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5 September 2024

Irish cult singer/songwriter made a name for himself as flamboyant spearhead of
new art wave outfit Virgin Prunes (1977-1986). Afterward he started his own creative
journey.

On 25th October Friday has his 5th LP, baptized ECCE HOMO
out, his first one in 13 years. Pre-order info here.

Press info: There are love songs and fight songs, reflections on loss and reveries of nostalgia, anthems for solidarity and excoriations of the powerful. Friday thinks it’s
the most honest album he’s ever made; it is also his most riveting.

Friday has been teasing, for some months now, the album with mysterious posts written in Ogham – an ancient runic language that was used in Ireland and parts of the UK between the 5th and 9th centuries.

The first preview song is the title track. A pulsing, pulverizing menace, its streaks of
florid noise and walls of hard-edged rhythms squaring up against enemies of inclusion
and liberty as Friday throws the words of Pontius Pilate back at our persecutors, promising
to “Fight fire with fire / We can walk on water” over warped gospel harmonies.

It’s a stunning, monumental piece of mythical Goth music that grabs you by the throat when the riveting chorus kicks in. An instant classic. An astonishing symphony. Welcome back.

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