Fcukers
Fcukers is an American electronic band formed in New York City in 2022. It consists of Shanny Wise and Jackson Walker Lewis. In 2023, they released their debut single "Mothers". Their debut EP entitled Baggy$$ was released in 2024 through Ninja Tune's Technicolour Records imprint.
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Artist Presale: Thursday, January 15th at 10am localLocal Presale: Thursday, January 15th at 12pm localSpotify Presale: Thursday, January 15th at 2pm localGeneral Onsale: Friday, January 16th at 10am localfcukers explosive ascendance began downtown in New York City. In a fast-track three years spent amassing millions of streams, playing Glastonbury, Primavera, Lollapalooza, Coachella and in arenas supporting LCD Soundsystem and Tame Impala, they earned BBC Radio 1s Future Artist of the Month, and spots on both Spotify and Amazons Artists to Watch lists. Audiences worldwide crave the party fugue state that the bands riotous live shows design.
The genre-bending album collages Dub, UK Garage, Trip Hop and 2000s Hip Hop with more modern sounds spontaneously merged in unique and measured ways. Minimal arrangements keep the tracks focused and to the point paired with the bands staple mantra-like lyrics. While on the West Coast, in the week between Coachella sets, the band got coffee with Producer Kenneth Blume (FKA Kenny Beats).
At his studio, they played a track theyd been contemplating for the album, Feel the Real. Unprompted, Blume suggested Wise and Lewis get in the room and just play. Y.
came out of the session. Blume cleared his week. When fcukers returned to his studio Monday morning, Play Me was the first track laid down and cut within an hour.
In late 2022, Shanny Wise met LA-born Jackson Walker Lewis in her native Lower East Side of Manhattan. A mutual friend introduced the two, both formerly in Indie Rock bands, foreseeing collaborative potential. Lewis was DJing most nights downtown, playing the House music he listened to regularly, Armand Van Helden, DJ Sneak, Todd Terry and others of the era, while Wise was writing, experimenting with electronic music herself.
The bands first released track Mothers, recorded in Lewiss apartment, inspired them to play their first show at Babys All Right, delivering what Paper Magazine called, an electric live performance, pumping up the whole room. The band seemingly sprung out, fully formed, and have never wavered in identity. Lewis pounded the keyboard.
A close friend danced topless at the back of the stage. The tightly packed crowd never stopped jumping as Wises hypnotic vocals transcended against the commanding beat and booming drums. The response was palpable, galvanic, and set fcukers fate in motion.