B-Side Guys

Berlin-based Prismala closes their single series with a confrontation disguised as soul music. “Faith” operates as direct address to fair-weather supporters—those who claim belief in your vision while undermining your methods, offering encouragement that evaporates the moment you stumble. Their collaboration with producer jakohitsdifferent creates sonic space for this specific frustration to breathe.

The band’s neo-soul foundation provides deceptive comfort for lyrics that cut deep. Their approach to the material feels less like complaint and more like documentation—cataloguing the precise ways conditional support manifests in relationships. The line about acknowledging “the surface” while missing deeper commitment captures something essential about performative encouragement that disappears when tested.

Prismala’s delivery builds from quiet observation to mantra-like repetition, the phrase “It’s not enough to let it fall apart somehow” becoming both refusal and rallying cry. Their vocal approach suggests artists who understand that some messages require insistence rather than subtlety. The repetition functions as self-hypnosis, reinforcing resolve against those who would rather see you fail than succeed differently than they envisioned.

The production benefits from their ongoing partnership with jakohitsdifferent, who’s helped shape their sound since 2023’s It Gets Weirder. The mix allows space for both vulnerability and strength, creating framework for examining how distance and doubt compound each other in relationships supposedly built on mutual support.

“Faith” succeeds because Prismala treats conditional support as betrayal worth naming. Rather than accepting surface-level encouragement as adequate, they demand the kind of faith that survives setbacks and unconventional choices. Their closing statement for this single series feels less like ending and more like graduation—proof they’ve learned to distinguish between real allies and temporary cheerleaders.