New - Friko - Where We've Been, Where We Go From Here (Expanded Edition) - 2xLP

"GOLD NUGGET" VINYL - 2xLP EXPANDED EDITION!

Chicago’s Friko  — led by vocalist/guitarist Niko Kapetan and drummer Bailey Minzenberger   — announces an expanded edition of Where we’ve been, Where we go from here, out November 22nd on ATO Records, alongside a massive 2025 North American headlining tour. The album’s initial release earlier this year was met with glowing praise from publications and fans alike, catapulting Friko into the international spotlight. The 2XLP vinyl and digital release expands upon the “chamber-pop tapestries” and “oily post-punk” (Pitchfork) of the band’s debut, featuring demos from the Where we’ve been, Where we go from here sessions, eleven bonus tracks including today’s new single, “If I Am,” live tracks from a sold-out hometown Metro show, and a cover of My Bloody Valentine’s “When You Sleep.”

“‘If I Am,’ along with the rest of the other new songs on this expanded edition, go back as far as 2019,” Friko explains. “They were some of the first songs we played at DIY and small club shows in Chicago. They kind of got left behind after we had written the songs for the record but we’re so glad they’re getting to see the light of day because they were some of the first songs we wrote as a band.”