Pink Fuzz — Don’t You Wanna Go to Heaven?
Here at SR.COM we just learned of Pink Fuzz TODAY — primarily due to this new 2026 single — and this sibling-led Denver trio is very much firing on all cylinders right out of the gate.
How we found them: Pink Fuzz just got added to the Planet Desert Rock Weekend VII lineup in Las Vegas (Jan 28–31, 2027, The Usual Place), stepping in for Boston’s Gozu on the Saturday night bill alongside Greenleaf, Sasquatch, Brimstone Coven, Sundrifter, and Droids Attack. That news sent us to the new single — and the new single sent us here, typing this.
First impression: REALLY solid production. We saw that their 2025 full-length Resolution was mixed by Alain Johannes — the Desert’s own — so that is RAD, and the pedigree carries straight into this one: engineered by Riley Rukavina at Cauldron Audio Works, mixed by Ben McLeod of All Them Witches, mastered by Alberto De Icaza. NPR has called this band “riotous desert rock.” Checks out.
We checked out “Manipulator” first. Had to run it back a few times to be sure — we are fairly certain Pink Fuzz is flipping Cyndi Lauper’s “Girls Just Want to Have Fun” melody (and some of its lyrics) for the verses. That’s cool and DIFFERENT. Solid performance, solid writing — driving, tight, and PRO. We can dig it. Hints of desert, some 90s alternative, and an overall aggressive, well-executed tone, performance, and production.
And the main message of that tune? WOW — we have all probably been getting an un-asked-for masters degree in GASLIGHTING and scamming since 2019. Nobody signed up for that course. So this is timely — and with a name like PINK FUZZ, this IS what they should be singing about.
On to the title track, “Don’t You Wanna Go to Heaven?” — very cool, Desert Sessions-ish, very strong, also… HELMET. That heft. Brother and sister John and LuLu Demitro trading guitar, bass, and vocals with Will Trafas behind the kit — two songs, zero filler, all cylinders.
This is our first exposure to Pink Fuzz, so we’ll keep it short and sweet: go check this single out for yourselves. We will certainly run down more Pink Fuzz in the next few weeks as we get oriented to all things here at STONERROCK.COM — the back catalog runs through 2025’s acclaimed Resolution, and the word is “Manipulator” previews a new full-length slated for 2027. Horns up for that.
Hear it — both sides. ⚡
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FIRST EXPOSURE. ALL CYLINDERS. GO GET IT.
Listen & own it ⚡
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