Rory Friers - Guitar, Vocals 2005 to present

The Private Blurs of a Trying Person

My third week in LA, back from the desert I came after the... 





















My third week in LA, back from the desert I came after the arrival of Deaf Heaven to the Sargent House Farm where i’d been writing and recording, and back to Los Angeles with it’s crackling electricity and syrupy air, my arrival coincided with that of my little brother Ewen, and he’s helped me take all my ideas and scraps of recordings and turn them into songs this week. He has such an ear for music and a brain for lyrics, he strings words and lines together in minutes to make these beautiful transcendental runes which are simultaneously broad and esoteric, I feel like his apprentice in a switch of roles, it’s great. We make a good team, music in one corner and a word factory in the other, it’s been a week I’ve been very grateful to have with my brother from the same mother.

It’s not all been music, we’ve ventured out too, eaten a lot of Mexican and Japanese food, walked up to the Griffith observatory, found the Bat Cave from the original 1960s Adam West Batman series, we had a drive around where the rich people live, eaten donuts at Mark Trombinos band themed donut shop, Donut Friend (I went for X-Ray Speculoos, other stand outs where Rites of Sprinkles, Poppygandhi, White Chocolate Stripes and GG Almond) and we also went to the insanity which was the NAMM convention in Anaheim. It is, dependant on how you look at it is, the gear nerds paradise or the physical embodiment a panic attack. Musical equipment on a scale I just can’t describe, endless rows of plucking, bashing, blipping and blopping, it was incredible/terrifying but we had been invited down by our friends at Earth Quaker Devices and got to hang out with them, so it was well worth the two hour drive out there, we got to see our buds at Orange and Taylor guitars before all the noise got a little too much and so we ran away bravely. Saw a few celebs too, Deftones, Butch Vig, Stevie Wonder and, wait for it…..

Hulk Hogans daughter.

One more week to go til i leave for Belfast and straight into prep for the approaching ASIWYFA release in May, but more about that soon. We’re leaving for Joshua Tree in a day which should be cool and then back to the Farm for a final push on the musical front. Will post some more pics when I get there.

R

Took a break from making music at @sargenthouse to be a tourist... 



Took a break from making music at @sargenthouse to be a tourist in LA for a bit with @ewenfriers and @myletsband . Saw the famous observatory, Adam Wests Bat Cave from the original Bat Man series and had a nosey at where you live if you’re substantially richer than everyone else, great day, thanks for showing us around Henry. #LosAngeles #La #Hollywood

Day 11 in the US. I’m heading back to LA either tonight or... 



Day 11 in the US. I’m heading back to LA either tonight or tmo to spend the weekend at @sargenthouse ,and collect @ewenfriers from the airport on Monday morning. Going to miss this view at the @thefarmfamily every evening, but hopefully I’ll be back out again in the next couple of weeks to continue writing and walking in the mountains and get to see the @deafheavenband guys again before I leave in February. For now though it’s back to the city. #TheFamilyFarm #sargenthouse #writing #music

My little set up at the @thefarmfamily underneath mount San... 



My little set up at the @thefarmfamily underneath mount San Antonio. This where I sit everyday writing music and recording it, with the occasional visit from one of the dogs and litres of Earl Grey tea, or on this occasion a glass of wine. It’s an interesting thing to be on your own with the sole purpose of creating something and how your surroundings and who your with have a huge effect on that, have been surprised at the direction some of these songs are taking, good surprised, I think?! #TheFamilyFarm #sargenthouse

My good friend Henry @myletsband making the #fender acoustic... 



My good friend Henry @myletsband making the #fender acoustic sing in the Glassroom at @sargenthouse .It wasn’t long ago I was here playing an @asiwyfa_music version of kaBaTaBoDaKa with my boys @jonathandavidadger @niallabc @chriswee33 ,won’t be long until we’re back out here with our new album, must say I’m feeling excited for that! #mylets #asiwyfa #glassroom #sargenthouse

Another 48 hrs on the west coast. I left LA a couple of days... 

















Another 48 hrs on the west coast. I left LA a couple of days ago, the farm is a couple of hours towards the San Gabriel Mountains. I had a dog on my lap the entire journey and thought it was going to throw up on me at any second, thankfully he didn’t. Once I got out to the farm I found a little room I could set some stuff up in and get writing. So that’s what I’ve been doing ever since, won’t leave here until I have to.

Found these Polaroid photos of me on the living room table in... 



Found these Polaroid photos of me on the living room table in @sargenthouse ,so took a kind of passive selfie. It’s nice to be staying out here with such supportive and inspiring folk and getting to hang out with @justin_joseph89 @emmaruthrundle @myletsband and the whole gang. Heading out to @thefarmfamily in the desert now outside of Los Angeles for the next ten days to record some music then collecting my little bro @ewenfriers for some major brother hangage. Having fun on this little adventure.

Interviews with Rory

Rory also makes music under his electronic project, Thrash Hat