The Sophs Share Frenzied New Single ‘I’M YOUR FIEND’

The LA six-piece channel chaos and desire on their charged new single ‘I’M YOUR FIEND’, released ahead of a full North American and UK tour.

Los Angeles six-piece The Sophs return today with their new single and video ‘I’M YOUR FIEND’, arriving just ahead of their first ever North American headline tour, which begins on October 28 in San Francisco. The track follows their recent stand-alone singles ‘SWEAT’, ‘DEATH IN THE FAMILY’ and a cover of Mac DeMarco’s ‘For The First Time’. A full UK tour for April 2026 has also been announced, including a date at the 100 Club in London.

Frontman Ethan Ramon describes ‘I’M YOUR FIEND’ as “The Sophs at our most manic. It’s frenetic declarations of love and lust under a blanket of static so thick it feels like your DIRECTV satellite just got hit by lightning in the middle of your favourite show.”

The Sophs’ mix of chaos, melody and disarming honesty caught the attention of Rough Trade founders Geoff Travis and Jeannette Lee when they received a demo from Ramon. “It’s rare that a demo that arrives in the post sets your heart racing and sends you off on a quest to track down its sender. But that’s what happened when we listened to the music sent to us by Ethan Ramon,” they explain.

The band features Ethan Ramon, Sam Yuh (keyboards), Austin Parker Jones (electric guitar), Seth Smades (acoustic guitar), Devin Russ (drums) and Cole Bobbitt (bass). Their North American tour includes stops in Seattle, Chicago, Toronto, Boston and New York before returning to Europe in spring for a run of UK and EU shows. The Sophs will also appear at Primavera Sound, Treefort Music Festival and Bandland Festival in 2026.