{"id":1844411,"date":"2026-03-24T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2026-03-23T21:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/?p=1844411"},"modified":"2026-03-24T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"2026-03-23T21:00:00","slug":"wonderland-99","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/?p=1844411","title":{"rendered":"Wonderland"},"content":{"rendered":"
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\n\t\t\tFCUKERS AREN\u2019T JUST PARTY-STARTERS<\/span>
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New York\u2019s designated floor-fillers have always had more in their back pocket. Channelling trip-hop, Balearic house and dub on their debut album, Jackson Walker Lewis and Shanny Wise \u2013 aka Fcukers \u2013 prove they can work, play and make cracking music.<\/strong><\/h3>\n
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Shanny wears Top PERMANENT VACATION; bra & briefs CONTESSA MILLS; bangles (left) SKANKCHIC; cuff (right) R&M LEATHERS; hat vintage; shoes TORY BURCH; socks LA APPAREL. Jackson wears Top stylist\u2019s own; trousers RAIMUNDO LANGLOIS; shoes K SWISS; belt ERD; ring Jackson\u2019s own.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

\u201cThis is Jackson\u2019s contact,\u201d says Shanny Wise, holding her phone closer to the webcam. It\u2019s a Union Jack, and the Jackson in question is Jackson Walker Lewis. Together they\u2019re Fcukers<\/a>, the 20-something electronic duo that\u2019s spent the last three years as downtown New York\u2019s designated party-starters.\u00a0<\/p>\n

I\u2019ve just asked if they\u2019re \u201cspiritually British.\u201d It might seem an odd line of questioning for a band who cut their teeth with the Dimes Square lot, but their influences tell a different story. Between the dub on \u201cHomies Don\u2019t Shake\u201d, nods to trip-hop, and covers of obscure Lily Allen tracks, the fundamentals of the UK scene run through their sound \u2013 something that hints at more depth than their party reputation suggests. \u201cThere\u2019s always been more of a range to us, whether people know it or not,\u201d explains Jackson. \u201cI think the album will show that.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n

We\u2019re here today to chat \u00d6<\/em>, Fcukers\u2019 debut album, out March 27th. It\u2019s a record that marries their signature sound with unexpected range, but it also stays true to their origin story \u2013 one that began with half-finished songs, borrowed equipment, and no real plan beyond \u201cfuck it.\u201d That\u2019s pretty much the Fcukers ethos, by the way. I could swear they say it constantly, but when I check back, it\u2019s only twice. They either exude it, or it\u2019s just Shanny\u2019s drawl \u2013\u00a0 it\u2019s exactly how she sounds on the record.<\/p>\n

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(Top) Shanny wears top, boots & hat VINTAGE; jeans CUM JEANS. Jackson wears jacket GUESS; T-shirt VINTAGE; trousers RAIMUNDO LANGLOIS; shoes TIMBERLAND. (Bottom) Top PERMANENT VACATION; bra & briefs CONTESSA MILLS; jewellery Shanny\u2019s own. Jackson wears Top stylist\u2019s own; trousers RAIMUNDO LANGLOIS; shoes K SWISS; belt ERD; ring Jackson\u2019s own.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Their first show wasn\u2019t exactly a fine-tuned debut. They had a name, owed to a French Connection hoodie Jackson wore at the time (\u201cit [represented] what we wanted to do when we first met, which was just make music for ourselves\u201d), but little else. \u201cOn the day of, I borrowed [Shanny\u2019s] bass,\u201d explains Jackson. \u201cThe only thing we bought was one of those MPC pads you could cue the sample on \u2019cause we didn\u2019t want to use a computer. Then we literally just put it on stage and had shitty visuals.\u201d Shanny hadn\u2019t even learned the lyrics: \u201cI remember asking Jackson, like, wait, can you send me that song? I forget how it goes.\u201d They must have known they were onto something, I say. \u201cWe definitely did not know that it was gonna work at all,\u201d Jackson insists.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Punters were \u201cbegging for another show\u201d before they\u2019d even left the stage. It was a surprise. \u201cThat was the next hurdle,\u201d Jackson tells me. \u201cIt was like, you guys need to play again. Like, ASAP.\u201d Three years and countless shows later, having spent a decent chunk of last year playing clubs and festivals, the visuals are less \u201cshitty\u201d and the crowds have got bigger, but everything\u2019s still resolutely DIY. \u201cIt\u2019s evolved naturally, but it hasn\u2019t strayed too far from where it started,\u201d Shanny explains. \u201cIt still feels punky, but now with more people, you know?\u201d adds Jackson.\u00a0<\/p>\n

