Tokyo alternative rockers band FVRMN has premiered the video for “One Drop,” taken from their forthcoming fifth full-length album Suicides, due out July 25 via Steadfast Records and Sweet Cheetah Records.
The song appears alongside the previously released lyric video for “Parasitic Sympathy II” and deepens the record’s exploration of psychological rupture, personal loss, and recovery.
“‘One Silver Drop‘ is a meditation on separating the desires of the past, learning to push through the desperation of the future and somehow finding a new inner identity within the fires of the present. [It is] a song about the moment of harsh realization that the medicine we use to stay alive is also the same dark shadow that pulls us to the abyss of inner identity and forces us to look deep into it. It’s about learning to find your balance between chemical reality and a heightened state of awareness; about belonging to yourself amidst the inner despair brought about by the world’s unstable frame.” – J. Holmes
Suicides was written in the wake of lead songwriter J Holmes’ unexpected seizures, a medical event that pushed him toward difficult questions about the nature of identity and memory. He describes the record as a product of that disruption—“a reflection on the nature of our own metaphysical mentality, the inner turbulence that we endure, and the time it takes to pick up the pieces of those who have left us behind.”
The album’s production is quite forceful, shaped in part by an array of guest contributors including Mario Rubalcaba (Earthless, Clikatat Ikatowi, OFF!, Rocket From The Crypt), Chris McQueen (Snarky Puppy), Leo Abrahams (Brian Eno, Mark Ronson, Florence + The Machine), and Sean Husick (Milemarker, Ghost Work).
Holmes refers to the album as “a collection of massive songs with a monstrous production for maximum impact.” “One Drop,” both in sound and accompanying visuals, reflects that scale—blunt, fragmented, and immersive.
FVRMN will support the release with a string of shows across Tokyo:
Friday, September 19, 2025 – Ruby Room, Shibuya
Saturday, October 4, 2025 – Machida, Tokyo
Thursday, October 9, 2025 – Ruby Room, Shibuya
Sunday, November 30, 2025 – EDO Wave., Shibuya
A full interview with J Holmes about the album’s writing process and conceptual arc is available at It’s Psychedelic Baby Magazine. There, he speaks candidly about how Suicides functions not just as a document of illness, but of what follows—how meaning unravels, and how it can be reassembled through sound.
