PUNCHBAG return with ‘I Am Obsessed’, a second EP that pushes their restless, high-impact pop into sharper, more extreme territory. Where their debut felt like a burst of pent-up energy, this follow-up drills down into the details, amplifying the everyday until it feels distorted and impossible to ignore.

As Clara puts it, “If our first EP was a selfie, these new songs are like zooming in and thinking fucking hell, my pores look huge. This EP is turning up the contrast on everyday life, rinsing the disgusting dish towel so far that all the gunk comes out. It’s pushing PUNCHBAG’s sonic world even further, into a grander landscape, and dramatising the everyday more than ever before.”

Clara: Initially inspired by the ‘What’s In My Bag’ lifestyle videos you see online and thinking about how no amount of SPF beauty products can wash away your sins. Essentially, it's about feeling like you're trapped in the trash of your bag, smacking into a granola bar snack here and there. So yes, an everyday feeling. It’s an overdose of overconsumption and feeling ‘trashy’. But somehow in a fun way?

Anders: We feel like everyone has that one pile of clothes in their bedroom, maybe it's on a chair - insert new found word ‘floordrobe’, and this song is just a big pop anthem about that. It’s unserious in a serious way, because let's be honest, I feel like that pile of clothes in your room is a tad universal.

Clara: This song was literally about someone not replying to me after a hinge date lol and somehow it developed into a whole other beast through playing it live for the last year, and now I think it might be about everything that’s pouring at us from the news.

Anders: I guess you could see this song as an anti-depression anthem! You can hear the highest highs and the lowest lows - almost like it's soundtracking the extreme sport of everyday life. Because sometimes it really is an extreme sport, so the highs should be celebrated. Getting through a shit phase should be danced about! With synths, a dance tempo, and something to shout! All that positive stuff.

Clara: It's about being completely obsessed with something or someone, but not in a cute way, more in a ‘your whole body is under attack’ kinda way. It's sort of disordered, chaotic, overwhelming.

Taken from the May 2026 issue of Dork. PUNCHBAG's EP ‘I Am Obsessed' is out now.