Yo! Fishboy!

Fishboy is a band from Denton, TX fronted by Eric Edward Fishboy updates this site! New album Bravest Neighbor out Jul 24.

[fishboy]

Due to extreme heat the Bravest Neighbor Release Show has been moved to the record room of Recycled Books and Records in downtown Denton, TX Join us at 6:30 on July 25th.

and if you are in Austin please join me as I open solo for People. Make Me. Make Things at Alienate Majesty

[fishboy]

Bravest Neighbor is out in two weeks on July 24th! pre-save it here: ffm.to/bravestneighbor

[fishboy]

NEW SONG! Damon (Never Fall in Love) (As Told by Deirdre) is the last single before the album Bravest Neighbor is released on July 24th.

It's a rare Fishboy song about romantic love in which our title character is observed throughout his life swearing off the stuff. It's told from the perspective of Deirdre, who you've already half way met. Damon is her nomination for the bravest neighbor in the cul de sac for how he is able to eventually bounce back.

This track was demoed out in Texas and then expanded upon in Montreal with Kid Koala who cut my drums to vinyl and scratched them back it. I used his basement timpani here and there and a sample of my voice into a casio for the ending bit.

mixed by Matt Pence and Mastered by Matthew Barnhart

The video is me in my sunflower garden with some animated images from the forthcoming graphic novel adaptation of the album. Carleen taped together the excellent bunny balloon

I hope this song gives you a little bit of courage to never fall in love!

stream Damon everywhere. preorders are up at yofishboy.com/store

-Eric

[fishboy]

BRAVEST NEIGHBOR RELEASE SHOW

meet me at the Denton Historical Park Parking lot at 7pm on July 25 to be guided a short distance to a front yard where I will perform all of Bravest Neighbor for the first time. FREE. ALL AGES WELCOME. more surprises to come. -Eric

[fishboy]

NEW FISHBOY SONG + MUSIC VIDEO: DIANA'S JACKET (AS TOLD BY DANNY DACHAMP)

A song about finding courage through clothing and the help of your neighbors, that's been decades in the making. 

feat. Bret Crow on Bass, Matt Pence on Drums (w/ recording help from Nathan Walt) Sam Esclante on Trumpet

Mixed by Matt Pence, Mastered by Matthew Barnhart

Music video Directed by Dylan Oreily, Edited by Me, with help from Carlos Marquez and Henry Bair and the Denton Flow Arts Community. 

with cameos from E.R.I.C and  IMVNMNT played by Hal,

the story strays a bit from the album song which is mostly set in a lonely dark house, but I suppose that's typical of Fishboy videos. Lots more to unpack here. 

Watch it on YT, Stream it everywhere. 

Full album BRAVEST NEIGHBOR out July 24th on XLFNT. Pre-orders up now.

BRAVE = AFRAID + TIME

[fishboy]

NEW FISHBOY - BRAVEST NEIGHBOR pre-orders and first song up now. 

I'm so excited to share this new story with you soon. My first song Deirdre is about a  guy who thinks his neighbor is a superhero for being able to roll forward whenever she gets embarrassed. It features Kid Koala on turntables and Bret Crow on bass, mixed by Matt Pence and Mastered by Matthew Barnhart. I hope it gives you courage to push on whenever you trip yourself up.  Remember: "We don't die, we roll forward."  -Eric

stream deirdre elsewhere here

[fishboy]

The first song from my new album and 8th Fishboy LP: Bravest Neighbor goes up on Wednesday with pre-orders! Pre-save here:

Deirdre (As Told by Decatur)

Make it weird with Deirdre here:

Make it weird with Deirdre here:

[fishboy]

Waitsgiving: How to Create a Web of Local Lore (and Explain it to the Newspaper)

Waitsgiving is rapidly approaching! here is an explainer for your friends and family. - Eric

[fishboy]

https://www.eventbrite.com/e/1986652414852

Waitsgiving is on May 17th 2026 at 6pm in downtown Denton, TX. I’m very proud to have kept this tradition alive and if you’ve come before and think you know the routine, I encourage you to bring something related to patience or the story or the songs to show off this year. Thank you for making waiting great! -Eric

[fishboy]

A Free solo set as been added to the Pre-Skate Fest on Friday at Alienated Majesty in Austin. Then Saturday you can watch the whole band play at rock set at Far Out Lounge!

