New York, NY (Top40 Charts) Today, recent Queerties Award-nominated duo The FMs released their latest slice of thought-provoking alterna-pop in the form of the track "T/riangle." Incredibly personal and based on band member Matte Namer's own polyamorous relationship, "T/riangle" is a groundbreaking look at dismantling the traditionally passed-down and rigid interpretations of romantic attachment and embracing the beauty of alternative ways of thinking and loving. The video for the track (directed by Matt Mahurin) is also out today and is a dreamy, hypnotic visual experience that is beautifully poignant in its simplicity echoing the nature of the source material.
Of the track, Namer says "A lot of our music is about our journey to free ourselves from the shame of being different… ["T/riangle"] is a real story, and it's a different kind of love story. I hope it can inspire people already living in polyamorous dynamics and open others' minds to the possibilities that this type of love can accomplish."
While out today on DSPs and in video format, "T/riangle" will also be available on vinyl on March 16th when The FMs' forthcoming double single (also featuring a spirited cover of Ultravox's '77 classic "My Sex") will be available online.
The release follows a recent Queerties Award nomination for best Indie
Music Vid for their song "Song X" (also directed by Mahurin) which New Now Next called a "rush of adrenaline" that "breaks the gender binary." Alternative Press recently said that The FMs "bridge the gap between first wave and new wave - or perhaps between Brecht and Bauhaus" and the Brooklyn-bred (and now Ithaca-based) duo of Matte Namer (they/them) and Frankie Rex (they/them, he/him) are on a mission to extract the stigma & continued ignorance embedded in society's gender experience.
Though officially formed in 2017, Matte Namer and Frankie Rex have been friends since their high school years growing up in NYC — a time in both of their lives that was rife with moments of self-reflection/analysis, ostracization, depression, and experimentation. Both Namer & Rex found their journeys of self-discovery and identity weave with one another, and with a shared musical bedrock of artistic inspirations (artists that unapologetically march to their own beat like Nine Inch Nails, St. Vincent, A Perfect Circle, New Order, Elliott Smith, to name a few), The FMs were born.
Whether it was through the self-curated immersive live performances that helped start their career (intimate and inclusive underground art performances that took place on a historic boat docked in Brooklyn) or via their 2017 debut album Machinacene Epoch (which took cues from glam, synth-pop, industrial, stoner rock, dance music, and beyond), The FMs have been long-standing proponents of using one's own unique voice to continue important conversations about topics like gun violence, toxic masculinity, selfie culture, and artificial intelligence.
