Flesh Produce is the musical equivalent of deep-fried memes. Live instrumental jams, samples, and various vocal, drum, and percussion performances are distressed, heavily processed and treated so they are unrecognizable, often fitted together in jarring unions. 

Its inception came in 2018: somewhat frustrated with playing in fairly standard bands, Karl Fagerstrom started making ‘beats’ with no prior experience or rules to follow, simply mimicking (and sampling) the weird music he liked. From there, Karl met Myla Profitt, who would become vocalist. The DIY duo have a strong creative chemistry and no shortage of musical ideas, with their work being described in terms such as “chaotic, glitchy, breakneck-speed noise punk” and “ambient filth.”

Flesh Produce’s next effort, Hyper Chasm will be released on Corporat Records on June 5. Preorder, here.

Today the band shares the single “Liquid Chrome” from Hyper Chasm. Fagerstrom has this to say about it:

“Hyper Chasm thematically comes from a bipolar-induced psychotic break Myla experienced. But, both the album as a whole, and especially ‘Liquid Chrome,’ are equally informed by the present moment and the city we live in. Our city’s music scene is vibrant – it’s eclectic as hell, with everyone mixing and mashing up genres to create entirely new things. We’re no exception: our goal is to fuse together everything we like, including the non-musical inputs in our lives.

“But the institutions of Seattle have completely bent the knee to tech oligarchs, local Epstein-befriended billionaires, and scummy developers. Every time we tour, we realize just how much cheaper every other American city is. Seattle has unapologetically screwed over its artist class, lower income community, and especially the homeless. This city is the epitome of that meme with genocidal bombs covered in “#BLM” stickers – everyone in ‘power’ is deep in the pockets of the .1%. Seattle runs on Reaganomics, but everyone’s got pronouns in their bios.

“That pressure cooker – the economic one – is hurting everyone we know (even the douche-y tech-bros are losing their cushy jobs, thanks to corporate greed run rampant). MAGA figureheads tell their followers that it’s the immigrants robbing them blind, but at least they have some lie to tell their people. All we get from ‘our’ leaders are spam texts asking us for political donations after they’ve already priced us all out of a livable existence.

“’Liquid Chrome’ is a call to action – it’s not too subtle, so we’re pretty sure you can read between the lines. Just listen to the lyrics and maybe go “be a hero,” if you will. No one is holding any of these billionaires accountable. For every cringe lord Musk needing attention online, remember that fifteen much-smarter (but equally evil) billionaires are moving in silence, ruining your life through pathological hoarding. To quote our friends in Help: ‘CLASS WAR NOW.’” 

Catch the band live here:

May 1 – Seattle, WA @ The Landing Strip

May 3 – Boise, ID @ Realms

May 7 – Kansas City, MO @ Howdy

May 9 – Birmingham, AL @ Firehouse

May 23 – Denver, CO @ 7th Circle

Jun 3 – Reno, NV @ Holland Project