-Eric

[fishboy]

Saturday March 7th, a group of musicians are going to camp out around a coffee shop audience and trade off songs in a chill acoustic atmosphere. I am going to be one of those musicians and will play a some of my more downtempo bittersweet songs that shine in this sort of quiet environment. You should come if you are close! It's free! -Eric

[fishboy]

Here is the video for the new song celebrating the 25th Anniversary of Denton, TX's most beloved viral yard sale: The PriceMaster.

[fishboy]

hello all! I wrote and recorded a song about an internet famous yard sale that happened down the street from me in 2001 to celebrate its 25th anniversary next month. I hope it inspires you to find the strangeness (or be the strangeness) in your own neighborhood and not sell yourself short when someone asks to buy the priceless from you. This track is a warm up for new neighbor/courage themed album out later this year to be officially announced soon. This song will be performed on Feb 10th in Denton, TX at the official 25th Anniversary of the PriceMaster yard sale. See below for details. Please stay in contact whatever way is best for you (I prefer mailing list) talk to you soon! Make me an Offer. -Eric

[fishboy]

25th Anniversary PriceMaster meet up and parade.

I woke up this past Tuesday morning, creatively inspired by two different conversations. Two days before, David from Thug Emporium, someone who I had never spoken to, came over to my place, we talked for a few hours about art and what it means to be a local artist in Denton and what future projects we could make together. I traded him a Waitsgiving shirt for a Thug Emporium Tee and a sticker with the Price Master on it. 

The Price Master is the most famous viral video from my city of Denton Texas. In this 30 minute 2001 VHS oddity, a group of friends on Normal Street set up an abnormal yard sale, ask the attendees to get their prices from a man dressed in a combination-martial arts jumper, silver jacket, balaclava and drama mask, who speaks into a reverb heavy microphone while swaying to backwards flute music. The Price master quotes extremely high prices to everyone trying to buy an item and they walk away baffled. It’s a 10 out of 10 must see video. 

The next day I went into the Echolab to mix down my new album Bravest Neighbor and the topic of the Price Master came up when I mentioned that our friend, Echolab founder and mastering engineer Matthew Barnhart (who I planned on mailing the album to the next day) appears at 2 min 15 seconds in the Price Master video. The assistant engineer Nathan hadn’t seen the video and I was told by Matt (Pence) to immediately pull it up on my phone. What jumped out to me this time was the date on the front of the video: Feb 10th 2001. Almost 25 years ago next month. “Wow we should meet up on the anniversary!” I laughed it off but that next morning woke with a realization: Daring someone to buy something from you that you refuse to sell is maybe the most DIY-punk-rock-Denton-Texas sentiment I can think of. This should be an event AND a song.

I wrote the song in three and a half days and sent it to Matthew to mix and master with the new album. I messaged David to help organize and we decided we should meet up at Bewitched, Crystals Jewelry and Cosmic Gifts which is right down the road. I messaged Bewitched in a DM and discovered that the co-owner Fara was ALSO at the original Price Master event in 2001. She was in (as long as we park in the back) 

So here we have it. My favorite combination of things: ridiculous, community driven, slightly inspiring and free. 

I hope you will join us at 5pm on Feb 10th for an hour or so. We will have someone dressed as the price master declaring prices on whatever you bring, fan art or random item. Or feel free to bring something priceless, grab the mic and tell us how much you’ll take for it. Then we’ll walk to Normal and part ways. 

The song (my first in 4 years) is being mixed and mastered, stay tune and pre-save to get it first. 

-Eric

[fishboy]

Fishboy is playing the Philly Cheeseskate Fest on March 28th at the Far Out Lounge in Austin. This will be a rock band set! More info here!

[fishboy]

I'll be playing a solo set with the fantastic la/nyc comedian Mary Houlihan at the brand new GRWM (Get Records with Me) record store in Deep Ellum. 5pm on 18th! Free! Come say hi! -Eric

[fishboy]

I will be playing a solo version of Waitsgiving on Vashon Island WA on Thursday July 24th at 8pm. 200 Hats have been donated to the event and so we are calling it Hats-Giving. Everyone gets a hat! Join me for this rare one night only celebration of patience and hats. -Eric