The Ariston returned with their latest single ‘Fiction’ on the 7th November. Released via Right Track Records and Universal Music Operations, it coincided with their biggest gig of the year at London’s 229 for This Feeling.
Fiction cover art credit: Charlie Wright and Ethan Muscat
*banner image courtesy of This Feeling.
Angelic licks and a vocal searching for meaning open this single to a world of potential. It allows a brooding intensity, the kind that comes alive in the shadows. The sound of youth in the throes of a social life that’s barely in control.
When frontman Luca Slade and bassist Will Parsonson catch fire here, they bring latter-day Foals’ driving ambition to the fore. They land the sonic explosion with enough poignancy to leave a mark. Still, you can’t shake the feeling they’re just one killer hook or soaring solo away from landing a true knockout blow. It’s the kind of moment Foals spent years chasing, yet The Ariston already seem on the brink of capturing it.
Bold, ambitious yet shy and uncertain, they have put down a marker now that, if they never fall below, will see their small sold-out venues rapidly rise to the academy stages and beyond!