Bummer Camp - Fake My Death
Bummer Camp Share New Single and Music Video “Too Far” Taken From Sophomore Album
Fake My Death out May 8 via Trash Casual
Today, Queens, NY shoegaze/grunge band Bummer Camp shared a new single “Too Far,” a driving, fuzzy track that captures the anxiety and frustration of speaking your truth. Released with an accompanying music video, it’s the latest single from the band’s sophomore album Fake My Death, out May 8 via Trash Casual Records. Shot around Eli’s neighborhood in Ridgewood, Queens, the music video was created by Owen Lehman, who came onto Eli’s radar through his work with pals such as MX LONELY.
“I’ve always been the kind of person to speak my mind or say my opinion,” explains frontman Eli Frank. “Positive or negative. I don’t think lying to anyone does them any favors. ‘Too far’ is about my anxieties surrounding my honest personality. ‘I try so hard to get along, the words I say just come out wrong, at any rate I’ll probably die alone’ is probably the most direct and demonstrative lyric of the song in this regard. Everything I say makes sense to me but people aren’t always going to want to hear the truth, or at least my truth. The song also grapples with my anger surrounding this acceptance and the likelihood that I’ll never change.”
Originally formed as a solo loop-based project by frontman Eli Frank, Bummer Camp has evolved into a full band after early EP releases and the 2025 debut LP Stuck In A Dream. With Fake My Death, the group aims for a bigger, more focused record built around anxieties that surface and fade, and the push-pull of wanting to disappear versus continuing on. Rather than writing from a distance, the album frames those thoughts plainly and turns them into direct, melodic songs meant to be lived with. The album was announced with the release of lead single “One Bullet,” which was accompanied by a music video directed by longtime collaborator and multimedia artist Preston Spurlock.
“‘Wanna fake my death cause I can’t stomach anything’ is a line from the song “Perfect Storm” Eli says of the inspiration for the album. “The desire to tune everything out to such a point that you just want to actually disappear forever is not going to help anything, especially yourself,” Eli explains. “You gotta take the good, the bad, the beautiful, the ugly, and roll with it. In my opinion, whether you’re being punched or hugged, feeling something is better than not feeling anything at all.”
The album was recorded in New Jersey at a farm-based studio called The Animal Farm, with Brett Bivona playing lead guitar and Jon “Steel Wolf” Markson recording and mixing; he also played bass on the record and contributed to the production. Compared to past home-recorded work, the studio setting brought a tighter timeline and a more intentional approach, while still leaving room for extra textures and character.
“When I record at home I can take as long as I want goofing around and playing with different instruments,” Eli explains. “In the studio, time is literally money… a lot of money. So you gotta be focused and use your time wisely. We did end up getting the main bits done early so we could play around with percussion and other random stuff, I think it’s important to leave time for things like that because A) it’s fun and B) it adds character to the album.”
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