Fcukers Share Live Cover of The Brian Jonestown Massacre’s “Anemone”

Fcukers, the New York pairing of Daniel P. Carter and Soren Bryce, have shared a live cover of The Brian Jonestown Massacre’s “Anemone,” releasing it as the duo prepares for a sudden leap in visibility. The track stays faithful to the original’s droning, narcotic pull, but Carter and Bryce strip it back further, letting the performance breathe with a loose, unpolished directness that suits a band still defining its edges.

The release lands before a pair of shows that outline the strange arc of a group barely past its first rehearsals. Later this month, they open for The Strokes at Flushing Meadows Corona Park. First, though, they appear at the UK’s 2000trees festival—only the band’s fourth live performance. In a recent conversation with Dork, the two spoke about finding each other mus