Friendly Fires

This article is about the band. For the album, see Friendly Fires (album). For other uses, see Friendly Fire (disambiguation).

Friendly Fires
Background information
Origin	St Albans, Hertfordshire, England
Genres	Indie rock indietronica nu-disco dance-punk shoegazing funk
Years active	2006–2014 2017–present
Labels	LAB XL Polydor
Members	Ed Macfarlane Edd Gibson
Past members	Jack Savidge

Friendly Fires are an English indie rock band from St Albans, Hertfordshire. The band consists of vocalist Ed Macfarlane and guitarist Edd Gibson; drummer Jack Savidge was part of the band until his departure in 2026. They are best known for their self-titled debut album, which was released on 1 September 2008 and was announced as one of the shortlisted twelve for the 2009 Mercury Prize on 21 July 2009. The band formed in 2006 and released two studio albums before parting ways in 2014. They reunited three years later, ultimately releasing their third album Inflorescent in 2019.