New Fries recently released the mini-LP ‘More’ via Telephone Explosion. This week the band premiered their video for “JZ III.” The animated video was directed by Seth Scriver.

The band was formed by Tim Fagan, Jenny Gitman, and Anni Spadafora in Summer 2012 and was later joined by Ryan Carley in Fall 2014. A mix of seasoned musicians, visual and performance artists, the band was built from a spirit of discovery, not concerned with creating a particular sound or relying on a formal musicianship. The alchemy of its members’ experiences is best felt at a live show from the band’s performative dynamics and simple but insistent sound.

New Fries has released an EP ‘They/I’ (self-released), a cassette ‘Fresh Face Forward’ (Pleasence Records), and a 7″ record ‘JUICE’, split with Halifax-based Old and Weird (Pleasence Records). The ‘Fresh Face Forward’ cassette was later re-issued as a LP on One Big Silence Records in early 2016.

On Their newest release, 10” ‘MORE’ (Telephone Explosion Records), the band worked with engineer Graham Walsh (of Holy Fuck), the album mixes the urgencies or ‘quickness’ of their early songwriting with a more intentional consideration of format (the “impossible” to market/sell 10”) and evolved instrumentation, widening the use of electronics.

New Fries have shared the stage with The Pop Group, Chain & the Gang, Waxahatchee, Holy Fuck, Parquet Courts, and Fucked Up. Uniquely, they performed at a variety of Toronto-based art venues including Art Gallery of Ontario, Mercer Union, and XPACE Cultural Centre.

New Fries
‘More’
[Telephone Explosion]

1. Jz III
2. Gertrude Stein Greeting Card From Pape Danforth
3. 90 Yr Old Girl
4. Butter & Spice Breeze-Y
5. INTER-
6. Mary Poppins’ Pockets
7. Bring The Pressure Washer (BTPW)
8. LUDE

Tour Dates:
December 17 Toronto, ON – Lee’s Palace *
* w/ Holy Fuck & Absolutely Free