Dan Friel

Dan Friel at Mama Tried

Gig Alerts | Sep 3, 2021

Dan Friel at Mama Tried in Brooklyn
Thurs., Sept. 9. 7PM. (Pass the Tip Jar)

Dan Friel (current Upper Wilds, ex-Parts & Labor) is one of the veterans of New York’s so-called noise rock underground. Now, noise rock sounds like a pretty forbidding term to some people but Dan Friel’s set up, of cheap electronics, twinkling Christmas lights, and mistreated amplifiers is totally charming. Joyful, and noisy as hell, but totally charming. And after all, that’s what earplugs are for. Anyway, under all the gleeful noise you’ll usually find something that’s actually built like a pop song. Dan Friel plays on Thursday evening, Sept. 9, at the Brooklyn club Mama Tried. 

Here's his most recent solo record's title track, Fanfare:

Listen to Dan's in-studio Soundcheck session from 2015:

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