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Folx is the second studio album by the Canadian music collective friends&, released independently through Bandcamp on February 17, 2026.
It is a 112-track maximalist concept album, with lead member JC grame as well as journalists and critics identifying themes of the history of folk music, shitpost culture, anti-capitalism, Marxism, family, the Internet, copyright law and sampling, the autism spectrum, corporate labor, the economy of the United States, accelerationism, the life and work of Mark Fisher, and the Sonic the Hedgehog fandom in it. The album began conceptualization, composition, recording and production circa 2017 according to grame, and makes use of artificial intelligence along with a multitude of samples, with sources including dialogue and music from My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic, vocals from songs by the Beatles and dialogue and music from O Brother, Where Art Thou?
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