Friko "Where We've Been, Where We Go From Here" Shelf Item - AMS and on those terms it

and on those terms it ranks with Sonic Youth's best work

giving further depth to the richly bizarre songcraft of the band's bespectacled leading player

The first single

and into the mainstream as the group contributed 'Blah' to the hit US TV show 'Melrose Place'

and their debut album with Atlantic

Friko "Where We've Been, Where We Go From Here" Shelf Item - AMS and on those terms itAdding to Chicago's long lineage of forward thinking indie rock, Friko transform each song into a moment of collective catharsis. On their full length debut, vocalist guitarist Niko Kapetan and drummer Bailey Minzenberger sustain the combustible energy of their break out single Crimson To Chrome, merging elements of post punk, chamber pop and experimental rock, magnifying their music's exhilarating power with a barrage of spirited ensemble vocals.