The Friday Night Boys

Published by Rhea on June 9, 2009

Having been about 4 months since our last interview and 3 years since starting out, on June 9 (today), The Friday Night Boys are to be releasing their debut album titled Off The Deep End. Keeping up with their heart-felt lyrics and catchy beats, singer Andrew Goldstein, guitarist Mike Toohey, bassist Robby Reider, and drummer Chris Barrett are more than ready to throw their record out to the fans.

Released first to the public was song Permanent Heartbreak on their myspace and was even played at several shows. “Permanent Heartbreak is the first song off the cd and I feel like it’s a good preview of what our cd is sort of like. I think it shows the sound and theme of our cd,” states Goldstein. With that said, Off The Deep End is going to have differences as well as similarities to previous release, EP That’s What She Said. “I think it’s a lot better. If you like That’s What She Said you’ll definitely love it, but it has more of a universal feel”, smiles Goldstein, “More rock, more rock & roll”. Having taken the guys only about 24 days to record, track , and produce the album, it’s said to have come out great.

Like all good artists, The Friday Night Boys had some of their ideas turned down, well in the case of the album cover any. “We were originally going to do the cd art of Andrew jumping,” Toohey laughs. “Me jumping off a house into a pool, but when we got there the pool was really narrow and when we got there, it was really high up. The photographer did the first test jumping in and he almost broke his leg,” Goldstein adds. After scratching that idea, the guys decided to come up with something more simple. A picture of a woman in a bikini and someone’s legs hanging over an inner tube chilling in a pool. The most interesting thing though is that the legs in the picture aren’t just anyone’s, they are those of non-other than tour manager Sam Hedenberg.

With the new album coming out, The Friday Night Boys hope to do well with the release of Off The Deep End and lucky for them, they head out on tour with Hey Monday the day after the release (June 10). If you haven’t already, go out and pick up a copy of Off The Deep End today and watch for The Friday Night Boys coming to a city near you!

 To view more pictures of the band, go check out the gallery.