Cafuné show love in moments of friction on new single "In My Pocket"
CAFUNÉ SHOW LOVE IN MOMENTS OF FRICTION
ON NEW SONG “IN MY POCKET” — STREAM
FINAL SINGLE BEFORE NEW ALBUM BITE REALITY
ARRIVES ON SEPTEMBER 12 — PRE-SAVE
NORTH AMERICAN HEADLINE TOUR KICKS OFF NEXT MONTH
WITH SUPPORT FROM CRUSHED — SEE ALL DATES HERE
Press photo by Akram Shah
“...alt-pop dynamism that displays the duo’s tight-knit friendship and music-producing chops.”
— UPROXX
“Some songs have a beautiful way of pulling you straight into your feelings—whether through a striking chord progression or the interplay of instruments… It drops you into a reflective headspace, thinking about what could’ve been—or what once was.”
— EARMILK
Today, multi-Platinum duo Cafuné release one more single ahead of their new album with “In My Pocket.” Written and produced by band members Noah Yoo and Sedona Schat, Bite Reality will arrive on September 12 via the band’s own Aurelians Club label, distributed by SoundOn. “In My Pocket” is a thank you note for the people in life who see your flaws and choose not to pull away — Stream.
“‘In My Pocket’ is our ode to the ride-or-dies. Anyone who’s been in a band or long-term relationship knows that given enough years, you end up disagreeing about the same stuff over and over,” says Schat. “A big part of showing love in those moments is commitment to forging on. No matter how often the same friction might arise, the humility required to say ‘I’m flawed, let’s try again’ is the foundation of what makes this relationship so meaningful to us.“
As the New York duo stare head-on into a world of digital degradation, they ask what humanity looks like in an era increasingly defined by AI, algorithms, and artificial intimacy. Recorded in 2024, the record finds the band at a familiar crossroads, reckoning between real and fake. The difference, this time around, is that they’re doing it in the real world, too. They’re no longer running from the bite of reality, but biting reality back; their lyrics teem with brutal honesty, not avoidant analogy.
So far from the upcoming album, Cafuné have released “e-Asphyxiation,” “Attack + Release” and “Temporary Lover” featuring Riovaz.
Cafuné's 3X Platinum song "Tek It" surpassed 1 billion streams in part due to its cultural moment on TikTok. Since 2022, the song has received its own Fortnite emote, was sampled in Lil Uzi Vert’s single “Red Moon,” and has remained a beloved staple in the band’s ever-growing catalog.
Beginning next month, Cafuné will set out on their headline Alive Online Tour, playing the largest rooms of their career to date. Along the way, they will be supported by maximalist dream-pop duo crushed. All tour info can be found here and below.
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UPCOMING TOUR DATES
September 19 - Washington, DC - The Atlantis*
September 20 - Philadelphia, PA - The Fillmore - The Foundry*
September 22 - Boston, MA - Brighton Music Hall*
September 23 - Montréal, QC - Bar Le Ritz PDB*
September 24 - Toronto, ON - The Great Hall*
September 26 - Chicago, IL - Lincoln Hall*
September 27 - Madison, WI - High Noon Saloon*
September 30 - Denver, CO - Globe Hall*
October 2 - Salt Lake City, UT - Urban Lounge*
October 5 - Portland, OR - Mississippi Studios*
October 6 - Seattle, WA - The Crocodile - Madame Lou's*
October 8 - San Francisco, CA - Bimbo's 365 Club*
October 10 - Los Angeles, CA - Teragram Ballroom*
October 12 - Phoenix, AZ - The Rebel Lounge*
October 14 - Dallas, TX - House of Blues Dallas - Cambridge Room*
October 15 - Austin, TX - The Parish*
October 17 - Atlanta, GA - The Masquerade - Hell*
October 18 - Carrboro, NC - Cat's Cradle - Backroom*
October 22 - Brooklyn, NY - Music Hall of Williamsburg*
*with support from crushed
All tour dates here
ABOUT CAFUNÉ:
Four years ago, in a vastly different context, Cafuné—the indie-pop powerhouse of Noah Yoo and Sedona Schat—released Running, a bionic debut album that soundtracked a collective urge for post-pandemic escapism. That record, Schat says, “is literally all about running away.” But as the duo enters its tenth year, their foundational questions—of authenticity, artificiality, and the existential tension between the two—feel more pressing than ever. “The entire time that the band has existed,” Schat says, “it’s always been about negotiating between digital manipulation and raw realness.”
This moment—one increasingly defined by AI, algorithms, and artificial intimacy—is very much a bastion of “digital manipulation” in itself. Recorded in 2024, their new record Bite Reality (out September 12 via SoundOn) finds the band at a familiar crossroads, reckoning between real and fake. The difference, this time around, is that they’re doing it in the real world, too. And it sounds like it. Bite Reality captures Cafuné in a confrontational state, no longer running from the bite of reality, but biting reality back. Their guitars growl; their vocals snarl; their lyrics teem with brutal honesty, not avoidant analogy. “Self-flagellation is not cute after a certain point,” Yoo says, with a laugh. “That’s not even helpful,” Schat adds. “What helps you to be better is actually facing: What is really wrong, and how do I work through it?”
Bite Reality is about the fine line between documenting your existence and doing the work to actually exist. What does humanity look, sound, and feel like in a dehumanizing era? Why prove that you’re alive when you can just live?
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