The Fake Friends Reveal “The Way She Goes” Single & Video

Montreal’s The Fake Friends follow up their December single with The Way She Goes, a sharper, colder cut from their upcoming debut full length, Let’s Not Overthink This, that due out on Friday 13th February via Stomp Records. Where the first single leaned into big guitars and anthemic punch, this one takes the new wave high road. It is taut, rhythmic, and slightly off-kilter, nodding to Pylon, Ultravox, and Wire while still keeping the band’s melodic instincts front and center. If A Sucker Born Every Minute was the wide swing, The Way She Goes is the needle, precise, twitchy, and built for late-night motion. The track sits in the middle of the album’s emotional arc, where confidence starts to fray at the edges. Savage’s vocals land with a kind of weary certainty, circling lines about missteps, mixed signals, and the familiar pull of bad habits.

Musically, The Way She Goes threads tension into every corner. Felix Crawford-Legault and Luca Santilli lock in on tight, interlocking guitars, leaving space for Brad Cooper-Graham‘s keys to pulse underneath. Michael Kamps and drummer Michael Tomizzi keep everything snapping forward, giving the song a nervous confidence that hints at the city that shaped it. There is something distinctly Montreal here: the cold glow of neon, the restlessness of late nights, the sense that everything is happening just below the surface.