{"id":39202,"date":"2023-04-18T12:15:00","date_gmt":"2023-04-18T16:15:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cultureaddicts.com\/?p=39202"},"modified":"2023-04-08T19:28:09","modified_gmt":"2023-04-08T23:28:09","slug":"fatal-jamz-shares-new-single-cult-star","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cultureaddicts.com\/?p=39202","title":{"rendered":"Fatal Jamz shares new single \u2018Cult Star\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Certified cult status, Fatal Jamz is the indie rock\/ dream pop project of Los Angeles based singer Marion Belle and analog whizkid Nicholas Allen Johns. They have shared their new single <em>Cult Star<\/em>. You can stream the track via YouTube below or through <a href=\"https:\/\/forcefieldpr.cmail19.com\/t\/j-l-ethhuly-drjjtiirkr-y\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">Spotify<\/a>\u00a0\/\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/forcefieldpr.cmail19.com\/t\/j-l-ethhuly-drjjtiirkr-j\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">Austin Town Hall<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-4-3 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<span class=\"embed-youtube\" style=\"text-align:center; display: block;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"youtube-player\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/9AHfC_fOnec?version=3&#038;rel=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;showinfo=1&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;fs=1&#038;hl=en-CA&#038;autohide=2&#038;wmode=transparent\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" style=\"border:0;\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-popups allow-presentation allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox\"><\/iframe><\/span>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Impossible to neatly categorize, their seductive brand of lush mystique and drama has seen its influence spread across a wide range of genres, as attested to by the artists who have taken them on tour, including Weyes Blood, Sky Ferreira, Smith Westerns, and Marion&#8217;s collaborations with artists as diverse as Sean Bowie of Yves Tumor, Eddie Chacon, Cullen Omori and Sam Mehran.<br><br>For years the group\u2019s renown was based solely on a handful of unreleased singles that made their way, without label support, to artists themselves. These infamous tracks culminated in 2016 with the release of their debut LP\u00a0\u2018Coverboy\u2019\u00a0&#8211; a record which I_d dubbed \u201c<em>a Glam Rock Romeo and Juliet.\u201d<\/em><br><br>Pandemic trials notwithstanding, 2022 saw the group release their first 2 singles since\u00a0\u2018Coverboy<em>\u2019 and<\/em> a sold out West Coast tour with Tchotchke (NYC).\u00a0They will release their sophomore album\u00a0\u2018Fatal Attraction\u2019\u00a0on May 26th, 2023\u00a0with a headline show at LA\u2019s Teragram Ballroom.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h5 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Tour dates<\/strong><\/h5>\n\n\n\n<p>5\/26&nbsp;\u2013 Los Angeles, CA \u2013 Teragram Ballroom<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/i2.cmail19.com\/ei\/j\/76\/245\/001\/025016\/csfinal\/IMG_3250-9900000000079e3c.jpeg\" alt=\"Fatal Jamz live poster\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/forcefieldpr.cmail19.com\/t\/j-l-ethhuly-drjjtiirkr-u\/\">GET TICKETS!<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/forcefieldpr.cmail19.com\/t\/j-l-ethhuly-drjjtiirkr-o\/\"><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<div class=\"mh-excerpt\"><p>Certified cult status, Fatal Jamz is the indie rock\/ dream pop project of Los Angeles based singer Marion Belle and analog whizkid Nicholas Allen Johns. <a class=\"mh-excerpt-more\" href=\"https:\/\/cultureaddicts.com\/?p=39202\" title=\"Fatal Jamz shares new single \u2018Cult Star\u2019\">[&#8230;]<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":39203,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"_wpas_customize_per_network":false},"categories":[22,23,25,28,29,30,1907],"tags":[11159,11160,4138],"class_list":["post-39202","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-guitar-rock","category-indie","category-live","category-music","category-music-video","category-new-release","category-news","tag-cult-star","tag-fatal-jamz","tag-live-date"],"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/cultureaddicts.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/73BF28E4-BF01-49DE-A5A8-4EEC9C556623-e1680996393115.jpeg?fit=899%2C543&ssl=1","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p2B2TV-aci","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":18650,"url":"https:\/\/cultureaddicts.com\/?p=18650","url_meta":{"origin":39202,"position":0},"title":"Ulrika Spacek share &#8216;She&#8217;s A Cult&#8217;","author":"cultureaddicts","date":"November 20, 2015","format":false,"excerpt":"Formed in Berlin in one night, longstanding friends Rhys Edwards and Rhys Williams conceptualised \u2018Ulrika Spacek\u2019 and came up with 'The Album Paranoia'\u00a0as their debut album title. 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