Sometimes music syncs up perfectly with the time of its release.<\/p>\n
That’s the case with the breezy and winsomely warm new release “Buddies” by Daniel Firmin<\/a>, which is entering the world in wake of the recent summery stretch of Memorial Day weekend weather.<\/p>\n “Buddies” is a lean five-song EP-length effort that is simultaneously a taut collection of slightly offbeat indie pop and a shaggy dog hangout album, which makes sense given how the album came to be.<\/p>\n Firmin, a singer-songwriter from Fairbanks who now lives in Juneau, recorded it in Wattage Studios in Anchorage with his friend Chad Reynvaan after Firmin traded the favor of driving a trailer from Fairbanks for studio time.<\/p>\n