The Oakland, CA-based post-punk band Fake Fruit have shared their new single “Mucho Mistrust,” alongside a video.
The track serves as the title track of their forthcoming new album ‘Mucho Mistrust‘, out August 23rd via Carpark Records. Pre-order your copy here.
Fake Fruit’s visceral indie rock operates so firmly in the present that it’s transportive and unmooring. The Oakland trio’s songs careen with volatile energy and lead singer Ham D’Amato’s lyrics are enveloped with acerbic humor and resonant perceptiveness. Though their new LP Mucho Mistrust is a sly reference to a beloved Blondie lyric, the title encapsulates both the anxieties of daily life, a bloodless music industry, and global capitalism as well as the clear-eyed skepticism needed to rebel against it.
“Mucho Mistrust.” The track is simultaneously disorienting and direct, with clanging guitars from Alex Post, off-kilter drums from Miles MacDiarmid, and D’Amato snarling, “How you gonna blame me / when you could’ve done something about it / it’s not right / How you gonna marinate me / in shitty things overnight.” She explains, “This song was a snapshot of how I got through a difficult year.”
Watch / listen below.
Mucho Mistrust Tracklist:
- See It That Way
- Mucho Mistrust
- Gotta Meet You
- Psycho
- Well Song
- Más O Menos
- Long Island Iced Tea
- Venetian Blinds
- Ponies
- Cause of Death
- Sap
- Too Soon
Photo by Daniel Topete
