ill peach – Cult Daddy
ill peach began long before it had a name. The LA-based three piece – Jess Corazza, Pat Morrissey, and Jesse Schuster – first crossed paths in high school in Minnesota, bound less by genre than by obsession. Kicking off 2026 with a bang, the band have today released a new track “Cult Daddy,” and it’s everything you wouldn’t expect.
Equal parts cutting and captivating, the video, directed by Lucy Sandler, finds Jess Corazza detailing the inner workings of a secret cult. “This song is based on a true story,” Corazza explains. “A friend of ours worked for a men’s group centered around masculinity and semen retention—only later realizing it was a cult. Fascinated by the things he overheard, he stayed long enough to watch the ‘leader’ present his very pregnant Italian wife as immaculate conception—only to realize she may have been the cult leader all along. This song is part of a larger collection of stories told from a fly-on-the-wall perspective—shaped by what happens when no one thinks they’re being listened to.”
The track marks the band’s most recent release since their 2023 debut THIS IS NOT AN EXIT (Hardly Art/Sub Pop), which earned early support from The FADER, Consequence, Wonderland, and Alternative Press, the latter calling their songs “absurdly fun.” The band first formed as a songwriting/production duo in NYC, crafting tracks for artists including SZA, Weezer, Pierce the Veil, PVRIS, Pharrell, and more. It wasn’t long before they realized their own music was too electrifying, too weird, and too raw to remain behind the scenes.
Thriving in a space between chaos and catharsis, the band’s disruptive pop features experimental grit, punk energy, and charm.
2021 marked a turning point for the band with the release of their single “GUM.” Built on nostalgic guitar tones and juxtaposed by modern synths and drums, the track quietly rewired the band’s creative center. For Corazza, it marked the first time she stopped flinching—letting the song function like a page torn straight from her diary. Releasing it opened Pandora’s box—revealing a sound ill peach could finally call their own.
Creatively, the band thrives on opposition. Corazza is rooted in the restless lineage of the Meet Me in the Bathroom era—bands like Yeah Yeah Yeahs, LCD Soundsystem, Radiohead, and Garbage. Morrissey, by contrast, is relentlessly forward-facing: endlessly curious, tuned into cultural shifts, new sounds, and emerging ideas. Where Corazza protects the past, Morrissey chases the future. The friction between them powers their music, creating a space where nostalgia collides with what’s next. Schuster brings a third instinct into the room: a fixation on unconventional chord choices, DIY experimentation, and pushing songs just far enough off the grid to feel dangerous. Together, the band operates inside a shared but unruly musical landscape—one defined by contradiction, emotional honesty, and refusal to settle.
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