Los Angeles anarcho-punk band Gottlieb announce their debut album ‘The Far Fallen Fruit,’ due out May 1, 2026 via Quiet Panic. Furious, self-interrogating and politically charged, the record arrives as a defining statement from a band rooted in confrontation. The first single, “Pipe Bomb,” is out now, with a hometown single release show set for February 22 at The Echo in Los Angeles. The opening line, “Nothing more dangerous than a failed artist,” lands like a flare in the dark.
“This was written at a time when I was experiencing the contraction of the TV industry,” says vocalist Andrew Pescara. “I was alongside my peers on strike, watching our dreams die in a business suffocated by billion-dollar deals. It’s a commentary on the commodification of workers across industries, where our lifelong wellbeing amounts to an accounting error. That kind of disenfranchisement is treated as normal — like white supremacy or a homemade bomb. It’s a cheap investment made from standard household ingredients.” The reaction to “Pipe Bomb” is immediate and electric.
Entirely self-produced, from artwork to recording and mixing, ‘The Far Fallen Fruit’ draws from the confrontational urgency of Ceremony, Crass and Refused. Gottlieb channel volatile, direct songwriting that reflects economic precarity, political radicalization and systemic collapse. “Our generation is in an antagonistic, mutually destructive relationship with the United States of America,” Pescara states. Bassist Dylan Marquez adds, “We are the first generation projected to have a shorter, lower-quality life than our parents. The apple has fallen very, very far from the tree.”
Gottlieb operate out of a co-op in central Los Angeles, pairing post-punk tension with classic hardcore ferocity. Vocalist Andrew Pescara, bassist Dylan Marquez, guitarist Mike Carnarius and drummer Dave Chessey frame their music as cultural resistance and collective catharsis. ‘The Far Fallen Fruit’ stands as a document of rupture, dedicated, in Pescara’s words, “to those who are planting better trees, whose shade they’ll never rest beneath.”
Upcoming shows:
2/22 – Los Angeles, CA @ The Echo – Headlining, single release show for Pipe Bomb (ticket link)
3/13 – Tacoma, WA @ Real Art
3/14 – Corvallis, OR @ CorvMC
3/28 – Long Beach, CA @ Dipiazza’s
4/7 – Sacramento, Cafe Colonial (w/ Filth Is Eternal)
4/8 – San Francisco, Kilowatt (w/ Filth Is Eternal)
4/9 – Ventura County TBD (w/ Filth Is Eternal)
4/10 – San Diego, Tower Bar (w/ Filth Is Eternal)
4/11 – Tijuana, MX TBD (w/ Filth Is Eternal)
5/2- Los Angeles, CA @ Oblivion
6/10-7/1 – U.S. Tour
