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Hotly-tipped ​Brighton synth-popsters Fickle Friends coming to Falmouth and Totnes in 2016

Brighton synth-popsters Fickle Friends will visit Falmouth Mono and South Devon Arts Centre Totnes in 2016 as part of a huge UK tour.

Fresh from their set at Cardiff's Swn festival on the weekend, the Brighton quintet have confirmed over 30 shows, including stops in Falmouth and Totnes, and a hometown tour finale at Patterns in Brighton.

The guys said on Facebook: 'We're coming to a town near you on our big-ass UK tour next year! Tickets are on sale now, we can't wait to pardy whitchyuuuuu!'

Currently gearing up to release their long-awaited debut LP, their most recent single, Say No More, was released last month.

Fickle Friends spent most of last year whipping the UK blogosphere into a frenzy. Their debut single, Swim, amassed nearly a million plays on Soundcloud and quickly propelled the band to the forefront of up-and-coming British pop acts.

Fronted by singer Natassja Shiner, the band's joyous synth pop gained plays from BBC Introducing in The South and Mark Forrest.

Huw Stephens, Zane Lowe and even Billboard in the US started to take notice, as the band's profile grew.

Shiner met Fickle Friends drummer Sam Morris while attending Paul McCartney's music school, the Liverpool Institute for Performing Arts, and struggling to find her voice while playing folk songs at open mic nights.

She and Morris headed to Brighton to attend university, and recruited keyboardist Jack Wilson, guitarist Chris Hall and bassist Harry Herrington to form a proper band in early 2013.

Soon after forming, Morris submitted one of the group's earliest songs to chef Jamie Oliver, who subsequently crowned Fickle Friends the winner of his annual Summer Jam competition for up-and-coming artists.

The contest win put Fickle Friends on the lineup of Oliver's Big Feastival food and music fest in August 2013, where the group shared the same stage as artists like Basement Jaxx and KT Tunstall without a proper first single to play.

If you're a fan of Haim's infectious pop style, it won't take long for you to fall for Fickle Friends.

Fickle Friends hit Falmouth Mono on February 5, 2016, and South Devon Arts Centre Totnes on February 20, 2016. Tickets are on sale now.


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