THE FAKE FRIENDS – Real Canadian Misfits Punch You On Repeat With ‘SUCKER BORN EVERY MINUTE’
Daily electricity to load your batteries
27 December 2025
Photo by Nick Pegg
Band: THE FAKE FRIENDS
Who: A bunch of old hardcore guys from Montreal, Québec trying to make
pop songs with sweet licks, infectious choruses, and introspective lyrics with
some epic breakdowns thrown in make for some intense and supremely
addictive songs.
FFO: Parquet Courts, Culture Abuse, Yard Act,
Franz Ferdinand, The Strokes, Cloud Nothings.
Track: SUCKER BORN EVERY MINUTE
First taster from their forthcoming 2nd album, named
Let’s Not Overthink This, out on 13 February 2026.
More info here.
Press info: The song drives on tightly wound guitars and a rhythm section
that feels both precise and restless, while frontman Savage leans into the
tension between bravado and self-recognition.
The lyrics circle around familiar patterns: burned bridges, late-night decisions,
the impulse to run from responsibility. The hook lands like a self-directed challenge.
TUTV: After a neurotic riff intro, we get into a pelvis-trigging groove, not for long
that is, as those neurotic riffs return every time the mental, vociferous chorus
comes back to kick you in the nose.
While listening to this psychotic punk chant, 3 suckers
are born to lose. You can’t’ fake this shit, it’s real.
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