CATBITE & Brian Fallon Are The Slacures (CREDIT: MO @phobymo)

"We never got to make it to the legendary Chris Gethard Show, so we decided to create our own Goth alternate reality and create The Chris Gothard Show!," CATBITE (@catbiteband) shared within an Instagram post earlier this morning. The four-piece Philly-based Ska band had been teasing something called The Slacures for a number of days; posting "coming 6/9 😈. Subscribe to or YouTube channel for first dibs, link in bio," a number of days ago. Alright, so all of this finally materialized together earlier this morning as a CATBITE & Brian Fallon (The Gaslight Anthem, Molly & The Zombies, The Horrible Crowes) together as The Slacures covering The Slackers' "Yes, It's True" written by vocalist, multi-instrumentalist, and producer Vic Ruggiero from their 1998 album, The Question.


So, CATBITE & Fallon created The Slacures—see what they did there, The Slackers + The Cure = The Slacures—made up their own alternate reality version of the now-defunct truTV show, The Chris Gethard Show, obviously, dubbed The Chris Gothard Show. To commemorate this whole Gothy, ridiculious, and monumental occasion, California Ska label Bad Time Records pressed up a limited edition flexi-disc vinyl, made a super-limited edition The Slacures T-shirt, and, of course, the doomy and gloomy music video. "And if you're asking, "what the f*ck are The Slacures?" and "why did you spell Chris Gethard's name wrong, you dum dum?" then, you should really go watch the video," Bad Time Records wrote within a press release.

CATBITE & Brian Fallon "Yes, It's True" single and The Slackers The Question album covers (SOURCE: Facebook / Bandcamp)

So, there are just 1,000 copies of the CATBITE & Brian Fallon "Yes, It's True" 7-inch round flexi-disc vinyl single with all proceeds supporting Play On Philly. Plus, these super-limited edition The Slacures T-shirts, which can easily be bundled with your flexi-disc, are only available for a week! I think I've said enough... but if you're (even just remotely) into CATBITE, The Gaslight Anthem/Brian Fallon, The Slackers, The Cure, and/or Chris Gothard Gethard, one or all three of these things are definitely something you should go check out while you still can. It's pretty cool guys like Brian Fallon and Chris Gethard are still interested in doing goofy, fun stuff like this. All of The Slacures merch is available from the Bad Time Records Store for a limited time. CATBITE & Brian Fallon... err, we mean, The Slacures' "Yes, It's True" is now available on digital streaming platforms, as well.