Fake Fruit - "Cause of Death"

Photo by Daniel Topete

Oakland's Fake Fruit are back with a new single that helps redefine what post punk can be. "Cause of Death" starts of as a laid back post punk song that is almost ramblin'. It switches over to a louder, but still laid back alt-rock song with jangly and jerky guitars. The song is quite noisy and dissonant, but in a pleasant way. It's a fun song even though it doesn't have that dance friendly feel some music in the genre has. Despite being four minutes long, "Cause of Death" is an absolute epic song with more tempo and sonic changes than we can count. 

Hannah "Ham" D'Amato says of her band's latest single:

“I wrote the lyrics for this song when I felt so indecisive that I imagined someone performing an autopsy on me and declaring my cause of death to be indecision."

You can watch the video for "Cause of Death" below. Mucho Mistrust is due out August 23 on Carpark Records, and is available for pre-order here. For more on Fake Fruit, check out the band on Instagram and Facebook. Upcoming tour dates are below the video.

Fri. June 21 - Portland, OR @ Polaris Hall *
Sun. June 23 - Vancouver, BC @ Wise Hall *
Mon. June 24 - Seattle, WA @ High Dive *
Wed. June 26 - Boise, ID @ Shrine Social Club**
Thu. June 27 - Salt Lake City, UT @ Kilby Court *
Sat. June 29 - Denver, CO @ Hi-Dive *
Mon. July 1 - Oklahoma City, OK @ Resonant Head *
Sun. Aug. 4 - San Francisco, CA @ Stern Grove !
Fri. Oct. 4 - Atlanta, GA @ 529 %
Sat. Oct. 5 - Durham, NC @ The Pinhook %
Mon. Oct. 7 - Nashville, TN @ DRKMTTR %
Wed. Oct. 9 - Richmond, VA @ The Camel %
Thu. Oct. 10 - Washington, DC @ Comet Ping Pong %
Fri. Oct. 11 - Philadelphia, PA @ Foto Club %
Sat. Oct. 12 - Brooklyn, NY @ Union Pool %
Mon. Oct. 14 - Boston, MA @ Warehouse XI %
Tue. Oct. 15 - Montreal, QC @ L'Esco %
Wed. Oct. 16 - Toronto, ON @ The Baby G %
Fri. Oct. 18 - Chicago, IL @ Hideout &

* w/ Omni
! w/ Alex G
% w/ Spllit
& w/ Rui Gabriel