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FakeDad’s guide to the best LA spots for the end of the world
It was the restless, testy Beatnik Jack Kerouac who called Los Angeles “the loneliest and most brutal of American cities”. What better backdrop for the end of the world? With incessant power outages, record-breaking temperature highs, and displays of global conflict that turn casualties into numbers shiny on Instagram infographics, we may need to find our dystopian survival hats sooner rather than later. And if LA’s “brutality” turns its back on us, then certainly it makes sense to first turn our backs on it.
Lucky for some, LA-based synth-pop indie-rock duo FakeDad have already done the hard work for Americans based in the sunny desert. Don’t let the focus on the world’s untimely demise fool you, though; FakeDad’s music is so boisterous it could burst, so free-wheeling it may just fuel the rocketship taking several more Katy Perry clones up into space.
Andrea and Josh of FakeDad pack a mighty punch on recent album, Holly Wholesome and the Slut Machine, often singing with faces painted like clowns. With the catchy hooks of Wet Leg and the bite of Sleater-Kinney, FakeDad aren’t just preparing for the world’s end – they’re soundtracking it.
