Clinical Post-Punk Meets Electronic Grit in New Album

The debut album from The Fake Friends, Let’s Not Overthink This, arrived on January 16 via Stomp Records, preceded by the single “The Way She Goes.” This track functions as a departure from the guitar-heavy composition of the band’s December release, “A Sucker Born Every Minute,” shifting instead toward a rhythmic structure influenced by the clinical post-punk of Wire and the electronic textures of Ultravox.

Title: Let’s Not Overthink This
Artist: The Fake Friends
Release Date: 2026-01-16
Genres: Post-punk
Label: Let’s Not Overthink This
Description: Montreal’s The Fake Friends release "Let’s Not Overthink This" on Stomp Records. A sharp shift into clinical post-punk and synth textures.

The recording took place at Mixart in Montreal with producer and engineer Jordan Barillaro, utilizing a variety of the city’s independent studio spaces and practice rooms. The Fake Friends are a Montreal-based collective whose members are established figures in the city’s independent music circuit. Vocalist Savage, also known as Savage Adam, previously fronted the punk band The Fallout, which released multiple albums on Stomp Records and Union 2112 during the 2000s. Drummer Michael Tomizzi has a history in the Montreal hardcore and punk scenes. Over the past year, the group has performed across the American Midwest and the Canadian East Coast, including support slots for Buzzcocks, Wine Lips, and Me First and the Gimme Gimmes.

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