When Your Friends Are Just Pixels: Energy Whores Delivers on "Electric Friends"

Well well well Energy Whores are back with a new single called “Electric Friends,” and it hits in a way that feels both quiet and uncomfortable. The New York duo, led by Carrie Schoenfeld with guitarist Attilio Valenti, have always leaned toward calling things out rather than smoothing anything over. This song keeps that same spirit, but with a slower, colder edge.

The focus this time is the type of loneliness that comes from living online. It’s a story most of us know too well. You can have a long list of names on your phone and still feel like no one is actually there. Carrie’s voice moves through that idea gently, almost like she’s talking to herself. The beat stays steady and low, and the layers around it feel tight and close, the way the internet feels when you’ve scrolled too long. It’s calm, but it leaves a sting. The group never hides what they’re trying to say. Their past work, songs like ‘Hey Hey Hate’ and ‘Pretty Sparkly Things’; made that clear. They take the things people usually avoid and turn them into something you can move to. What makes “Electric Friends” stand out is how personal the message feels. Instead of pointing outward, it turns the mirror back on us. It asks why we cling to digital company and why it becomes so easy to pretend that it’s enough.

Energy Whores started in a basement studio in New York, but the music has never felt small. Carrie brings her background in film and theatre, and you can hear that in the way she structures everything. Even when the song is simple, she leaves room for tension and emotion without overdoing it. She has said more than once that she doesn’t write to comfort anyone. She writes to wake people up. This track is a good example of that. It’s not angry. It’s not loud. It quietly presses on a bruise. “Electric Friends” also gives a peek at what’s coming with their full album ‘Arsenal of Democracy’, due next year. If this single is anything to go by, the project will keep pushing into the mix of electronic hooks and blunt honesty they’re known for. The new record is expected to dig even deeper into social issues, personal pressure, and the strange ways people deal with the world around them.

Energy Whores have built a name by mixing truth with rhythm, and this new track doesn’t step away from that. It may not shout, but it leaves a clear message behind: the digital world can feel full, but it often leaves you empty. “Electric Friends” isn’t meant to lift you up. It’s meant to make you think. And it does that well, in a way only this band seems willing to do.

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