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From Monday 22 February 2016

Listen to Real Friends and This Wild Life cover each other

Having shared many stages together, Real Friends and This Wild Life have taken their musical relationship to the next level, having covered a track each. Real Friends have taken on ‘Looking Back’ by This Wild Life, with the latter tackling ‘Loose Ends’. “Honestly covering another band’s song never really interested us,”

Monday 04 January 2016

Fearless Records post 2016 trailer

Fearless Records have posted a teaser videos for their currently confirmed 2016 releases. Starting with the new The Word Alive single ‘Trapped’, due on the 8th January 2016, the label will be releasing new material by Tonight Alive, The Summer Set, As It Is, Real Friends and more. The label

Wednesday 25 November 2015

Our reaction to the first Slam Dunk 2016 announcement

This morning, Slam Dunk Festival orgnisers have confirmed Panic! At The Disco as their tenth anniversary headliners, joined by Of Mice & Men, New Found Glory, Four Year Strong and more. It’s a pretty solid announcement, as far as we are concerned. Although Panic! may raise some eyebrows, they’ve proven

Thursday 25 September 2014

Real Friends post acoustic session for ‘Summer’

Emo poster-boys Real Friends have posted up an acoustic version of their track ‘Summer’, taken from their recent debut full-length ‘Maybe This Place Is The Same And We’re Just Changing’. Filmed in Orland Park in Illinois, the video sees the song stripped right back to just two guitars and frontman

Wednesday 23 July 2014

Real Friends stream new album ‘Maybe This Place Is The Same And We’re Just Changing’

The brand new, just-released debut full-length from Real Friends is streaming online over on YouTube. Check out the stream below, and read along with our review of the record.

Thursday 17 July 2014

INTERVIEW: REAL FRIENDS [JULY 2014]

Chicago’s pop punk upstarts Real Friends have put out – count ‘em – five EPs since 2011, but having signed with Fearless Records, they are finally about to drop their debut full length, Maybe This

Real Friends Premiere Music Video For “I Don’t Love You Anymore”

Chicago based pop punk kids Real Friends have released a video for their track ‘I Don’t Love You Anymore’. The song is from their new album ‘Maybe This Place Is The Same And We’re Just Changing’ which is set to be released Tuesday, July 22nd on Fearless Records.

Monday 12 May 2014

Real Friends, Modern Baseball, You Blew It! @ Clwb Ifor Bach

We put on Real Friends at Clwb over the weekend with Modern Baseball and You Blew It! It sold out well in advance and is one of the most successful shows that we’ve ever done. We had Tiegan Neary on hand to get snaps. Here’s how it all went

Wednesday 07 May 2014

Real Friends post new song online, launch album pre-orders

Real Friends have posted a new song online and launched pre-orders for their new album. Check out the song using the player in this article, and then get a free download of the track and preorder ‘Maybe This Place Is The Same And We’re Just Changing’ over at

Friday 02 May 2014

Real Friends announce debut album

Real Friends have announced details of their upcoming debut album, due for release on Fearless Records on July 22nd. ‘Maybe This Place Is The Same And We’re Just Changing’ will mark the band’s first release on Fearless. The album artwork can be seen above. Speaking to Alternative Press, bassist and