OUT NOW ‘Vermilion Summer’

Friends of Friends presents 'Vermilion Summer', a mixtape passed from friend to friend.

little blue opens the tape with a sun-dazed bossa nova that sways like a hammock strung between two palm trees. It’s the clink of ice in a glass, the rustle of leaves in a lazy breeze - cool, understated, and quietly radiant.

Joe Nora shows up with a backpack full of his signature soft-focus touch that’s lightly psychedelic, sketching the feeling of riding handlebars through suburban dusk.

santpoort drifts in like a heat mirage: warped cassette textures, jazz riffs, and beats that stretch out on the pavement just to feel the warmth. It’s summer nostalgia with a pocket full of tiny joys.

Sebastian Kamae and Billy Blunt keep things cruising after dark - soulful and smooth like streetlights passing in slow motion. Think vinyl crackle, sunroof open, one hand on the wheel and the other tracing the rhythm on your knee.

Then there’s the trio of Criibaby, Surfer Dave, and Joe Nora, linking up like a perfectly unplanned road trip. Criibaby’s honeyed vocals float over surfy chords and rubbery basslines, while Dave and Joe sculpt the backdrop into something that shimmers - sunset-hued and daydream-slow.

‘Vermilion Summer’, written in sweat and sun with a message that says: summer’s here and it sounds like this.