Fil Bo Riva is a German band consisting of singer and songwriter Fil and Felix on the guitar. They're my insider's tip for all lovers of guitar based indie music since they're still very unknown (They only have about 1150 fans on facebook so far).
About one and a half years ago, Fil posted his first song 'Eye Look' on youtube. His second song 'Like Eye Did' has recently been uploaded to youtube. It's the first song of their new EP 'If you're right, it's alright' that's only available at a few live shows in Germany.
The song is an absolute earwig with a very nice instrumental of the acustic guitar. The electric guitar creates a very unique atmospheric sound compareable to some Scottish guitarists from the 80s that accompanies Fil's singing harmoniously . Despite the extremely nice instrumental music, the focus is still on Fil's unique, rough voice. His voice will give you goosebumps, especially since he sings very emotionally fitting to the touching and deep lyrics that he is singing. The words he uses are very beautiful and along with the instrumental music, they make up a perfect song.
'Like Eye Did' is one of my favorite songs at the moment and I really recommend you listening to it!
The band was recently touring with AnnenMayKantereit, a popular German band and also with Matt Corby so it could be that Fil Bo Rive will soon be successful with their music, too.
They are currently touring with Lola Mesh. You can check the tour dates on their official facebook page.
