FRIGS

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FRIGS
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Background information
Origin Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Genres indie rock
Years active2013 - 2018
Labels Arts & Crafts
Members Bria Salmena
Duncan Hay Jennings
Lucas Savatti
Kris Bowering

FRIGS were [1] a Canadian indie rock band from Toronto, Ontario, [2] whose 2018 album Basic Behaviour was longlisted for the 2018 Polaris Music Prize. [3] The band members are vocalist Bria Salmena, guitarist Duncan Hay Jennings, bassist Lucas Savatti and drummer Kris Bowering. [4] [5]

History

The band performed live shows in the Toronto area, [6] and produced and released a self-titled EP under the name Dirty Frigs in 2014 [7] before signing to Arts & Crafts, which released their second EP, Slush, in 2016. [8] [9]

Basic Behaviour, the band's first full-length album, was released in 2018, [10] with cover art by Olenka Szymonski. [11] To support the album, the band set out on a 37-day tour. [12]

Since 2019, Bowering, Hay Jennings, and Salmena, along with Toronto bassist Kyle Connolly, have been members of Orville Peck's touring band. [13] Savatti played on Peck's Pony album, along with Bowering and Hay Jennings. [13]

Salmena has also released two EPs of country music covers as a solo artist, Cuntry Covers Vol. 1 (2021) and Cuntry Covers Vol. 2 (2023). [14]

References

  1. ↑ Pearis, Bill. "Bria Salmena (ex-FRIGS, Orville Peck's band) shares new single "Bending Over Backwards"". BrooklynVegan . Retrieved 25 July 2025.
  2. ↑ "Frigs: Basic Behaviour". Pitchfork , February 28, 2018.
  3. ↑ "A list of the 40 albums on the Polaris Music Prize long list" Archived 2018-07-17 at the Wayback Machine . Victoria Times-Colonist , June 14, 2018.
  4. ↑ "Frigs is ready to move on from Toronto’s ‘Seattle moment’". The Globe and Mail , March 8, 2018.
  5. ↑ "Local noise-rock foursome FRIGS delivers a nasty classic". Toronto Star, By Ben Rayner, April 6, 2018.
  6. ↑ "Album Review: FRIGS – Basic Behaviour" Archived 2018-10-14 at the Wayback Machine . BeatRoute, 26 February 2018
  7. ↑ "FRIGS Basic Behaviour". Pitchfork, Madison Bloom, February 28, 2018
  8. ↑ "FRIGS: Slush EP". Exclaim! , June 8, 2016.
  9. ↑ "Frigs: Slush". NOW Toronto, by Benjamin Boles, June 8, 2016
  10. ↑ "FRIGS Unveil Debut Album 'Basic Behaviour'". Exclaim! , January 9, 2018.
  11. ↑ "FRIGS Basic Behaviour". Exclaim!, Cosette Schulz, Published Feb 23, 2018
  12. ↑ "Frigs' slow-release fury" [ permanent dead link ]. Now , April 4, 2018.
  13. 1 2 Rancic, Michael (December 11, 2019). "Frigs' Lessons from Orville Peck". Now . Retrieved April 3, 2022.
  14. ↑ Ian Gormely, "Bria Plays with the Past on Fiery 'Cuntry Covers Vol. 2'". Exclaim! , February 23, 2023.
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