Swedish “bubblegum emo” outfit Tribe Friday return on February 6 with The Band Formerly Known As Tribe Friday — an EP shaped by burnout, reinvention, and the strange, never‑ending process of moving forward. The release marks a full-circle moment for the group: a return to their garage-band beginnings after years of intense touring, lineup changes, and creative fatigue. Written and recorded together in one room for the first time in years, it’s a quiet rebellion against algorithmic slop and AI-optimized art — a deeply human record, unafraid of sonic imperfection and discomfort.

At its heart, the EP is a series of emotional snapshots: unguarded, messy and intensely relatable. Across six tracks, Tribe Friday explore derealization, techno-capitalist absurdity, emotional dependency, avoidance, mania, and the fear of death through lived-in, everyday details. The guitars are gentler, the dynamics more pronounced, the melodies slow-burning. It’s the sound of a band almost ten years in, finally playing with clarity and on their own terms.

The record opens with Parasitas, the band’s first-ever single in Swedish. Singing in their mother tongue brings new immediacy and weight to Tribe Friday’s sound, as the song’s recurring line — “säg att du aldrig skadat nån så tar ingen skada” (“say you never hurt anyone and no one shall get hurt”) — lands somewhere between comfort and threat. That subtle tension threads through the rest of the EP.
From there, the songs lean into human discomfort from every angle. Some are wistful, some are wry, some are bruised and grateful all at once. There’s the manic rush and violent joy of Mammals, written after weeks of moshpits and house shows in Austin,TX; the hollow, haunting tilt of Dog with Favorite Toy, exploring derealization and disorientation; the existential midpoint reflections of Teeth (1); the dystopian satire of Springtime 2160; and the soft-spoken finality of Scenes from a Bridge (Denmark) — inspired by a conversation about death during the long drive home from what could have been the band’s final tour.

Formed as an after‑school project in a small Swedish town, Tribe Friday have grown into one of Sweden’s most compelling indie exports. Since their early EPs sparked international attention, the band have toured extensively across Europe and North America, played festivals such as SXSW and Reeperbahn, appeared on major TV and radio platforms (including P3 Guld & Musikhjälpen), and built a reputation for emotionally charged live shows.

After the release of their critically acclaimed 2023 album Hemma — an album centered on trauma, roots and reconciliation — the band reached a breaking point. Burnout and an unsustainable pace led to a necessary pause. Remaining core members Noah Deutschmann (vocals/guitar) and Isak Gunnarsson (guitar/vocals), now joined by David Engquist (drums) and Erik Lyding (bass), stepped back to recharge and rediscover why they started making music in the first place.

“If you want to be somebody in a small Swedish town, you’ve got three options,” says frontman Noah Deutschmann. “You can play team sports. You can do drugs. Or you can play music. That’s what we did.” That spirit of stubborn creative survival runs through The Band Formerly Known As Tribe Friday — a record that acknowledges everything the band has lived through, without being weighed down by it.

With renewed focus and a refreshed lineup, Tribe Friday are preparing to return to the stage in 2026 with tour dates across Sweden, Germany, Switzerland and beyond. A recent fan-powered fundraiser to repair their broken-down tour van became an unexpectedly wholesome reminder of why they do this at all: the connection is still there. It always has been.

The Band Formerly Known As Tribe Friday is out February 6, 2026 via Icons Creating Evil Art.

Photo: Miranda Fredriksson

P R E S E N T S

From burnouts & breakdowns to creative rebirth:
Tribe Friday return with The Band Formerly Known As…
The Swedish alt-rock outfit strip things back and find clarity on their most human record yet. 

Released February 6, 2026 via Icons Creating Evil Art 
(Bubblegum Emo / Alternative / Indie Rock )

B O O K I N G
Zachary Cepin (NA) - zachary@highroadtouring.com
Jan Hagerodt (DE) - hage@spider-promotion.de
Jennifer Eriksson Nikolic (SWE+nordics) - jennifer@jubel.se
Erik Ohlsson (SWE+nordics) - erik@jubel.se
Legal: Nick Ferrara - nick@ferraraentlaw.coms

P R O M O
GSA PR: Marco Linke, www.cmm-online.de
Nordic PR: Icons Creating Evil Art 

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Swedish “bubblegum emo” outfit Tribe Friday return on February 6 with The Band Formerly Known As Tribe Friday — an EP shaped by burnout, reinvention, and the strange, never‑ending process of moving forward. The release marks a full-circle moment for the group: a return to their garage-band beginnings after years of intense touring, lineup changes, and creative fatigue. Written and recorded together in one room for the first time in years, it’s a quiet rebellion against algorithmic slop and AI-optimized art — a deeply human record, unafraid of sonic imperfection and discomfort.

