FRIGS
{{Short description|Canadian indie rock band}}
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| origin = Toronto, Ontario, Canada
| genre = indie rock
| years_active = 2013 - present
| label = Arts & Crafts
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| current_members = Bria Salmena
Duncan Hay Jennings
Lucas Savatti
Kris Bowering
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FRIGS are a Canadian indie rock band from Toronto, Ontario,[https://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/frigs-basic-behaviour/ "Frigs: Basic Behaviour"]. Pitchfork, February 28, 2018. whose 2018 album Basic Behaviour was longlisted for the 2018 Polaris Music Prize.[http://www.timescolonist.com/a-list-of-the-40-albums-on-the-polaris-music-prize-long-list-1.23335805 "A list of the 40 albums on the Polaris Music Prize long list"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180717070731/http://www.timescolonist.com/a-list-of-the-40-albums-on-the-polaris-music-prize-long-list-1.23335805 |date=2018-07-17 }}. Victoria Times-Colonist, June 14, 2018. The band members are vocalist Bria Salmena, guitarist Duncan Hay Jennings, bassist Lucas Savatti and drummer Kris Bowering.[https://www.theglobeandmail.com/arts/music/frigs-is-ready-to-move-on-from-torontos-seattle-moment/article38222352/ "Frigs is ready to move on from Toronto’s ‘Seattle moment’"]. The Globe and Mail, March 8, 2018.[https://www.thestar.com/entertainment/music/opinion/2018/04/06/local-noise-rock-foursome-frigs-delivers-a-nasty-classic.html "Local noise-rock foursome FRIGS delivers a nasty classic"]. Toronto Star, By Ben Rayner, April 6, 2018.
History
The band performed live shows in the Toronto area,[http://beatroute.ca/2018/02/26/album-review-frigs-basic-behaviour/ "Album Review: FRIGS – Basic Behaviour"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181014091609/http://beatroute.ca/2018/02/26/album-review-frigs-basic-behaviour/ |date=2018-10-14 }}. BeatRoute, 26 February 2018 and produced and released a self-titled EP under the name Dirty Frigs in 2014[https://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/frigs-basic-behaviour/ "FRIGS Basic Behaviour"]. Pitchfork, Madison Bloom, February 28, 2018 before signing to Arts & Crafts, which released their second EP, Slush, in 2016.[https://exclaim.ca/music/article/frigs-slush_ep "FRIGS: Slush EP"]. Exclaim!, June 8, 2016.[https://nowtoronto.com/music/album-reviews/frigs-slush/ "Frigs: Slush"]. NOW Toronto, by Benjamin Boles, June 8, 2016
Basic Behaviour, the band's first full-length album, was released in 2018,[https://exclaim.ca/music/article/frigs_detail_debut_lp_basic_behaviour "FRIGS Unveil Debut Album 'Basic Behaviour'"]. Exclaim!, January 9, 2018. with cover art by Olenka Szymonski.[https://exclaim.ca/music/article/frigs-basic_behaviour "FRIGS Basic Behaviour"]. Exclaim!, Cosette Schulz, Published Feb 23, 2018 To support the album, the band set out on a 37-day tour.[https://nowtoronto.com/music/features/frigs-band-interview/ "Frigs' slow-release fury"]. Now, April 4, 2018.
Since 2019, Bowering, Hay Jennings, and Salmena, along with Toronto bassist Kyle Connolly, have been members of Orville Peck's touring band.{{cite journal |url= https://nowtoronto.com/music/features/frigs-orville-peck |title= Frigs' Lessons from Orville Peck |journal= Now |date= December 11, 2019 |last= Rancic |first= Michael |accessdate= April 3, 2022}} Savatti played on Peck's Pony album, along with Bowering and Hay Jennings.
Salmena has also released two EPs of country music covers as a solo artist, {{notatypo|Cuntry}} Covers Vol. 1 (2021) and {{notatypo|Cuntry}} Covers Vol. 2 (2023).Ian Gormely, [https://exclaim.ca/music/article/bria_cuntry_covers_vol_2_album_review "Bria Plays with the Past on Fiery 'Cuntry Covers Vol. 2'"]. Exclaim!, February 23, 2023.
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Category:Canadian indie rock groups