Album Review: Ten Days by Fred again..

His breakout release "Marea (We Lost Dancing)" released in the midst of the Covid lockdown perfectly encapsulated the feelings of millions - trapped inside and losing all sense of freedom and expression. Since then, the ethos that has carried through Fred's creative output is to enjoy even the smallest moments in life. And although since Marea's release Fred has played an undeniably euphoric sundown set on Glastonbury's Other Stage in 2023, held residence at London's Alexandra Palace for four nights last September and became the first dance headliner of Reading + Leeds Festival just a few weeks ago, his third album ten days tells of the more intimate moments that fell between the big, life changing career moments.

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The British producer shows off expertise in myriad styles as he delivers his most varied album to date In the first few days of 2023 it was as if a switch was flipped: Rumble came out, and its razor-sharp production turned Fred again.. from a faceless collaborator to a promising up-and-comer. He struck gold again with the bloopy, sun-kissed sound of adore u, and a year later ten days attempts to build on this success.

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Fred Gibson was already a successful pop songwriter when his galvanizing trilogy of "Actual Life" albums began emerging in surprisingly rapid succession as the pandemic lifted. Released over just 18 months, the albums were a sort of living musical diary, filled with sophisticated dance/house/electronic-leaning sounds but also a sense of emotion and songcraft rare for the genre, which usually tends to be production-based more than song-based. Built around voice notes from himself and friends, internet posts and samples of other artists' work, Fred's musicality, gently pulsating beats and melancholic songwriting — he's cowritten hits for Ed Sheeran, Rita Ora and others, and was mentored by his childhood neighbor, Brian Eno — made many of these digitally based songs as vividly human as any singer-songwriter's.

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One of the most cited electronic acts of our generation, Fred again.. is a name that needs little introduction. Having developed his own unique, vocal-infused production style over the last four years, Fred has performed at the biggest venues globally, including a sold-out five-night residency at Alexandra Palace last year, Los Angeles’ Memorial Coliseum and Madison Square Gardens.

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