In the era of Charli xcx\u2019s BRAT<\/em> and a marketable strain of hedonism, Fcukers owe their stamina to a simple fact: they\u2019re the real deal. \u201cWe were the ones that were partying before<\/em> the whole movement,\u201d explains Jackson, only semi-ironically. \u201cAnd when the movement came, we were like, you guys don\u2019t actually<\/em> party. We are the ones that have<\/em> been partying.\u201d Can the two coexist? Work and play? \u201cYou could say that,\u201d responds Shanny with a smirk. But that doesn\u2019t look like reckless abandon. They know they need the \u201cebbs and flows,\u201d as Jackson puts it. \u201cThe funny thing is that sometimes when we go play, people think it\u2019s just going to be a straight party,\u201d he continues. \u201cAnd then we\u2019ll play the trip-hop song or whatever.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n

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You heard right: trip-hop. \u00d6<\/em> is by no means a record relegated to the dancefloor, not least because of its form. \u201cI mean, we both came from bands, you know?\u201d explains Shanny. \u201cIt just felt like the right thing to do.\u201d Another surprising tidbit about Fcukers: both started in the indie scene. Shanny with The Shacks \u2013 their cover of a Kinks track was featured in an Apple ad \u2013 and Jackson with Spud Cannon. While they\u2019ve shied away from it before, \u00d6 <\/em>embraces that range.<\/em> \u201cThe thing about us, especially with this new album, is that one of the concepts was basically, how can we collage?\u201d explains Jackson.\u00a0<\/p>\n

While \u201cI Like It Like That\u201d spins another take on British dub, \u201cFeel The Real\u201d reveals them taking cues from Balearic house. It\u2019s less sweaty club anthem, more holiday sunset soundtrack \u2013 a world away from hook-driven tracks like \u201cLucky\u201d. It\u2019s a bit Zero 7, as Jackson points out. \u201cDance music\u2019s moving so fast and we have a couple fast songs on the album for sure,\u201d he explains. \u201cBut, like, \u201cBeatback\u201d, for example. It\u2019s a groover. It\u2019s slow.\u201d Then there\u2019s \u201cGetaway\u201d, the album\u2019s penultimate track and its most explicit trip-hop moment.<\/p>\n

Without getting too music journo about it, \u00d6<\/em> feels like joining a lineage. Though Kenneth Blume (formerly Kenny Beats) is the album\u2019s main producer, Dylan Brady of 100 gecs contributed four tracks. It\u2019s released via Ninja Tune, the London label that pioneered trip-hop in the early \u201990s. For Jackson, whose dad used to chase down the one newsstand in rural Ohio that stocked NME<\/em> and The Face<\/em>, raising him on Happy Mondays and The Verve, it\u2019s something of a full-circle moment.\u00a0<\/p>\n

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Jackson wears jacket GUESS; T-shirt VINTAGE; trousers RAIMUNDO LANGLOIS; shoes TIMBERLAND.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n

With influences this eclectic, it makes sense that Fcukers bristle at being lumped into the nostalgia wave. \u201cHe\u2019s not a nostalgia guy,\u201d says Jackson of working with Kenneth Blume. \u201cEven if there\u2019s some nostalgic sounds in there, we wanted to put them in a context that hasn\u2019t been done before,\u201d he explains. \u201cLike, oh, it sounds like 2000s hip-hop, but it\u2019s on a UK garage beat. Oh, it sounds like they\u2019re doing an R&B thing, but then it goes house.\u201d Jackson calls it a process of \u201csynthesis\u201d rather than recreation, which is why calling them part of the bloghouse revival misses the point. \u201cPeople can call us whatever they want,\u201d Jackson concludes. \u201cWe make music for ourselves.\u201d Shanny, for what it\u2019s worth, hasn\u2019t even heard of bloghouse.\u00a0<\/p>\n

I\u2019m so chuffed at myself for throwing in a mention of Balearic house that I end with a decidedly generic question: what\u2019s fundamentally changed for Fcukers? \u201cI know where I\u2019m gonna stay most nights on tour now,\u201d replies Shanny. \u201cI get my own hotel room,\u201d says Jackson.<\/p>\n

Photography<\/strong> by Chad Moore
Styling<\/strong> by Talia Cassel
Interview<\/strong> by Amber Rawlings\u00a0
Words<\/strong> by Amber Rawlings\u00a0
Hair & Make-up<\/strong> by Ryann Carter at OPUS Beauty\u00a0
Fashion Assistant <\/strong>Emma Nusbaum
Hair & Make-up Assistant <\/strong>Aidan Rodriguez\u00a0
Videographer<\/strong> Austin Nunes
Video Producer\/Editor<\/strong> Mylo Butler<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/section>\n

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