Avery Friedman captures queer longing and nostalgia on new single ‘Photo Booth’
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Brooklyn-based artist Avery Friedman returns with ‘Photo Booth,’ a shimmering indie shoegaze single out now via Audio Antihero. The track serves as the second preview of her upcoming debut album, New Thing, arriving April 18.
Following the haunting debut single ‘Flowers Fell,’ ‘Photo Booth’ leans into a more chaotic, pop-adjacent production, embracing dreamy guitars, hypnotic rhythms, and an intimate lyrical style. The track unfolds like a hazy recollection of a night out, where flirtation, spontaneity, and nostalgia collide under the dim glow of a photo booth’s flashing bulbs. Featuring James Chrisman (Sister. / CIAO MALZ) on guitar and engineering, alongside Felix Walworth (Florist / Told Slant) on drums, the song sways between shoegaze haze and psych-folk warmth.
“I wrote this song after a vibrant night out with my friends last winter – a night memorialized by many chaotic photo booth strips. Something about the novelty, containment, and ephemerality of a photo booth just invites a sort of flirtatious mischief. This night out in particular felt like an encapsulation of spin-the-bottle-type ‘second adolescence’ that many queer people experience when coming into themselves after their adolescent years pass. This song really came into itself when we decentered my guitar and surrendered to the more chaotic, pop-adjacent production it was asking for.”
With ‘Photo Booth,’ Friedman continues to carve out her space in indie rock, blending emotional depth with an adventurous sonic palette. As anticipation builds for New Thing, the single stands as both a celebration of queer joy and a testament to the fleeting magic of a moment captured in time.
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