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Psychedelic Indie Collective ISTA Returns with “Low Fruit”
Accompanying Video Animated by James Kerr / Scorpion Dagger
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(New York, NY - September 12, 2025) - Psychedelic indie rock band ISTA unleashes their boldest statement with the release of their new single, “Low Fruit”, a kinetic, groove-driven track that brims with raw urgency and collective fire. Built on pulsing basslines, explosive percussion, and a kaleidoscope of harmonies, “Low Fruit” is a wild dance between grit and transcendence, an anthem that confronts temptation, desire, and the beauty of researching deeper.
For ISTA (short for In Sound To All), the release of “Low Fruit” is a testament to their commitment to creating not just music but experiences of communal releases. Their dedication to crafting unique experiences for their audience is a promise that fans will be excited and engaged. Recorded with longtime collaborator and producer Sam Cohen, “Low Fruit” captures the band in a raw, electric state, voices colliding in real time, pushing the song forward with a restless spirit. “Low Fruit” arrives as both a provocation and a celebration, a reminder that the harder-to-reach branches are always worth the climb.
| | As for the meaning of the song itself, frontman Rex Costello adds, “I think it's fairly self-explanatory from reading the lyrics,” he continues, ”However, the idea came from a conversation with Ollie about mainstream culture and herd mentality, ‘always taking the low-hanging fruit before deeper self-reflection,’ which became the emotional premise I was working from.” | | "Low Fruit" official music video by James Kerr / Scorpion Dagger | | Kerr explains, “I’m obsessed with the idea that these characters I’ve created live in a world adjacent to ours, and I want to tell their stories through a somewhat cohesive narrative that I keep building upon with any new project. Luckily for me, the themes in this song match the overall themes of my work pretty closely, so I jumped at the opportunity to add another layer to the Scorpion Dagger onion.” | | |
As with all of ISTA’s music, “Low Fruit” is not just a song but a collective offering: a ritual of sound designed to crack open the ordinary and flood it with light.
The band’s last release, “Waves”, has been receiving solid airplay from influential radio stations like KCRW and KEXP, and was featured as “Song of the Day” at KCMP/The Current. With cinematic radiance, it soared. In contrast, “Low Fruit" digs into earthier terrain. It’s a song that bristles with rock influences that immediately weave in ISTA’s signature layers of lush psychedelia and unbridled joy.
Following a run of headline shows in DC, Baltimore, Asbury Park, NYC, Philadelphia, and Boston, the band will play a free single release show tonight at Alphaville in Brooklyn and was handpicked as direct support by Grace Potter for her Grand Point North festival in Vermont on September 13.
Tour Dates:
9/12 Alphaville (Free Show) Brooklyn, NY
9/13 Grand Point North Festival Burlington, VT
9/20 Bond Street Block Party Asbury Park, NJ
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About ISTA
Born from a bi-coastal clash of energies somewhere between the colorful vibrations of a Ken Kesey acid test and the electric atmosphere of a 1970s New Year’s Eve at Studio 54, ISTA is a riff-charged, groove-infused, harmony-bedazzled psychedelic love bomb, exploding, In Sound To All. The band's unique blend of genres, from rock to funk to disco, electronic, and punk, ultimately coalescing into something fresh, modern, and simultaneously timeless, is sure to intrigue and excite listeners. Originally initiated in 2019 by West Coast transplants Rex Costello and Oliver Hart, the two found themselves in Brooklyn, NY, combining forces in the studio with producer Sam Cohen. The outfit quickly morphed into a core of 5, with Evan Eubanks on drums, Diona West on bass and vocals, and Chloe Golding on keys and backing vocals, that grows limbs to include horns and additional guitars.
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