FGA Pushed Existential Ennui Into Fuzzed-Up Overdrive with Take It Back –

FGA delivered the fuzziest synthesis of garage rock, grunge, and skater punk with their hit single, Take It Back, pulled from the LP The Space Between Days. Antagonism courses through the rhythm section, which surges and recedes as one thick tide of distortion beneath vocals steeped in disillusionment. They channel the malaise of outliers caught in the undertow of ennui and existential dread, rather than whatever glossy capitalist fantasy others keep trying to swallow. This track is no hollow catharsis; it’s a call to arms wrapped in fuzz, giving hook-laced relief from the hamster wheel of monotony. It’s a seminal listen for anyone who knows their cynicism is earned, yet still needs a reminder that sound can shake you back to life.

The sonic engine behind FGA is Freddie Gibbs, the Texas-born artist who has been building his own alt-rock mythology from the ground up. Self-taught with a battered Mel Bay guitar book and a shrine of Nirvana CDs, Gibbs grew up in a house that rattled with Zeppelin riffs, Ramones defiance, and Pearl Jam’s brooding melancholy. By seventeen, he was out on his own, chasing noise wherever it would let him make it. Now working from his home studio, he writes, records, and keeps things raw with collaborators like Dan Konopka of OK Go adding high-voltage momentum behind the kit. With The Space Between Days, Gibbs proves is reanimating the spirit and forcing it to spit sparks.

Take It Back is now available on all major streaming platforms, including Spotify.

Review by Amelia Vandergast