Fake Dad confronts industry pressures on fierce new single ‘Machinery’
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Los Angeles-based indie rock duo Fake Dad returns with ‘Machinery.’
Built on crunching 90s-inspired guitars, and pounding rhythms, ‘Machinery’ explores the toxic dynamics that force women in music to package themselves for consumption. The track was born from a moment of disillusionment at an industry showcase, where Andrea observed female artists more focused on outshining one another than forging real connections. The resulting song directly addresses how these competitive pressures mask the deeper issue—the systemic power structures that allow this cycle to persist.
Andrea explains:
“This angry, teeth-grinding rock/pop track was written right after an industry showcase where every girl performing wore the exact same spike-studded bra—too concerned with sizing each other up to actually have a good time. As they eyed each other with loathing and borderline obsession, I stood in the corner feeling really sad that nobody was trying to connect, which is what we were all supposedly there to do. This song was written as a response to the way this kind of woman-on-woman (or more generally, artist-on-artist) hate perpetuates these spaces while the real culprits—our sick, sad society governed by narcissistic, billionaire white men—totally fly under the radar. In the end, the man is the real one we’re calling out. The one that we’re sick and tired of watching get what they want, while we sit back eating from their palm.”
With ‘Machinery,’ Fake Dad sharpen their sonic and thematic focus, setting the stage for their upcoming EP, Holly Wholesome and the Slut Machine, out March 7.
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