Feeble Little Horse return with “This Is Real”

Saddle Creek-signed Pittsburgh indie band Feeble Little Horse have released “This Is Real,” their first new song since their 2023 album Girl With Fish. It’s an unpredictable song that goes from soft, hazy indie pop to bursts of extremity that are heavier than half the bands FLH will play with at the UK’s hardcore-oriented Outbreak fest this year. Here’s what the band says about it:

“I think it’s important that this song is released to turn the page, but also to enjoy the product of sitting with something for a record​ breaking amount of time for us as a band,” says ​Lydia Slocum. “We wrote our past 2 albums with this indescribable urgency, and I think ​’This Is Real​’ happened while the burner was turned to low if that makes sense. I wouldn’t say this track can function as a prophecy for what our sound will become for the next album, but it’s become something no other song will ever quite compare to. I seriously grew so much as a person from the beginning to end of the writing process, since the song started when we had to cancel our tour and finally finished just a few weeks ago. I hope this track can function as a time capsule for our fans the same way it has for us.”​ Drummer Jake Kelley adds “To me, the track is an album’s worth of ideas squished into three minutes, it’s the best out of all four of us so far.”

“My general hope when I first started piecing together This is Real,” says ​Ryan Walchonski, “was to create a song that felt like a collection of sketches, each subsequent section noticeably different from the last, but equally as exciting.” ​Sebastian Kinsler adds “​this song began as a word salad of an Ableton project sent by Ryan – full of disconnected, amazing ideas. From there, it was on us to sculpt shit out, rerecord, rearrange, and mold this song into what it is now. Transitions gained cohesion, melodies got catchier, lyrics gained depth…then Jake brought in the double kick and it was OVER. We couldn’t be more proud of the end result… just have no idea how we’ll be able to play this live.”

Check it out:

Feeble Little Horse — 2025 Tour Dates
6/06 – Barcelona, ES @ Primavera
6/08 – Paris, FR @ Point Ephemere
6/09 – Amsterdam, NL @ Bitterzoet
6/11 – Dublin, IE @ Whelan’s
6/12 – London, UK @ The Garage
6/13 – London, UK @ OUTBREAK
6/14 – Manchester, UK @ OUTBREAK