FRIENDS OF FRIENDS ANNOUNCE EP

18 Sept

Gold Coast alt-rock outfit Friends of Friends have announced their upcoming EP, Synthetic Flower Chainsaw, set for release on 23 October 2025. Their brand new single ‘Skin’ is also out now.

Following strong support from the likes of Triple J, BBC Radio 1, and Kerrang!, the band have unveiled their latest single, ‘Skin’ - a sprawling, confessional track that balances intimacy with intensity. Equal parts arena-sized anthem and whispered bedroom confession, the song peels back the layers to reveal something raw, vulnerable, and undeniably powerful.

“It started as a love song, but what it really became was about feeling trapped in your own body, your own head,” Barnaby says. “It’s lust, it’s longing, but also that fear of being seen too clearly.”

Synthetic Flower Chainsaw is a five-track burst of emotion from Friends of Friends - a bold, catchy, and tender collection that embraces imperfection in pursuit of something more honest. Rejecting polish for raw vulnerability, the EP fuses gut-spilt confessions, maximalist chaos, and an unexpected, enveloping beauty. It veers between jagged punk energy and fragile intimacy, a chaotic collision of worlds held together by the band’s unshakable emotional core.

But Synthetic Flower Chainsaw is more than just music - it’s a fully realized DIY universe. Every sound on the record was tracked, engineered, mixed, and mastered by Barnaby in the band’s own bedroom spaces - no studios, no safety nets. From visuals and videos to marketing and world-building, everything is created in-house. And yet, despite its grassroots approach, the project is already capturing global attention.

Having cut their teeth opening for beloved acts such as Kasabian, Sea Girls, The Reytons, Slowly Slowly, Short Stack and many more, Friends of Friends have already built a widespread and dedicated fanbase, amassing over 1.1 million streams on Spotify, across only singles and their debut EP REAL LIFE, RIGHT NOW (2024). Sharing stages with the likes of Post Malone and The Wombats at festivals including Spilt Milk, BIGSOUND, SXSW Sydney and Easy Lover, and with Mike Shinoda from Linkin Park singing their praises at their showcase in Brisbane, Friends of Friends maintain a reputation as even more exhilarating of a live band as what they are on record.