FRIGS
Canadian indie rock band
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FRIGS were[1] a Canadian indie rock band from Toronto, Ontario,[2] whose 2018 album Basic Behaviour was longlisted for the 2018 Polaris Music Prize.[3] The band members are vocalist Bria Salmena, guitarist Duncan Hay Jennings, bassist Lucas Savatti and drummer Kris Bowering.[4][5]
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| Background information | |
| Origin | Toronto, Ontario, Canada |
| Genres | indie rock |
| Years active | 2013 - 2018 |
| Label | Arts & Crafts |
| Members | Bria Salmena Duncan Hay Jennings Lucas Savatti Kris Bowering |
History
The band performed live shows in the Toronto area,[6] and produced and released a self-titled EP under the name Dirty Frigs in 2014[7] before signing to Arts & Crafts, which released their second EP, Slush, in 2016.[8][9]
Basic Behaviour, the band's first full-length album, was released in 2018,[10] with cover art by Olenka Szymonski.[11] To support the album, the band set out on a 37-day tour.[12]
Since 2019, Bowering, Hay Jennings, and Salmena, along with Toronto bassist Kyle Connolly, have been members of Orville Peck's touring band.[13] Savatti played on Peck's Pony album, along with Bowering and Hay Jennings.[13]
Salmena has also released two EPs of country music covers as a solo artist, Cuntry Covers Vol. 1 (2021) and Cuntry Covers Vol. 2 (2023).[14]