful explosion at every climax."
- Drowned In Sound
I've heard four or five of Fanfarlo's songs now, and, like a few of my other favourites, they have that particular knack of being able to create uplifting music that's blessed with a delicious melancholia at the same time. [...] I'm sure you'll be hearing a lot more of Fanfarlo.
- David Bowie
Playlouder - Single Of The Week (strike 2!)
If you think of pop music as a busy kitchen in a leading restaurant - they seem to have tossed all the key ingredients of a perfect indie-pop stew into the melancholiwok and styled a dish that Camera Obscura or Shout Out Louds for instance would be happy to gorge upon.
- Playlouder
Possibly the single of the year so far.
- Indie MP3
Swedish indie with wit and invention... brilliant.
- Mixmag
It's rare that a song with such delicacy could have such an overwhelming impact on you. [...] Something quite significant is going to happen to this band. 4.5/5
- Gigwise
Playlouder - Single Of The Week (strike 1)
It's increasingly evident that Fanfarlo's brilliance lies in their ability to craft heartfelt pop songs with the most delicate of tools without ever appearing twee, lacking in ambition, or smug.
- Playlouder
We spotted a girl jumping around and assumed she must know you so we asked her...there will probably be an enormous amount of people desperately looking up Frank Farley :)
Whenever you next play London no doubt we will be there. x
Hey Fanfarlo (guess it was Amos writtting to me)! You should definitely take a time off in portugal and focus on the beach aereas of the south and southwest, They're terrific! You are famous amoung a few "brand new good music" listeners.. But that's only by now. After sudoeste you'll see..! By the way do you have the timetable of sudoeste, with the hours and stuff? xxx
what a pleasant surprise to see you guys at Latitude!! we got some great photos for our magazine too! If youd like me to e-mail you a few, please, just say :) cheers franc mad dog magazine
I was so pleased to hear you at Latitude guys! I was by the bar with my old (as in age) friend and i said it doesn't look like they're setting up for Ida Maria and then as i went to pay for the drink and heard the 1st few seconds i turned around and said to him, 'THATS FANFARLO!' People looked at me as if to say, 'How the fcuk could yo know who that is' ha, including my mate.
I was actually talking to this same bloke about you the day before saying im really suprised you guys weren't playing here and the next day you were. I seriously have a spooky way with things like that. It creeps me out a bit to be fair, ha.
Anyway, it was a pleasant suprise and i hope you enjoyed it. It was excellent.
wow Obelisk Arena at Lats! that set was amazing. Such a mahoosively pleasant suprise! Hope you had a good time. I was well chuffed to have found you guys x
Cheers for the add. Your music sounds great! You guys better get your a$$es down to Oz soon!Keep those sounds happening. Don't forget to drop by for a listen.
thank you for the add! i've heard about you from someone's blog, recommending "Fire Escape". i love the song! im very looking forward to see you guys play live at Japan someday!! Cheers,
Really looking forward to seeing you at Latitude, especially after the cancellation of your Nottingham appearance earlier this year. Good luck, Dave So Blind
