FALSE FED TO RELEASE LET THEM EAT FAKE
ARRIVING VIA NEUROT RECORDINGS 13TH OCTOBER 2023
BAND FEATURING MEMBERS OF MINISTRY, AMEBIX, NAUSEA, DISCHARGE AND MORE
VIDEO FOR LEAD TRACK “ECHOES OF COMPROMISE”
“Musically, this album touched on something dark and different,” says vocalist Jeff Janiak of new group False Fed. The dirge-like beats throughout debut album Let Them Eat Fake confirm this description – the music of False Fed is the soundtrack to the seedier undertones of society, a quiet, impatient rage at injustice everywhere with one finger pointing firmly towards the establishment.
False Fed comprises Discharge frontman Jeff Janiak, Amebix guitarist Stig C. Miller, Nausea, Ministry and Amebix drummer Roy Mayorga and JP Parsons, all stepping outside their musical comfort zones to present an album of discomfort and rage in the face of reality.
WATCH VIDEO FOR FIRST TRACK “ECHOES OF COMPROMISE” BELOW
“I’ve always wanted to work with JJ’s vocals and put something melodic underneath the aggression in his voice, ever since I heard him sing,” says JP, although the album’s balanced and holistic sound occurred naturally in the end – “The actual overall balance of it all just happened though… We just wanted to create something different.”
With tracks like the new-wave inspired “Echoes of Compromise”, the band are certainly heading towards pastures new. It’s an atmospheric kind of sound which Jeff’s brutal vocals sit atop, a perfect blending of past genres to create something new for the members of this band.
The final lyric on this album is “the one thing we cannot escape is death” – a reference to the inescapable reality of the world as it has been for the last three years and longer. “my grandmother died back in America and I was unable to go to her funeral which was really horrible, so that whole period had a lot of doom and gloom for me on a personal level as I’m sure it did for most people,” says Jeff of this lyric becoming the mission statement of the album as a whole. This band provided some much needed catharsis, something which they have poured into this debut record. “I’m really grateful that we had this project to keep us all busy and take our minds off the grim reality.”
Distractions came in the form of recording, re-recording, sharing ideas and working remotely. “It was a huge learning process for all of us,” admits Jeff, “None of us have worked like that before so it was a lot of trial and error. We had to do things multiple times before we finally got it right , which was frustrating but also worth it in the end when it all came together.”
JP adds, “Looking back now the advantage of this distance, for me personally, was that it forced me to grow as a musician and artist. I had to learn a lot and build trust in myself in order to keep up.”
Let Them Eat Fake is an album which presents a remarkable balancing act – between the past projects of all its creators and new musical horizons, between darkness and melody, the grimness of the present day and a hope for a better future.
Let Them Eat Fake album cover
LET THEM EAT FAKE TRACK LISTING:
1 – SUPERFICIAL
2 – THE TYRANT DIES
3 – ECHOES OF COMPROMISE
4 – THE BIG SLEEP
5 – DREADFUL NECESSITIES
6 – MASS DEBATE
7 – THE ONE THING WE CANNOT AVOID
FALSE FED ARE:
Jeff (JJ) Janiak – vocals
Stig.C.Miller – guitar
JP Parsons – bass
Roy Mayorga – drums
Let Them Eat Fake was mixed by Roy Mayorga and mastered by Jack Control at Enormous Door. The album will be available on CD, digital and LP on the 13th October.. Available in two colour vinyl variants, cloudy clear with grey splatter for the US and grey with black splatter for the EU. Neurot’s US store will have both colours available. Find out more here.