Sunday Times “breaking act” Piece
Ben Garrett, aka frYars, is from the same London school as Cajun Dance Party and Bombay Bicycle Club. Two acclaimed EPs of his wonderfully unpredictable music led to the obligatory label stampede, but the 19-year-old preferred the self-release route. Working with Luke Smith (of the late, lamented Clor), the Bees’ Paul Butler and Stephen Hague (Blur, Pet Shop Boys et al), each of whose work is a clear influence, Garrett has concocted the album Dark Young Hearts.It’s a stunning set of songs — about adultery, cannibalism and unrequited love — propelled by his lugubrious vocals. The unnerving synthetic bleeps and pop-perfect, crepuscular psychtronica are so dizzying, so relentlessly inventive, that resistance is futile.
Posted September 13, 2009 at 4:06pm
