Celebrating 40-years as a band, Fishbone has announced the release of their new eponymous EP ‘Fishbone’ and song ‘Estranged Fruit,’ which features Fat Mike backing Angelo Moore‘s lead vocals and NOFX’s El Hefe on trumpet. Recorded and produced by NOFX’s Fat Mike, Fishbone will be released via his new label Bottles To The Ground. This EP is the band’s first new release in nearly a decade and features four of its six original members, including Chris Dowd, who returns to the band for the first time since 1994.
Fat Mike says, “Fishbone is the one band I’ve always wanted to produce ever since NOFX toured with them in 1992. When I got the chance two years ago….. I fucking gave it everything I got! I fucking love this band so much as friends and musicians, but I may like this record even more! I thank all of them for the opportunity.”
Fishbone also credit Fat Mike with steering the thematic direction of the EP towards something that addresses the current state of the world. “I know he is conscious of the need for Fishbone to make those kinds of statements,” says Norwood. “[We] handed over the song selection to Fat Mike. It was an experiment. We presented him with what we thought were our best songs, and he picked ’em all. We didn’t do a whole lot of discussing and just went with it.”
The EP includes their recent single ‘All We Have Is Now,’ and ‘Estranged Fruit’ which is a collaboration with NOFX based on Billie Holiday’s classic protest song ‘Strange Fruit.’ Fishbone debuted the track on a livestream in 2020. ‘Estranged Fruit’ is a timeless composition merging the past and present, embodied by the irony of society repeating what should be in the rearview mirror of an evolved society.