The second single to be released from "Pala"and Dubbed by comedian Josie Long as "The Ryan Air song" Hawaiian Air follows a new couple's plane journey to none other than Hawaii .
Friendly Fires completely capture that sense of pre holiday excitement you get: as you plug in your seatbelt and browse through your complimentary copy of "sky mall". The synths and bongo-like drums that are so idiosyncratic to their music are ever present throughout and are coupled with energetic vocals that climb as the song goes on.
Gliding through the chorus into stripped back chanting of the words "Hawaiian Air" you can picture yourself peering out of a plane window over a tantalisingly blue Pacific. The song has room for tender asides that give an insight to the couple's relationship "as we land you pinch my hand, your still here" is murmured by lead singer Ed Macfarlane but feels something of an after thought to the joys of "watching a film with a talking dog".
As the plane comes into land, previous energies are summoned and redoubled to create a fantastic crescendo of klaxons, drums and array of synthy bleeps and blops that are more like organic orange juice rather than artificial squash. A crescendo which never fails to induce manic dance spasms in those who are exposed to it. This song would the perfect accompaniment to a setting Honolulu sun, or failing that an antidote to a sunless summer.
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