Frenship (stylized FRENSHIP) is an American pop duo, consisting of James Sunderland and Brett Hite. They are best known for their 2016 single, "
Capsize".
Career
Sunderland and Hite met while working at the fitness store
Lululemon and became fans of each other's music; this led to them creating music together. The duo first posted to
SoundCloud
SoundCloud is an online audio distribution platform and music sharing website that enables its users to upload, promote, and share audio. Founded in 2007 by Alexander Ljung and Eric Wahlforss, SoundCloud is one of the largest music streaming se ...
the song "Knives", which was produced alongside Norwegian producer
Matoma
Tom Stræte Lagergren (born 29 May 1991), professionally known as Matoma, is a Norwegian DJ and record producer.
Early life
Lagergren was born in Åsnes, Norway. He started playing the piano as a child. During that period, he won a contest t ...
. The track gained popularity online which led the duo to upload a second track, "Nowhere", followed by "Carpet".
In June 2016, the duo released "
Capsize", a collaboration with American singer and songwriter
Emily Warren
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, charting in multiple countries. The song also reached number one on
Hype Machine
Hype Machine is a music blog aggregator created by Anthony Volodkin.
History
Hype Machine was originally a music database created in 2005 by Anthony Volodkin, then a sophomore computer science major at Hunter College.Heilemann, JohCapturing the ...
, and has surpassed 505 million streams on
Spotify
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. Their follow up single "1000 Nights" has over 45 million streams on Spotify to date, and continues to grow at Alternative Radio. Frenship released their debut EP, ''Truce'', in September 2016 via Columbia Records.
Their debut album, ''Vacation'', was released on 17 May 2019.
On September 10, 2021, the duo released the single "All My Friends".
The song recounts their experience during the
COVID-19
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pandemic.
Discography
Albums
EPs
Singles
References
External links
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FRENSHIP on Facebook
American electronic music duos
Male musical duos
Musical groups from Los Angeles
Electropop groups
Counter Records artists
Columbia Records artists
Ninja Tune artists
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