THE FIRE WITHIN PREVAILS - New Friend of a Friend Album OUT NOW

RIYL: Radiohead, Portishead, The Kills, TV on the Radio, M83, Future Islands

Earth Libraries is proud to bring you the third album from sonic visionary duo, Friend of a Friend. Desire! is an expansive and layered exploration of yearning, transformation and connection, infused with the strange and unsettling energy of the place where it was recorded. Known for their unique bland of cinematic synths capes, tactile rhythms, and raw, emotive vocals, the duo pushes their sound and thematic scope further than ever before in a record that feels at once haunted and alive.

Producer Jordan Lawler (M83), who also worked with the duo on FACILITIES, played a pivotal role in shaping the album’s sound. His approach seamlessly integrates analog and electronic elements, from shimmering synth pads to deep, tactile rhythms performs by Jessica Burdeaux. The result is a record that feels both vast and grounded, inviting careful listening to its intricate details.

With Desire!, Friend of a Friend captures their evolution as musicians and storytellers, offering a record that lingers in the spaces between tension and beauty. The result is an immersive and deliberate work, one that showcases their musical innovation and their ability to create a vivid, otherworldly sense of place—haunting and cinematic, like stepping into a film where every sound carries a story.