LA psych band Frankie & The Witch Fingers have announced a new album, Trash Classic, which will be out June 6 via Reverberation Appreciation Society / Greenway Records. They made it at LA’s Tiny Telephone Studio with producer Maryam Qudus (La Luz, Spacemoth).
First single “Economy” owes a lot to Devo/B-52’s both musically and thematically. The band say: “’Economy’ invades your brain like a late-night infomercial, ruthlessly selling the shiny nightmare of consumer paradise. Synthetic basslines pound like a debt collector that knows you’re home, while jagged guitars slice like overdue bills stamped in red. Urgent synth melodies buzz and ring like reminders to refill prescriptions you can’t afford. Everything throbs to a hammering blown-out beat, teetering on the edge of assembly-line-collapse. Cold electronically layered vocals chant over the frenzy: WORK. SPEND. REPEAT. Grotesque and irresistible, it’s all circling the drain. Families sell their life-force for dinner while corporations rake in unimaginable profits from the very sickness they created. Sound familiar? By the time the electro-punk fueled finale kicks into overdrive, it injects itself straight into your bloodstream, hijacking your senses and stripping everything down to its raw, naked truth. Economy distorts everyday despair into a mutant disco soundtrack—absurd, biting, and disturbingly fun.” Listen below.
Frankie & The Witch Fingers will be in Austin this week for SXSW where they are playing a lot of shows, including BrooklynVegan / Resound’s Lost Weekend 2025 day party on Saturday (March 15) at Mohawk from 12 PM – 6 PM with Kevin Morby, billy woods, Holy Fuck and more. It’s free to attend with RSVP. Check out the band’s full SXSW schedule below.
This fall, Frankie & The Witch Fingers will head out on a North American tour including a Brooklyn show at Music Hall of Williamsburg on September 19. Tickets for all fall headline shows go on sale Friday, March 14 at 10 AM local time. All dates are listed below.
Trash Classic:
Channel Rot
T.V. Baby
Dead Silence
Fucksake
Economy
Eggs Laid Brain
Out of the Flesh
Total Reset
Conducting Experiments
Gutter Priestess
Trash Classic
FRANKIE AND THE WITCH FINGERS LIVE @ SXSW 2025
3/11
12am – Spring Break Boogie – Hotel Vegas
3/12
3pm – Waterloo Records In-Store
5pm – Monosonic Sessions – Howler Bros Outpost
11pm – 29th St. Ballroom Showcase
3/13
5pm – CREEM / Third Man Showcase – 13th Floor
8pm – Do512 Session – Do512 Lounge
3/14
1pm – KROX Radio Session – Inn Cahoots Roof
4pm – Pooneh’s Freaky Friday – Radio East
11:45pm – Spaace Caamp – Hotel Vegas
3/15
10am – KUTX Radio Session – Scholz Garden
2:30pm – Brooklyn Vegan Showcase – Mohawk
9pm – Do512’s The Big One – Radio East
12:30am – Smartpunk House – Empire Garage and Control Room
FRANKIE AND THE WITCH FINGERS – TOUR 2025
5/16 – Nijmegen, NL – Sonic Whip Festival
5/17 – Diksmuide, BE – 4AD
5/20 – Lyon, FR – Épicerie Moderne
5/21 – Biarritz, FR – Atabal
5/22 – Rouen, FR – Le 106
5/23 – London, UK – Wide Awake Festival
5/25 – Berlin, DE – Desertfest
5/27 – Cherbourg, FR – Le Circuit
5/28 – Brighton, UK – Daltons
5/31 – Bristol, UK – Strange Brew
6/01 – Birmingham, UK – Hare & Hounds
7/15 – Felton Music Hall – Felton, CA
7/16 – The Chapel – San Francisco, CA
7/19 – The Den – Portland, OR
7/20 – The Pearl – Vancouver, BC
7/23 – Shrine Social Club – Boise, ID
7/24 – Urban Lounge – Salt Lake City, UT
7/25 – Mesa Theater – Grand Junction, CO
7/26 – To Be Announced – Denver, CO
7/27 – Sister Bar – Albuquerque, NM
7/29 – Hotel Congress – Tucson, AZ
7./0 – Rebel Lounge – Phoenix, AZ
7/31 – Swan Diver – Las Vegas, NV
8/1 – Belly Up – Solana Beach, CA
8/2 – Teragram Ballroom – Los Angeles, CA
9/19 – Music Hall of Williamsburg – Brooklyn, NY
9/20 – First Unitarian Church – Philadelphia, PA
9/21 – Songbyrd – Washington, DC
9/23 – Grey Eagle – Asheville, NC
9/24 – Terminal West – Atlanta, GA
9/26 – Chelsea’s Live – Baton Rouge, LA
9/27 – Dan Electros – Houston, TX
9/28 – To Be Announced – Austin, TX
9/29 – Tulips – Fort Worth, TX
10/1 – Bottom Lounge – Chicago, IL
10/2 – Turf Club – Minneapolis, MN
10/3 – X-Ray Arcade – Cudahy, WI
10/4 – Grog Shop – Cleveland, OH
10/5 – Third Man Records – Detroit, MI
10/7 – Lee’s Palace – Toronto, ON
10/10 – Brighton Music Hall – Boston, MA
10/11 – Lark Hall – Albany, NY