ill peach began long before it had a name. The LA-based three piece – Jess Corazza, Pat Morrissey, and Jesse Schuster – first crossed paths in high school in Minnesota, bound less by genre than by obsession. Kicking off 2026 with a bang, the band have today released a new track “Cult Daddy,” and it’s everything you wouldn’t expect.
Equal parts cutting and captivating, the video, directed by Lucy Sandler, finds Jess Corazza detailing the inner workings of a secret cult. “This song is based on a true story,” Corazza explains. “A friend of ours worked for a men’s group centered around masculinity and semen retention—only later realizing it was a cult. Fascinated by the things he overheard, he stayed long enough to watch the ‘leader’ present his very pregnant Italian wife as immaculate conception—only to realize she may have been the cult leader all along. This song is part of a larger collection of stories told from a fly-on-the-wall perspective—shaped by what happens when no one thinks they’re being listened to.”
The track marks the band’s most recent release since their 2023 debut THIS IS NOT AN EXIT (Hardly Art/Sub Pop), which earned early support from The FADER, Consequence, Wonderland, and Alternative Press, the latter calling their songs “absurdly fun.” The band first formed as a songwriting/production duo in NYC, crafting tracks for artists including SZA, Weezer, Pierce the Veil, PVRIS, Pharrell, and more. It wasn’t long before they realized their own music was too electrifying, too weird, and too raw to remain behind the scenes.
Thriving in a space between chaos and catharsis, the band’s disruptive pop features experimental grit, punk energy, and charm.