Farmer's Wife unveil new grunge daydream EP 'Faint Illusions'

AUSTIN BAND FARMER’S WIFE UNVEIL NEW EP FAINT ILLUSIONS AVAILABLE EVERYWHERE NOW - LISTEN WHIMSY FILLED HARD ROCK EXPLODES  ACROSS FIVE FAIRYTALE SONGS TOUR WITH BOSTON MANOR  ENDS THIS WEEKEND IN NASHVILLE RSVP: KENZIE@BIGHASSLE.COM

Photo credit: Kylie Bly  "Atmospheric production and superfluous reverb.” - AUSTIN CHRONICLE “Ominously simmering alt-rock.” - FLOOD MAGAZINE “Grunge-infused tales of identity and romance.” - MELODIC MAGAZINE “Fuzzy sludgy grunge-y super melodic goodness.” - OH MY ROCKNESS Austin rockers Farmer’s Wife are excited to share their new EP, Faint Illusions, available everywhere now. An exploration of what’s real and what’s a figment of our imaginations, the new EP inspects reality in the context of love alongside heavy guitar and bone-chattering whimsy. Both “Seethe” and “Mildew” premiered preceding the EP, showcasing the band’s sonic nods to 90’s shoegaze and grunge on today’s EP. However, these influences don’t fully encapsulate the musical breadth explored in Faint Illusions; Singer and guitarist Molly Masson’s voice combined with darker, grittier themes, gives the EP a multi-dimensional feel and brings the eerie vision of the band to life. LISTEN TO FAINT ILLUSIONS Since their inception in 2021, Farmer’s Wife has been a local go-to within Austin’s DIY scene, known for their incendiary performances, swirling guitar riffs and sludgy sound. Their first EP, There’s A Monster, arrived in fall of 2023 and solidified their ability to create atmospheric songs that pull the listener in completely, bringing them into their dark fairy tale world. Last year, the group shared new singles “Boheme,” and a cover of Donovan’s “Season of the Witch,” previewing a deep shift in sound before touring around the U.S. with contemporaries like Cloud Nothings, Armlock, and Equipment. LISTEN TO “SEASON OF THE WITCH” Coming off an explosive tour with Destroy Boys, Farmer’s Wife are on the road again, currently finishing up the southern part of their tour supporting Boston Manor with Spaced and Ellis. For a full list of dates, see below or visit farmers-wife.com.  ### FARMER’S WIFE LIVE WITH BOSTON MANOR, SPACED & ELLIS MAY 16 - The Social - Orlando, FL 17 - The Masquerade - Atlanta, GA 18 - The End - Nashville, TN

FARMER’S WIFE FAINT ILLUSIONS

1. Dirty Shirley 2. Seethe - LISTEN 3. Mildew - WATCH 4. The Ballet 5. Discount Roses

ABOUT FARMER’S WIFE: As the renaissance of 90s shoegaze continues, Austin’s Farmer’s Wife tread moodily around its boundaries. Combining elements of dirge, psych, scatterings of 80’s pop and heavy doses of grunge, their music recalls the best of that era – the early records from Smashing Pumpkins, Tool, Jane’s Addiction, and Slowdive. Singer and guitarist Molly Masson’s voice is beguilingly wistful, delivering lyrics that blend art-house horror with fantastical romance, cocooned in a fairytale nightfall. Musically, drummer Jaelyn Valero and bassist Jacob Masson match that unease with brooding rhythm, and guitarists Jude Hill and Derek Ivy alternate lush melodies with walls of tension and gloom. The overall effect is intricate and unnerving, the feeling of sitting in peaceful sunlight with a dark forest of untold terrors surrounding you. These off-kilter dreams are perfectly captured on songs such as “Shoe Goo” and “Swarm” or the beautiful melancholy of “Pool Song.” Their new EP, Faint Illusions, takes things to a grittier place musically, but with the same familiar themes winding throughout the songs. Decomposing, fading, withering – imagery blending gothic finality with romantic despair. “Tangled up in silk again. Cover me in your mildew….The fruit it rots and falls onto me,” sings Molly on “Mildew,” once again turning decay into ardor. Repeatedly, the band weaves the most delicate lyrical webs through a storm of instrumental lament. “Walking down the sunset, stars are in the street. One pocket full of posies, one pocket full of meat,” sets the ghoulish tone for “The Ballet” - a song that starts in whimsical twilight before spiraling into a fever dream of night and chaos. The final track, “Discount Roses” sees a simple tale of falling in love swallowed by metaphors of alien abduction and a nod to a paradise of the afterlife – coming full circle on the arc of love’s birth and death. As with all their music, the allegories blend into the storytelling, which is sometimes intensely personal and at others wholly voyeuristic. That push-pull of intimacy and distance is central to both their recordings and live show, leaving you constantly off-balance but always enraptured.

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