Brooklyn four-piece Model/Actriz have announced their debut album along with a North American tour. Dogsbody arrives February 24 via True Panther Sounds. Today, the group has shared the new single “Crossing Guard,” which drops references to Lady Gaga and J.M.W. Turner’s painting Rain, Steam, and Speed. Watch the accompanying music video, directed by Nathan Castiel, below; plus find the LP’s tracklist and the group’s upcoming tour dates.
Vocalist Cole Haden, guitarist Jack Wetmore, drummer Ruben Radlauer, and bassist Aaron Shapiro are Model/Actriz. They co-produced Dogsbody with Seth Manchester, who also mixed the album.
The visual for “Crossing Guard” was inspired by the body’s fragility, and references Butoh—a form of Japanese dance theater. “For ‘Crossing Guard,’ I wanted to depict a day in the life of a normal suburban American family,” Haden expressed in press materials. Model/Actriz shared Dogsbody’s lead single, “Mosquito,” last fall.
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Dogsbody:
01 Donkey Show
02 Mosquito
03 Crossing Guard
04 Slate
05 Divers
06 Amaranth
07 Pure Mode
08 Maria
09 Sleepless
10 Sun In
Model/Actriz:
03-09 Durham, NC – Pinhook ^
03-10 Atlanta, GA – The Earl ^
03-11 Nashville, TN – Drkmttr ^
03-14-18 Austin, TX – SXSW
03-20 Tucson, AZ – Club Congress
03-23 Los Angeles, CA – Zebulon
03-24 Oakland, CA – Stork Club
03-25-26 Boise, ID – Treefort Music Fest
03-29 Portland, OR – Doug Fir
03-30 Vancouver, British Columbia – Cobalt
03-31 Seattle, WA – Barboza
04-05 Minneapolis, MN – 7th St Entry
04-06 Chicago, IL – Empty Bottle
04-07 Detroit, MI – Lager House
04-08 Toronto, Ontario – Monarch
04-09 Montreal, Quebec – L’Esco
04-13 Burlington, VT – Higher Ground Showcase Lounge
04-14 Kingston, NY – Tubby’s
04-15 Boston, MA – O’Brien’s Pub
04-18 Washington, D.C. – DC9
04-19 Philadelphia, PA – Foto Club
04-20 New York, NY – Racket
^ with Frost Children
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