At its heart, the EP is a series of emotional snapshots: unguarded, messy and intensely relatable. Across six tracks, Tribe Friday explore derealization, techno-capitalist absurdity, emotional dependency, avoidance, mania, and the fear of death through lived-in, everyday details. The guitars are gentler, the dynamics more pronounced, the melodies slow-burning. It’s the sound of a band almost ten years in, finally playing with clarity and on their own terms.

The record opens with Parasitas, the band’s first-ever single in Swedish. Singing in their mother tongue brings new immediacy and weight to Tribe Friday’s sound, as the song’s recurring line — “säg att du aldrig skadat nån så tar ingen skada” (“say you never hurt anyone and no one shall get hurt”) — lands somewhere between comfort and threat. That subtle tension threads through the rest of the EP.
From there, the songs lean into human discomfort from every angle. Some are wistful, some are wry, some are bruised and grateful all at once. There’s the manic rush and violent joy of Mammals, written after weeks of moshpits and house shows in Austin,TX; the hollow, haunting tilt of Dog with Favorite Toy, exploring derealization and disorientation; the existential midpoint reflections of Teeth (1); the dystopian satire of Springtime 2160; and the soft-spoken finality of Scenes from a Bridge (Denmark) — inspired by a conversation about death during the long drive home from what could have been the band’s final tour.
 

Photo: Miranda Fredriksson

Formed as an after‑school project in a small Swedish town, Tribe Friday have grown into one of Sweden’s most compelling indie exports. Since their early EPs sparked international attention, the band have toured extensively across Europe and North America, played festivals such as SXSW and Reeperbahn, appeared on major TV and radio platforms (including P3 Guld & Musikhjälpen), and built a reputation for emotionally charged live shows.

After the release of their critically acclaimed 2023 album Hemma — an album centered on trauma, roots and reconciliation — the band reached a breaking point. Burnout and an unsustainable pace led to a necessary pause. Remaining core members Noah Deutschmann (vocals/guitar) and Isak Gunnarsson (guitar/vocals), now joined by David Engquist (drums) and Erik Lyding (bass), stepped back to recharge and rediscover why they started making music in the first place.

“If you want to be somebody in a small Swedish town, you’ve got three options,” says frontman Noah Deutschmann. “You can play team sports. You can do drugs. Or you can play music. That’s what we did.” That spirit of stubborn creative survival runs through The Band Formerly Known As Tribe Friday — a record that acknowledges everything the band has lived through, without being weighed down by it.

With renewed focus and a refreshed lineup, Tribe Friday are preparing to return to the stage in 2026 with tour dates across Sweden, Germany, Switzerland and beyond. A recent fan-powered fundraiser to repair their broken-down tour van became an unexpectedly wholesome reminder of why they do this at all: the connection is still there. It always has been.

The Band Formerly Known As Tribe Friday is out February 6, 2026 via Icons Creating Evil Art.

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February 2026 Tour Dates
Tickets & Info: www.tribefriday.com
05.02.26 — Hamburg, Cascadas
06.02.26 — Alfeld, Kuba Alfeld-Rockt
07.02.26 — Krefeld, Kulturrampe
08.02.26 — Hannover, Kulturzentrum Faust
10.02.26 — Berlin, Schokoladen
11.02.26 — Köln, Garagen
12.02.26 — Bremen, Tower Musikclub
13.02.26 — Wolfsburg, Sauna Club / indoor pool
14.02.26 — Göttingen, Nörgelbuff
16.02.26 — Bamberg, Live-Club
18.02.26 — Nürnberg, Club Stereo
21.02.26 — St. Gallen (CH), Nordklang Festival

Parasitas is a soft, melodic indie pop song that explores emotional dependency, avoidance, and the fragile comfort of unhealthy patterns. Built around gentle guitars, restrained dynamics and a lingering melody, the song captures the fear of honesty — with others and with yourself — and the quiet tension between longing and self-preservation. 

Parasitas also marks the band’s first release entirely in Swedish, bringing a new closeness to their songwriting. Lyrically, the song drifts through everyday images and unresolved relationships: bike rides, unspoken truths, and the feeling of carefully navigating emotional minefields. Its repeated plea — “say you never hurt anyone” — becomes both a comfort and a warning, highlighting how easily responsibility can be displaced when closeness feels too risky.

LABEL CONTACTS

Carl-Marcus Gidlöf
Head of the Snake
Icons Creating Evil Art
Råsundavägen 73, Solna
Sweden
cmg@icea.se