Fierce Friend chases ghost signals on mesmerising new single ‘Tokyo Rose’

Brighton multi-instrumentalist Fierce Friend disappears into a world of phantom transmissions and unanswered questions on the captivating new single ‘Tokyo Rose’.

The third preview of forthcoming album Blood Red Hills & The Uncanny Valley, ‘Tokyo Rose’ finds solo songwriter Alan Grice taking a wonderfully experimental approach to the piano ballad. Repetitive, interlocking figures initially provide a hypnotic foundation before gradually colliding, multiplying and descending into beautiful chaos.

Drawing inspiration from Ben Folds, Steve Reich, Radiohead, The Smile and Jon Hopkins, the track occupies a fascinating space between intimate singer-songwriter music and intricate minimalism.

Its inspiration is equally compelling. Grice looks towards the enduring mystery surrounding Amelia Earhart’s 1937 disappearance, weaving unanswered radio signals, alleged transmissions and the theories that subsequently emerged into the song’s narrative.

Strange, cinematic and brilliantly inventive, ‘Tokyo Rose’ offers another tantalising glimpse into the wonderfully uncanny world Fierce Friend is constructing around the new album.