FIGHTMASTER – the solo moniker of Queer artist and advocate E.R. Fightmaster – announces their debut full length album, Tolerance, out June 5.
The album is dominated by raw, unvarnished lyrics that reflect the complexities—some might say messiness—of emotional growth and attempts to find equilibrium. FIGHTMASTER is also set to bring the new music and favorite songs from previous EPs Violence (2023) and Bloodshed Baby (2024) to the road this spring, including headline shows and support dates with Lucy Dacus and Lord Huron.
They also share the album’s propulsive lead single, ‘All Or Nothing,’ a brisk synth rocker with taut grooves. On the track, the narrator is full of bluster, challenging a partner to dare to imagine the future. However, the lyrics are delightfully ambiguous: Does the other person want to stay in the relationship, or is the narrator just expressing wishful thinking? “It’s such a dramatic bluff,” Fightmaster says. “When I wrote it, I wanted this bravado attack. Like, here’s the fucking synth, here’s the beat. I love this one because we really went hard.”
Tolerance:
- Move Through
- All or Nothing
- Quicksand
- Press Release
- Versailles
- Rumble
- Glide
- Minotaur
- Tolerance
- All Fours
- Plan of Attack
