ill peach – Molly’s Not A Friend

Los Angeles three-piece, ill peach are boldly stepping into their next chapter. Following their cutting, twisted single “Cult Daddy” released last month, the band is back with their newest track “Molly’s Not A Friend,” a disruptive-pop banger that grabs you and doesn’t let go.

‘80s synths and driving drums kick off the track, which finds lead singer Jess Corazza recounting a night gone wrong – an attempt to outrun grief that unravels in real time.

She shares “‘Molly’s Not a Friend’ came out of a night I thought might numb something in me. I went to this party, still deep in grief after my dad passed, and decided to take MDMA. It backfired immediately. But the strangest part wasn’t even the physical spiral—it was how hyper-aware I became. I felt like I was listening in on reality in the worst way. Snippets of conversations, people brushing past me, laughter that felt distorted—it was not fun. The song came from that experience—realizing that anything promising escape can turn on you, and that grief doesn’t dissolve just because you try to outrun it. I made Molly a character in the lyrics that described the ultimate party girl, which I found out that night I was not.”

ill peach began long before it had a name. Jess Corazza, Pat Morrissey, and Jesse Schuster first crossed paths in high school in Minnesota, bound less by genre than by obsession.  Thriving in a space between chaos and catharsis, the band’s disruptive pop features experimental grit, punk energy, and charm and is just the start of what’s still to come.

The new singles kick off the band’s next era – unfolding like a fly-on-the-wall study of human connection – from overheard conversations, internal spirals, moments of intimacy and more. The new music follows 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.

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