Kevin Bronson on November 7th, 2014

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As Freedom Fry, Marie Seyrat and Bruce Driscoll have made a couple of EPs and a handful of singles of boy/girl indie-pop informed by the couple’s dual (but not dueling) sensibilities: she, a Parisian; he, a breadbasket Midwesterner. They can be buoyant and they can be melancholy, but Freedom Fry’s new single “Blackmailed” is a gentle departure. The duo inject a dose of funk into their pop confection, and the video, featuring Angela Smolarski, Nicole Guibord and Jonny Perdue along with Driscoll and Seyrat, is steeped in intrigue, if not downright dark. One of these days, Freedom Fry might release a full album; until then, their three-minute explorations continue to tantalize.

||| Live: Freedom Fry plays Nov. 21 at the Hotel Café.

||| Previously: “Home” video, “The Wilder Mile,” “Scarborough Fair,” “Jesse James”