Fierce Friend – Put You Right

Fierce Friend is back with another fine piece of sonic artistry that will immediately end up on your indie playlist. After “Blood Red Hills,” an excellent composition that we wrote a couple of months back, and “Make Me Forget,” a song that certainly deserves your utmost attention, this Brighton-based artist is back with a song that brings everything you dearly love about modern and retro indie sound. Serving as another taster of what you might expect from ”Blood Red Hills & The Uncanny Valley,” his highly anticipated full-length album slated for release on October 16th, “Put You Right” not only carries all those fundamental elements of indie music, but also pushes this longstanding music genre into uncharted territories. With a thoughtful, tasteful blend of additional styles like synth rock, alt-rock, alt-pop, and indie pop woven into the song’s core, “Put You Right” definitely sounds as unique as you could expect from a composition that includes so many subgenres at once, but the best part about it is how Fierce Friend has incorporated them here. In its runtime, you’ll never even consider that this clever multi-instrumentalist blended those styles altogether into a wondrous sonic amalgam, but you’ll certainly notice that his indie sound differs a lot from anything you could possibly hear on a contemporary indie scene. In moments like these, you’ll realize you’ve been dealing with a genius artist who knows how to merge only the finest properties of those styles without sacrificing primary sonic direction, which, if you’ve ever tried to write and compose music, can be a very difficult task to achieve. But it seems like Fierce Friend does that with such ease, and not only that, but also with such precision and finesse. He is an exceptional musician, composer, and producer, which certainly plays a significant role in why his music always stands out above anything you could possibly hear on the contemporary music scene nowadays.

This song immediately wraps around your listening apparatus with odd time signatures and brilliant interplay between synths and guitars. With the initial notes and beats, you’ll notice you’ve been dealing with a unique composition where every sonic and rhyhtmic maneuver transports you into a completely different realm. Fierce Friend’s creativity, ideas, and musicianship unquestionably shine here, as he fully stacked “Put You Right” with some of the finest instrumentations you’ll hear in a while. And of course, as the song evolves, all those odd time signatures gradually become 4/4 beats, breaks, fills, and other percussive acrobatics, tastefully assembled and flawlessly performed to force even the pickiest listeners to stand up and dance to the rhythm. With punchy snare, powerful kick, and subtle hi-hats, the drums carry more than enough groove, power, dynamics, and pace to support the remainder of the sonic maneuvers. Of course, the equally important bass guitar brings additional detail, groove, clarity, and warmth, all those vital qualities that make every indie song even more captivating, memorable, and catchy. But besides all of that, it’s important to mention that, although those low-ends immensely support synths and guitars, they’re so perfectly incorporated into the song’s core, resonating with great power without overwhelming anything. And that interplay between guitars and synths is so fascinating. You’ll immediately notice how synths are solely responsible for all those catchy, memorable, engaging leads, themes, and pads while the guitars shine with equally intricate, jangly, angular yet tastefully distorted chord progressions. Together, they create a complex yet easy listening sonic landscape that instantly grabs you by the collar and refuses to let go. Fierce Friend keeps this orchestration as calm, soothing, relaxing, and ethereal as possible during the verses, but naturally, during the choruses, the burst into sheer power, offering a more expansive sound. But what makes a true centerpiece of this composition is Fierce Friend’s remarkable vocal performance. By employing various techniques, he delivers a profoundly melodic vocal lines that so tastefully, expertly, and marvelously meld into those synth and guitar orchestrations. On top of all that, his voice contributes more than necessary emotional depth and complexity by balancing low, mid, and high notes with such precision and finesse. The additional vocals, drenched in generous servings of studio reverb, decorate and elevate choruses, providing a more harmonious and anthemic atmosphere to this fine piece of sonic artistry. Everything sounds so perfect, proving that Fierce Friend thought about every detail while writing and composing this beautiful song.

“Put You Right” is a must-listen not only for longtime indie fans but also for anyone who appreciates countless hours spent in songwriting, composing, arranging, recording, and producing music. You can hear that Fierce Friend invested time in this composition, and the effort paid off in a captivating song that will immediately become your favorite song of the year. “Put You Right” carries everything you dearly love about indie music, and it’s certainly the song that rewards repeated listens, as Fierce Friend put an extra effort into every single detail. Therefore, if you love soulful, emotive, meaningful, melodic, groovy, complex indie music, “Put You Right” will be right up your alley. Do not miss it!