The song’s narrator is sick of everything in the city—wraparound sunglasses, grindset culture, and indie boys in Carhartts—and unashamed to say it: “I’m not a people pleaser, I am pleased.” A dramatic build-up culminates in a playful choir (actually just the band’s siblings) singing la-la-la’s.

‘Hello to the Kiddies’ captures FORAGER’s knack for delivering high-energy musicianship while not taking themselves too seriously. This is the second single in anticipation of the band’s debut album, Pipedream Firewood, arriving August 18.

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First, a spontaneous bike ride to Coney Island, then a chance encounter with your high school English teacher at a rave. These two events inspired the sentiment behind ‘Fuji or a Trek’: things that used to make you feel youthful suddenly seem to do the opposite. That theme is underscored by a dramatic musical gesture—halfway through the song the uptempo drum and bass beat swerves into a slow, heavy funk groove.

The song, morphed into its final form over a year’s worth of rehearsing and performing the song live. Even more than any of their past five singles, ‘Fuji or a Trek’ captures the core of FORAGER: high musicianship infused with kaleidoscopic pop energy.

‘Fuji or a Trek’ is written and performed by Shyamala (vocals), Jack Broza (guitars, keys, bass), and Colum Enrique (drums), was mixed by Jack Broza, and mastered by Jamie Lawrence. Pipedream Firewood is due August 18.

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