Friend of a Friend "Desire!" 2023 Best the Lone Star State five

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The band's debut features 11 catastrophic tracks

The collection comprises a treasure trove of rare and unreleased live and studio recordings culled from the BBC and band archives

Friend of a Friend "Desire!" 2023 Best the Lone Star State fiveFew albums evoke a sense of place as vividly as Desire!, the third offering from Friend of a Friend. The duo Claire Molek and Jason Savsani craft music that feels cinematic and immersive, threading themes of yearning, transformation, and resilience through a palette of lush synths, tactile rhythms, and haunting vocals. Recorded in a sprawling Victorian mansion in rural Illinois, with a history steeped in spiritualism and the paranormal, Desire! not