SBTRKT and Sampha cover Friendly Fires’ ‘Blue Cassette’ on BBC Radio 1′s Live Lounge. Stream and download this masterpiece below.

Totally Enormous Extinct Dinosaurs blows us away (as usual) with his new Friendly Fires remix of ‘Hawaiian Air’. Check it out below.

Happy Monday everybody! Sorry for the no-show all weekend, but I come back bearing gifts! Or the chance to win a gift anyway. Way back this winter Gucci commissioned Friendly Fires to record a Depeche Mode cover (‘Strangelove’) for their Gucci Guilty scent campaign. In celebration of the band’s new album ‘Pala’ Gucci has commissioned 1000 exclusive vinyl records of the promotional ‘Strangelove’ cover. You already know how much I love the new album, so obviously I’m thrilled by this. Gucci is giving away the 1000 vinyls via their Gucci Guilty Facebook contest.

FRIENDLY FIRES – STRANGELOVE by Gucci Guilty

Don’t fret if you’re not chosen for a free vinyl, because you can grab an mp3 of ‘Strangelove’ from the iTunes bonus track edition release of Pala.

Hurry up! The contest ends June 30th.

British electronic guru has put his lush spin on Friendly Fires’s ‘Live Those Days Tonight’. The remix has a glossy tropical feel that definitely suits the track. This remix gives me the opportunity to share Lone’s massive ‘Pineapple Crush’ which was released on Cheap Thrills last year (October, 2010).

‘Live Those Days Tonight’ (Lone Remix) – Friendly Fires
‘Pineapple Crush’ – Lone

Tim Green remixes Friendly Fires’ single ‘Live Those Days Tonight’. The track did not need to be remixed, but he did a great job. Pala is available now.

‘Live Those Days Tonight’ (Tim Green remix)

Friendly Fires keeps dishing out new tracks from their upcoming album Pala. Yesterday we heard the breezy ‘Hawaiian Air‘, and today we get a free download of ‘Blue Cassette.’ Pala is out May 16th (UK/EU) and May 24th in the US. Enter your email address below to get a free download of ‘Blue Cassette’.

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