The Boss with Friction

Discography

Music

Analog soul, heavy funk, and furious Latin rock — full-length releases and where to hear them.

Album cover for 20 Year Lease: the five members of The Boss with Friction in dark business suits, standing in a downtown financial district at dusk, under "The Boss with Friction" in yellow and orange and the album title "20 Year Lease" in green.
Album

20 Year Lease

2026

A heavy analog funk concept album dismantling modern corporate culture and return to office mandates.

"20 Year Lease" follows the psychological collapse of a Fortune 500 executive trapped by commercial real estate logic. The band blends icy, deadpan baritone monologues with furious Latin rock jams and deep soul grooves. It is a 15 track monument to the misery of fluorescent lights and mandatory ping pong.

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Tracklist (15 tracks)
  1. The all hands4:16
  2. Free bagels3:45
  3. Hot desking4:30
  4. Badge swipes3:45
  5. Utilization rates4:49
  6. The local sandwich4:44
  7. Organic collisions4:15
  8. The executive retreat3:45
  9. Asynchronous alignment3:50
  10. Warm bodies3:50
  11. Commute subsidy4:20
  12. Cross-functional6:00
  13. Twenty year lease4:14
  14. The evacuation1:34
  15. The open market3:45
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Cover art for the single "Super Intelligence": The Boss with Friction wordmark in orange and gold at the top, with "Super Intelligence" in yellow-green type below, on a black background with faint vertical bands of maroon and navy.
Single

Super Intelligence

2026

It's not artificial. It's the S I.

"Super Intelligence" is a three minute and thirty second rebrand nobody asked for — out with "artificial," in with a machine that doesn't blink, doesn't sleep, and doesn't need a pension. The boardroom outsourced its own brain, and now it's mad that it's smarter than them.

Tracklist (1 track)
  1. Super Intelligence3:30
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Cover art for the single "The Product Group": The Boss with Friction wordmark in gold and olive at the top, with "The Product Group" in burnt orange type lower right, on a charcoal background.
Single

The Product Group

2026

Heavy soul for a product roadmap that doesn't actually exist.

"The Product Group" is a standalone single — three minutes and forty-three seconds of tight horns and deadpan delivery built around a deliverable that never had a scope, a deadline, or a reason to exist. A first taste ahead of the album.

Tracklist (1 track)
  1. The Product Group3:43
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