Fake Friends released ‘Better’ on Friday 13 th September, the third single to be released from the band from their upcoming EP due for release at the end of 2024. “I wrote a letter to my younger self, a boy I used to know. I told him you don’t need to worry there’s somethings you can’t control” sings lead singer Cathal Flaherty which he describes as the most personal song he has ever written.
Lyrically the song is a heartfelt conversation with his younger self as a boy and a message to let him know that he will go through some inevitable hardship in his life and the demons in his mind won’t fade away but it will eventually get better.
The band are fresh from the release of their debut single ‘Maybe’ in March of this year and the follow up ‘Girlfriend’, released in July. They have had extensive national airplay on both singles appearing twice on the RTE recommends list and also airplay on Today FM, RTE 2FM, Spin 103.8, iRadio, Radio Kerry amongst many others.
The band have recently signed a €300,000 recording contract with Song City Records and AMA Music agency and will be announcing a special hometown show in Killarney at the end of 2024, wrapping up what has been a very successful first year for the band. The song is produced by Larry Hogan in Dublin Studio Hub and mastered by Fergal Davis.
“We are so proud of this single” says Cathal Flaherty. “It has been the one song we have looked forward to people hearing the most since our formation and we can’t wait to have this out to the world. I think many people will resonate with it as much as we do”.
