Fake Brave Life follows The Army, The Navy’s 2024 EPs, Fruit for Flies and Sugar for Bugs. The duo amassed a following beginning in 2023 when their single “Vienna” caught fire online, leading them to open for artists like Dora Jar, Paris Paloma, and Matt Maltese. Last year, they sold out the majority of their headlining Gentle Hellraiser tour which took them across the United States and broadened their audience. Initially taken with spare production, The Army, The Navy threw themselves into making Fake Brave Life in both Athens, GA and New York City alongside producers Drew Vandenberg (Faye Webster, Of Montreal, Toro y Moi) and BLEACHERS’ Mikey Freedom Hart (Taylor Swift, Lana Del Rey, The Chicks). What started as an intimate process between two friends evolved into a full-blown studio production with session musicians and a string quartet who helped enact their vision.