The Bolshoi - Friends

Friends, the 1986 debut album by the English alternative rock band The Bolshoi, is described as dark and full of the band's strengths. The album's lyrics by Trevor Tanner, the band's singer and guitarist, tell stories of hypocrisy, including a family that tries to hide forcing their daughter to work as a prostitute and a scathing attack on organized religion. The album also includes songs like "Romeo in Clover" and "Books on the Bonfire" that echo the Psychedelic Furs and Bauhaus.