Swedish indie band Tribe Friday return with their new single Parasitas, released January 16, 2026 via Icons Creating Evil Art. The track is the final preview ahead of the band’s upcoming EP The Band Formerly Known As Tribe Friday, out February 6, 2026.

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.

Formed as an after-school project in a small Swedish town, Tribe Friday have grown into one of Sweden’s most compelling indie exports. Known for balancing introspective songwriting with melodic warmth, the band has toured internationally, played festivals such as SXSW and Reeperbahn, and built a reputation for emotionally charged live shows.

After years of constant movement, lineup changes and creative exhaustion, Tribe Friday returned to a more intimate way of working — writing and recording together in one space for the first time in years. The result is The Band Formerly Known As Tribe Friday, an EP shaped by burnout, mental health struggles and the slow process of learning how to move forward without losing yourself.

With renewed focus and a refreshed lineup — Noah Deutschmann (vocals/guitar), Isak Gunnarsson (guitar/vocals), David Engquist (drums) and Erik Lyding (bass) — Tribe Friday are now heading back to the stage.

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

LABEL CONTACTS

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