Floridian singer/songwriter Chris Farren has shared a music video for his new song “Bluish,” off of his upcoming album, Doom Singer. The album, which was produced by Jay Som, is due out August 4 via ...

The FADER’s “Songs You Need” are the tracks we can’t stop playing. Check back every day for new music and follow along on our Spotify playlist. Maybe it's because I grew up in the era of Girls, Mean ...

Justin Farren is his own man. He’s not perfect as a man nor is he perfect as a musician. His playing is not technically sound, and his songwriting is not overly polished. There are rough edges in both ...

Later this summer, the elegant and sophisticated pop-punk heartthrob Chris Farren will release his new album Doom Singer. He recorded it with producer Melina Duterte, who most of us know as Jay Som.

Chris says that the song came from a batch of songs he wrote in June when he and Jeff Rosenstock challenged each other to write a bunch of songs in a month and then share them with each other. (Four ...

Chris Farren has been thinking about movie endings. On his third album, Doom Singer, he shares his ideal conclusion: “Everything turns out great for me / There’s no discomfort or conflict.” It’s a ...

This is largely due to “Chris Farren” actually sounding like a real band, and not one guy trying to reimagine the past five decades of power-pop in his closet. Most of the time, the difference is as ...

Chris Farren has released a new song. it's called "Cause of death" and appears to be a stand alone single. You can check it out below.

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Chris Farren’s success in 2022 sounds like a fever dream. There’s an evil ghoul that he’s constantly battling against online, the ghoul’s seemingly benign baby, a sentient piece of plastic known as ...

Chris Farren’s excellent new album showcases the singer/songwriter’s razor-sharp wit and captures the tentative joy and lingering fear of the post-pandemic world. It smartly builds on some of the ...