Fightmilk announce new album ‘No Souvenirs’

August 21, 2024 James Weaver

FIGHTMILK have announced a new album!

Titled No Souvenirs, the upcoming album from the London-based indie rock band is the follow-up to 2021’s Contender, and is scheduled to be released in November this year, via Fika Recordings/INH Records.

Alongside the announcement of the new album, FIGHTMILK have released a new song lifted from the upcoming album; the title track No Souvenirs. The new song is the second single to be released from the upcoming album, following on from Summer Bodies, which was released back in June.

Speaking about the new song, vocalist Lily says, “this is a song about surviving a loved one’s death and what you do with the leftovers. In 2013 a close friend of mine died and it messed me up for a really long time. It took ten years to write about it in a way that felt right, because I kept trying to articulate him and couldn’t get it down on paper. So, instead, this song is about that balancing act of honouring a life whilst also trying to hold onto little bits of it. I kept everything – notes, letters, texts, even a packet of instant flan mix he sent me once as a weird joke – but at the back of my mind is the knowledge that it’s just stuff that I’ve given power to. Souvenirs lose their meaning over time. The memory of him is really the only important thing. It’s a sad song about death but I wanted it to sound huge and final, like I’m putting something to bed.”

“It might be the best song we’ve ever written,” adds guitarist Alex, observing. “It’s definitely Lily’s best set of lyrics. The second we finished it, there was no question the album was going to be built with that song at its foundation.”

Listen to No Souvenirs here: