Alt-pop artist, Fischer King, recently dropped his latest single, “Fair Enough.” It features on his sophomore EP, Rough Odds, which is also just out via Perception Records. Check out the new track and more below.
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“I try not to be too prescriptive when writing a collection of songs, but I definitely discovered a through-line for the EP as it all came together: the fear of playing the wrong hand and of the catastrophe that might follow,” shares Fischer King on the new EP. “It’s not unlike being naked and adrift at sea, without any North Star, knowing that choosing the wrong direction or swimming too hard could spell disaster. But also knowing that — if you can just keep hanging on — you might find a way to pull yourself out of the water.”
Rough Odds wraps familiar pop mechanics into an inky package that is unmistakably Fischer King and is his most accomplished work to date. It features Fischer King’s breakcore and dance-punk infused new single “Fair Enough,” an ode to the constant hum of anxiety and the little voice that reminds you that, if you could slow down and breathe, it might not get the better of you. The 4-track project also includes the recent single “Water Me,” a maximalist, 90s-house-inspired anthem that treads the thin line of knowing just how much of a good thing is too much and shares how easy it can be to cross that divide and lose yourself. Rough Odds is rounded out with the moody, alt-pop lead single “Bet,” which dives into the sinking feeling of realizing that the relationship of two people you care for is going to fall apart and bleed into everything around them, and the guitar-driven, indie-pop jam “Is It Real” that calls out someone for only ever playing games with you, even though deep down you might actually prefer that to the real thing.
Making a name for himself with his pitch-black “existential crisis pop” that has received early praise from tastemakers, Fischer King writes, records, produces, and mixes all his own music – skills developed during his time working behind the scenes with some of the world’s most exciting artists, producers, and directors. Drawing from his influences which range from James Blake and Nine Inch Nails to Claude Debussy and Herbie Hancock, as well as his early love for tense, bombastic classical music and time in the Detroit punk rock and hip-hop scenes, Fischer King’s new music is further developing his ever-expanding cinematic, angular musical universe.
Rough Odds trackslisting:
01 Bet
02 Is It Real
03 Fair Enough
04 Water Me
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