Fryars

English musician

Fryars

Fryars in 2015

Background information
Birth name| Benjamin Garrett
Born| 1988 or 1989 (age 35–36)[1]
Origin| London, United Kingdom
Genres| Art pop
Synthpop
Baroque pop
Occupation(s)| Singer, songwriter, producer
Years active| 2007–present
Labels| Make Mine, 679, Fiction
Website| fryars.co.uk

Musical artist

Benjamin Garrett, better known by his stage name Fryars (sometimes stylised frYars), is an English art pop musician from London.

## Career

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Fryars released his debut EP, The Ides, in September 2007, and was profiled as The Guardian's "New band of the week" in November.[2][3] A second EP, The Perfidy, followed in March 2008.[4] His debut album, Dark Young Hearts, was released in September 2009; its first single, "Visitors", features backing vocals from Dave Gahan of Depeche Mode.[5][6][7][8] In October 2012, Fryars issued the song "Love So Cold" online as a free download, followed by the EP In My Arms in January 2013 via 679 Recordings.[9][10][11][12]

In October 2013, 679 released Fryars' EP Radio PWR, which was accompanied by a series of live shows devised with magician Simon Drake.[13][14][15] Fryars' second album, Power', which he produced with Luke Smith (formerly of the band Clor) and Rodaidh McDonald, was released in November 2014 through Fiction Records.[16] It followed a lengthy period of what he referred to as "record label limbo", during which he was released from 679 amid the acquisition of parent company Warner Music Group by Access Industries.[17][18] He described the album as "a soundtrack to a film that does not exist", and released a "B-movie" in the form of an accompanying mixtape titled The Boy in the Hood, as well as developing social media profiles for its characters.[16][19][20] Power received positive reviews from Dazed & Confused, The Guardian, and NME.[21][22][23]

Fryars' musical influences include David Bowie, Serge Gainsbourg, Kraftwerk, and The Strokes.[1] As a songwriter and producer for other artists, he has contributed to albums including Mika's The Origin of Love (2012), Lily Allen's Sheezus (2014), and Rae Morris's Unguarded (2015);[24] he was additionally featured on Morris's 2014 single "Cold". They entered a relationship during their collaboration on Unguarded.[25][26]

He co-wrote the song "Johanna" with Miles Kane and Mark Ronson for the film Mortdecai (2015).[27] Fryars is affiliated with Universal Music Publishing Group.[28] He released a new album in 2021 titled God Melodies.[29]

## Discography

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### Studio albums

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* Dark Young Hearts (2009)
* Power (2014)
* God Melodies (2021)

### Extended plays

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* The Ides (2007)
* The Perfidy (2008)
* In My Arms (2013)
* Radio PWR (2013)

### Mixtapes

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* The Boy in the Hood (2014)

Track listingNo.| Title| Length

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1.| "Voice Memo 42"|
2.| "On Your Own Pt. 2"|
3.| "Wun.."|
4.| "Quaalude No. 1 in C Sharp Major"|
5.| "Vultures of the Night"|
6.| "Wedding Crasher (Parts I & II)"|
7.| "/*Voice Memo (Bith)"|
8.| "Boys in the Hood"|
9.| "Yoni"|
10.| "Motorhome (Frymix)"|
11.| "Down.On.It."|
12.| "20130221 121310"|
13.| "Mystic Pizza"|
14.| "Back 2 Mine"|
15.| "Knock Em Dead"|
16.| "Ma Gismo"|
17.| "Voice Memo"|
18.| "King Many Layers" (featuring Lily Allen)|
19.| "Voice Memo"|
20.| "Voice Memo (Orleans)"|

### Singles

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* "The Ides" (2009)
* "Olive Eyes" (2009)
* "Visitors" (2009)
* "Love So Cold" (2012)
* "In My Arms" (2013)
* "On Your Own" (2013)
* "Cool Like Me" (2013)
* "The Power" (2013)
* "Prettiest Ones Fly Highest" (2014)

### Remixes

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* Love Is All – "Felt Tip" (2009)
* Pacific – "Sunset Blvd" (2009)
* OneRepublic – "If I Lose Myself" (2013)
* alt-J – "Dissolve Me" (2013)
* Local Natives – "Heavy Feet" (2013)
* Fyfe – "Conversations" (2013)
* Josh Record – "Bones" (2013)
* Swim Deep – "King City" (2013)
* The 1975 – "Robbers" (2014)
* Seinabo Sey – "Hard Time" (2014)
* Lucy Rose \- "Second Chance" (2018)

## Personal life

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Fryars is married to the pop singer Rae Morris. They have two children.

## References

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1. ^ a b "Interview: frYars". musicOMH. 2 August 2008.
2. ^ "Single Review: FrYars – The Ides EP". Drowned in Sound. Archived from the original on 21 February 2015. Retrieved 31 January 2015.
3. ^ "No 234: frYars". The Guardian. 26 November 2007.
4. ^ "Amelia's Magazine – FrYars – THE PERFIDY EP". Ameliasmagazine.com.
5. ^ "BBC – Music – Review of frYars – Dark Young Hearts". BBC.
6. ^ "NME Reviews - Album review: Fryars - 'Dark Young Hearts' (Bandstocks)". NME. 21 September 2009.
7. ^ Will Dean (10 September 2009). "Fryars Dark: Young Hearts". The Guardian.
8. ^ "New frYars Video (Feat. Dave Gahan) – "Visitors"". Stereogum. 21 January 2009.
9. ^ "Fryars". Pitchfork.
10. ^ "Fryars – "Love So Cold"". Stereogum. October 2012.
11. ^ Michael Cragg (28 November 2012). "New music: Fryars – In My Arms". The Guardian.
12. ^ "Fryars – 'In My Arms' [Track of the Day]". The 405.
13. ^ "NME Reviews - Fryars - 'Radio PWR' EP". NME. 28 October 2013.
14. ^ "EP: Radio Pwr, Fryars". Varsity Online.
15. ^ Dazed (6 June 2013). "Fryars Vs Simon Drake". Dazed.
16. ^ a b "Fryars Announces New Album Power, Shares "Prettiest Ones Fly Highest"". Pitchfork. 21 July 2014.
17. ^ "Fryars: How to survive record label limbo". The Guardian. 14 November 2014.
18. ^ David Renshaw (9 September 2014). "NME News Fryars reveals how record label wrangling caused four-year delay to new album 'Power'". NME.
19. ^ "Download Fryars' The Boy in the Hood Mixtape Feat. Lily Allen". Stereogum. 27 October 2014.
20. ^ "Fryars interview: "You need to believe any hype, or at least in what you're making"". DIY. 14 November 2014.
21. ^ Dazed (12 November 2014). "Listen to Fryars' genre-bending album Power". Dazed.
22. ^ Nick Levine (17 November 2014). "NME Reviews - Fryars - 'Power'". Nme.com.
23. ^ Paul MacInnes. "Fryars: Power review". The Guardian.
24. ^ Michael Cragg. "Fryars Is The New Mad Professor of Pop". Thefader.com.
25. ^ "Rae Morris talks love stories and latex catsuits". Standard.co.uk. 2 February 2018.
26. ^ "Morris, dancing: Rae Morris". diymag.com. 2 February 2018.
27. ^ "Johanna, song | Details". AllMusic.
28. ^ "Fryars". Umusicpub.co.uk.
29. ^ NaijaGem, NaiaGem (22 July 2021). "ALBUM: Fryars – God Melodies". naijagem.com.

## External links

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* Official website
* Fryars on SoundCloud

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