The Fake Friends Reveal New Album “Let’s Not Overthink This”

Montreal’s The Fake Friends hit their stride on Let’s Not Overthink This, their new full length that is now available via Stomp Records, the album folds post punk rhythm, new wave cool, and melodic bite into one long, late-night pulse. The band’s sound is wired to the city they came up in, all neon reflections, cold sidewalks, and the kind of after-hours clarity that only shows up when the metro’s running every half hour.

There are hardcore ghosts under the floorboards and old show posters still stuck to the walls in their heads, but these days The Fake Friends energy is channeled into something sharper, more controlled, more deliberately messy. Stylish without trying to be. Serious without sounding like it.