TikTok has been sending me a steady stream of videos from Parrotfish lately, and these two singles from 2026 immediately made me curious to hear more.
What I really enjoyed about these two songs is how naturally the band balances swagger and anxiety. The grooves are enormous, the hooks are insane, and the songs practically demand you move.
Beneath all that energy are lyrics about financial stress, burnout, and the quiet panic of trying to navigate adulthood.
“ATM” (2026)
“ATM” opens with a killer funky-rock groove and so much swagger that it feels like something you’d want as your theme music when you enter a room.
The bass immediately grabbed my attention before the guitars crash in, creating something that feels like Red Hot Chili Peppers and Faith No More finding common ground.
It’s funky, loud, irreverent, and impossible not to bounce along with.
What begins with the bones of alternative funk-metal takes a trip through driving rock and hook-filled pop without ever losing its momentum.
Lyrically, the song is rooted in something surprisingly relatable: the frustration of constantly feeling squeezed financially. Instead of presenting that anxiety as defeat, the band attacks it with swagger and high-octane energy.
“Mid-Monday” (2026)
“Mid-Monday” constantly shifts styles, bouncing between flashes of 80s new wave, early-2000s pop punk, and laid-back alternative rock. And I swear, at times the vocals made me think of Colin Hay.
All those stylistic jumps somehow work because the song itself feels like a mental breakdown, a mind trying to find its footing while everything races in different directions.
The repeated gang vocals transform what could have been a lonely story into something communal, turning a miserable Monday afternoon, a broken-down commuter car, and the uncertainty of adulthood into a stadium-sized singalong.
It’s basically a quarter-life crisis you can dance to.
Parrotfish pulls off one of my favorite tricks in songwriting.
Take something in life that is frustrating.
Give it an irresistible groove.
Then let it rip.
If these two songs are any indication, they’re a band I’m going to really enjoy.
Verdict: Solid
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