Chicago’s trash-pop outfit Fake Fictions disbanded fifteen years ago, but its band members – Nick Ammerman (guitar, vocals, organ), Sarah Ammerman (bass, vocals) and Ben Bilow (drums, percussion, keyboard, guitar, vocals) – are still going strong, nowadays as Shredded Sun. “I feel alive in a way, a way that’s more than alive // ​​Hooked on a feeling like a sugar rush // I’m here riding the tide” they sing in Breaking Out, one of the thirteen new tracks on their third full-length -length album Wilding, and that says a lot about the reason for this recording project that values ​​the DIY mentality. The trio not only captivates with their wordplay, but also because they alternate male and female vocals just as easily as they blend indie rock, post-punk, shoegaze, dream pop and jangle-punk influences (they aptly describe it themselves as guitar-centered rock music that emphasizes energy and creativity over perfection). “When I first met you, I didn’t know how to dance // Twenty years later, I still shuffle my feet and wave my hands // Like a drowning man with no sense of urgency” we hear in (Another Song Called) Mirror Ball, and we can only hope they continue to do so.

Wilding – written, performed, recorded and mixed by Shredded Sun – is out now digitally (self-released).

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