Following their 2018 EP Took A While and their 2022 debut LP album There Is No Neil Frances, the collab-heavy It’s All A Bit Fuzzy refines Neil Frances’ natural, club-ready groove with sonic influences ranging from ‘80s/’90s rave culture, ‘70s funk and soul, yacht rock, and classic hip-hop.
“The last album we wrote was very concept-driven,” says Feller. “This one, early on, we decided not to go through that again.” Letting the collaborative process guide them, Neil Frances flexed their curatorial muscles and joined forces with rising talent such as DC-based R&B/dance artist dreamcastmoe on “She’s Just the Type of Girl,” alt-indie singer/producer/multi-instrumentalist St. Panther on “Let’s Break It Down” and “Head Straight,” and rapper/singer PawPaw Rod on “High” to create an adventurous, shape-shifting collection.
As Neil Frances prepare to hit the stage, they call their duo set “an ode to house music.” Indeed, both Feller and Gilfry are not only creators, but they are the sincerest, most dedicated fans of every type of music that has ever made its way to the dance floor. Weaving in and deconstructing classic house tracks into their live set, Neil Frances have written a genuine love letter to house music on It’s All A Bit Fuzzy, which is bound to get audiences moving all around the world.
“I was a DJ before I was in a band,” says Feller. “For me it's always important to feel the audience moving, and I love the energy of a crowd of people getting served by a DJ at that faster tempo. I was like, ‘I want to write a song at that speed for us to play so we can get that feeling from an audience.”
SUMMER DATES: 8/5 Chicago, IL - Lincoln Hall (Lollapalooza Aftershow) *Sold Out 8/6 Chicago, IL - Lollapalooza 8/31 Sydney, NSW - Oxford Art Factory 9/1 Melbourne, AU - The Espy 9/5 – 9/10 Queenstown, NZ - Snow Machine
Fall Headline Tour: 10/6 Denver, CO - Summit 10/7 Santa Fe, NM - Meow Wolf 10/9 Ft. Worth, TX - Tannahill's 10/10 Austin, TX - Scoot Inn 10/11 Houston, TX - White Oak Music Hall 10/13 Atlanta, GA - The Masquerade 10/14 Nashville, TN - Eastside Bowl 10/15 Carrboro, NC - Cat's Cradle 10/17 Washington, DC - The Atlantis *Sold Out 10/18 Washington, DC - The Atlantis *Sold Out 10/19 Philadelphia, PA - Underground Arts 10/20 Brooklyn, NY - Brooklyn Steel 10/21 Boston, MA - Paradise Rock Club 10/22 Montreal, QC - Studio TD 10/24 Toronto, ON - Axis 10/25 Detroit, MI - El Club 10/28 Minneapolis, MN - Fine Line 10/31 Portland, OR - Wonder Ballroom 11/1 Seattle, WA - Neptune 11/3 San Francisco, CA - The Regency 11/4 Los Angeles, CA - The Novo |
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