Music: Friends of Friends – Redefining Australia’s Alt-Rock Underground

Friends of Friends are an Australian band crafting raw, atmospheric, and genre-defying music. They fuse jarring guitars with cinematic textures and visceral storytelling, all driven by a fearless DIY ethos. Fronted by multi-instrumentalist Barnaby Baker (with British roots and a love of distortion and britpop), the lineup includes Frank Christian, Morgan Blake, and Jess Cameron — each bringing unique influences and depth to the project. They’ve already earned praise from triple j as “great, lethal modern rock,” and have been spotlighted in Kerrang! and through BBC Introducing.

“Skin” is high-energy and fuzzy, a track built on the tension between longing and exposure. The band describes it as having an “edge-of-the-cliff” vibe — that moment just before falling in love, when desire and fear blur. What began as a love song ended up being about feeling trapped in your own body, your own head — lust, longing, and the fear of being seen too clearly.

Band Page:https://www.instagram.com/friendsoffriendsband