Oakland, California – based post-punk band, False Figure has just unveiled their new full-length album, Incarnate.
The themes across Incarnate remain familiar to the band’s legacy. Ranging from lamenting toxic interpersonal dynamics in ‘Favorite Game’, finding sobering respite within the chaos of an unsalvageable world in ‘Original Sin’, to a more immediate and explosive call to action in ‘Say Nothing’. There’s an undeniable flow to the songs on the record that don’t leave you lingering in the same feeling for too long.
Incarnate is an example of what modern post-punk could sound like while not being pinned to one particular repetitious theme. The tracks serve as a cathartic release for listeners, drawing from lived experiences that are universally shared. It is the intention of the band to speak to the inner world of its audience and connect in a meaningful way.
Check single cut ‘Flowers in Bloom’ here:
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Conceived in 2016 in the depths of San Francisco, False Figure exploded onto the bay area’s burgeoning modern deathrock scene as a loud and driving three-piece. Distinguishing themselves with tribalistic tom beats and screeching guitars ala Killing Joke, this became the hallmark to early releases as swirling feedback gave way to drippingly saccharine melody. Toying with a dichotomy of tension building verses only to be releases by lush melodic choruses. Andres Ruiz’s haunting vocals blend together a rich chemistry of melancholic, desperate crooning alongside guitars. 2022’s release, Castigations recorded in April 2-21 by Grammy winning engineer, Greg Wilkinson and mastered by Grammy winning engineer, Chris Dugan, saw the band take a step towards traditional gothic rock and further from traditional punk sounds while retaining their own alchemy.
In 2026 the band seeks to release the newest iteration departing headfirst into luscious early dream pop ecstasy while maintaining a deep beautiful melancholy radiating throughout the new album, Incarnate. With influences from the French cold wave scene, Spain’s La Movida and British shoegaze, this newest release includes an entirely new line-up with Keven DeFranco on second guitar and Kenan Hamilton on bass explore a deeper concept of what modern post-punk could sound like.
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