alt-pop collective Peach Tree Rascals releases a collaborative single “Popeye” with AG Club, out now via 10K Projects/Homemade Projects. The new collab is an eccentric track integrating elements of hip hop and alternative with boy band nostalgia and featuring a hook sung by Peach Tree’s Tarrek Abdel-Khaliq.
When asked about how the collaboration with AG Club came together, Issac Pech of Peach Tree Rascals said, “I became a fan and learned they were from the Bay Area too which made me want to reach out cause I knew they wouldn’t be on any funny LA shit. After connecting on social media, it turned out they were also fans of what we were doing, dating back to a few years ago which was fire as fuck to me. I find it really cool that before we all even knew each other at all we were already listening to each other’s work and became fans of each other. I think that made shit more organic from the jump and now our camp’s all know each other and we’re all friends. We’re hella excited to work on this shit with them.”
“Popeye” arrives shortly after PTR’s breakout hit “Mariposa” became RIAA-certified Gold, and after the release of the group’s debut EP Camp Nowhere. In the past year, the group has received praise from Billboard, Forbes, The Fader, VMAN, BuzzFeed, and more. Continue streaming their debut EP Camp Nowhere below.
Peach Tree Rascals largely wrote and recorded their debut EP Camp Nowhere in seclusion, finding inspiration while camping. Centered on themes of recovery and healing which they attribute to their increased time outdoors during quarantine, the Rascals debut EP is a comforting and optimistic album for the times.
“Camp Nowhere came from the idea that a lot of people have been using the isolation of quarantine and the state of the world to dig deeper into themselves and figure out what’s important to them,” singer Tarrek shares. “For some it’s discovering a new hobby, or that it’s time to move on to a new place. For PTR, it was taking a week in Yosemite to dive into our creativity. We’ve always done a combination of sounds that inspire us all. This feels like all of our inspirations mixed together.”
To date, Peach Tree Rascals has garnered 400M+ streams across platforms and count 6M+ Spotify monthly listeners. Their breakthrough hit “Mariposa” charted to #1 on the Alternative Radio Chart and have been co-signed by Lizzo and Harry Styles.
WHO ARE THE PEACH TREE RASCALS? More of a brotherhood than a collective, The Rascals blend a seemingly effortless knack for melody with layers of rich harmony and R&B grooves. Recording together since their high school days, producer/mixer Dominic “Dom” Pizano, rappers-singers Issac Pech, Tarrek Abdel-Khaliq, Joseph Barros, and creative director Jorge Olazaba united with the intent of seeking musical growth and companionship. With most of the members being second generation Americans (the sons of Palestinian, Filipino, and Mexican immigrants), they quickly realized a deep, natural connection with one another, and grew into a single, harmonious unit.
WHO ARE AG CLUB: AG Club’s debut album FYE (Fuck Your Expectations) PT 1 and PT 2 were released in Spring 2021. The project generated 500K streams during its first week of release on Apple Music and was one of the Top 10 Albums of the week on Spotify. FYE PT 1 and PT 2 have both been met with critical acclaim and attention from the likes of New York Times, Complex, High Snobiety, Pigeons & Planes and XXL. The albums title is self-explanatory. “Leave yourself with an open mind so you can consume whatever we give you so that you’ll f*ck with it,” Jody says. “Because expectations ruin everything.
AG Club released their debut EP Halfway Off the Porch in 2020, which featured the standout track “Memphis,” which landed in the top spot on Spotify’s Viral Top 50 chart and has accumulated over 8 million streams on the platform. Following Memphis, the group released the next single and video for the standout track “Hngover.” In September the group released the “Memphis (Pt.2)” ft NLE Choppa and A$AP Ferg,that has surged to the top of the Most Necessary playlist and reached the Viral 50 Charts in the US, Canada and New Zealand at Spotify and has amassed 6 million to date. Halfway Off the Porch followed a string of singles from the previous two years, starting with the group’s 2018 debut “Scam Likely” to popular tracks “You” and “Brass” from 2019.
