Description
Chicago’s FIG DISH didn’t name themselves after a soft, sweet, fleshy fruit; rather, the name is a
phonetic approximation of the German expletive, fick dich. (make of that what you will). FIG DISH were
four high school friends: guitarists/vocalists Rick Ness and Blake Smith, bassist/vocalist Mike Willison,
and drummer Andy Hamilton. In their day (a day that began in the late Winter of 1991 and ended in the
early summer of 1998), they were known for catchy songs, memorable (often booze-fueled) live shows,
and self-sabotage.
In July 1995, FIG DISH’s debut That’s What Love Songs Often Do was released. And just like that, the
band was catapulted from regional obscurity into national obscurity. MTV played the video for the band’s first single, “Seeds” and FIG DISH toured the U.S. and Canada relentlessly with bands like Veruca Salt, The Muffs, Letters to Cleo, Juliana Hatfield, Local H, and The Rentals. In 1997, their sophomore album When Shove Goes Back To Push, was sunk by a risqué music video for the single “When Shirts Get Tight” Featuring adult film stars that MTV refused to play and the band was dropped by an indifferent Polygram Records in the summer of 1998.
FIG DISH returned from hibernation in 2024 with two sold out shows in Chicago and the release of Feels Like The Very First Two Times, the band’s first “new” release in 27 years, collecting unreleased tracks recorded in the late 90s. On August 1, 2025, Forge Again Records reissued That’s What Love Songs Often Do on vinyl for the first time, 30 years after the original CD release. The officially licensed 2xLP features white vinyl, reworked gatefold jacket art by Wall of Youth and vinyl mastering by Carl Saff. FIG DISH celebrated the 2025 re-release with live shows in Chicago and Milwaukee with old tour-mates Letters to Cleo and capped off the year with shows in Kenosha and Chicago with Local H and Fountains of Wayne.
TRACK LISTING:
01. Bury Me
02. Weak and Mean
03. Seeds
04. Chew Toy
05. Nimble
06. Wrong Nothing
07. Quiet Storm King
08. Going Gone
09. Lemonader
10. Rollover, Please
11. It’s Your Ceiling
12. Resistance is Futile
13. First History
GENRE: Alternative/Indie/Power Pop
BARCODE: 608275543743
RELEASE DATE: 13/02/2026
