Will Dean 

Fryars Dark: Young Hearts

Bearing the influence of Depeche Mode, among others Young Hearts is a yinning and yanging mixture of bright pop, says Will Dean
  
  


What the world probably doesn't need now is another young Londoner enveloping himself in the electronic music of the 1980s, but Ben Garrett, aka Fryars, has made a compelling debut. Bearing the influence of Depeche Mode, among others – Dave Gahan even crops up to sing backing vocals on ­Visitors – Young Hearts is a yinning and yanging mixture of bright pop (think Pet Shop Boys), dark melodies and lyrical themes. Though brimming with ideas, Garrett is let down by a few clunking lyrics ("I'm in insurance, I fuck up my future") and some odd vocal intonation that makes bits of songs sound unintentionally comic. But it's a more than interesting introduction.

 

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