Friendly Fires's second album, Pala, was released this month, its name being inspired by Aldous Huxley's final novel, Island, in which a journalist is shipwrecked on a utopian island of the same name.
I've not had a proper listen to the dance-punk outfit's latest offering as yet, but the cover alone inspires confidence in the content - the plumage pictured being representative of the parrots of Pala, who whisper words of encouragement to those in need.
The image also brings to mind one of the pieces spotted at the Pompidou Centre, during last January's sojourn in Paris:
Here's the first single from the album:
