Automatic release debut album “Signal” on Stones Throw Records | New video for ‘Strange Conversations’ out today

LA POST-PUNK TRIO AUTOMATIC RELEASES DEBUT ALBUM

SIGNAL ON STONES THROW TODAY

VIDEO FOR ‘STRANGE CONVERSATIONS’

Photo credit Logan White

“…brooding pop with post-punk lashings, best listened to in the darkest corner of the club” – NME

“…reflects the anxieties of punk music in equal measure with the desperate-for-connection mentalities of club music.” – Paste

“Inspired by motorik tendencies of Neu!, post-punk iconoclasts like Suicide and the dub-infused sound of Dennis Bovell & The Slits, Automatic may be steeped in history, but their message is contemporary, tackling millennial social media ennui head on.” – The Vinyl Factory

“…strong traces of ESG, Bush Tetras, The Waitresses and Lizzy Mercierr Descloux are all present.” – DJ Mag

Support from NTS Radio, BBC 6Music, BBC Radio 1’s Jack Saunders

Today, LA post-punk trio Automatic release their debut album Signal, and share the video for the single ‘Strange Conversations’, directed by Byron Blum of POW!

Watch the ‘Strange Conversations’ video

Stream / buy Signal:Bandcamp | Spotify | iTunes | Apple Music

Capturing the album’s feeling of alienation, the ‘Strange Conversations’ video stars model Sarah Abney as a lone visitor to a bar where Automatic is playing on a quiet Tuesday night. The video also features a cameo from new Stones Throw signing John Carroll Kirby.

Signal is out now on regular vinyl, limited edition bright red vinyl, CD, and on all digital platforms. Signal ties together Automatic’s taste for dub reggae, motorik rhythms, and gnarly synth work inspired by bands like NEU! and Suicide with the eerie atmosphere of films by auteurs like David Lynch and Dario Argento. Singles include ‘Too Much Money’ and ‘Calling It’, an extended version of which will feature in Celine’s show tonight at Paris Fashion Week.

This October, Automatic will play at Desert Daze Festival and head out on their first headline Europe tour, before returning to the US to open for Bauhaus at their reunion shows at the Hollywood Palladium and play at Austin’s Levitation Festival. They’ll then join Black Marble on the road for a North American tour.

All tickets are available here. 

AUTOMATIC – TOUR DATES

OCT:11-13 October –  Perris, CA @ Desert Daze17 October – Paris, France @ Mains D’oeuvres18 October – Lille, France @ L’Aéronef19 October – Groningen, Netherlands @ Vera20 October – Eindhoven, Netherlands @ DDW Music Festival22 October – London, UK @ Shacklewell Arms23 October – Bristol, UK @ The Lanes25 October – Amsterdam, Netherlands @ London Calling Festival28 October – Berlin, Germany @ Urban Spree29 October – Antwerp, Belgium @ TrixNOV:3 November – Los Angeles, CA @ Hollywood Palladium∞4 November – Los Angeles, CA @ Hollywood Palladium∞7 November – Austin, TX @ Levitation*8 November – Oklahoma City, OK @ 89th Street OKC^9 November – Memphis, TN @ Hi Tone^10 November – Nashville, TN @ The Basement^12 November – Columbus, OH @ Oberlin College^13 November – State College, PA @ Webster’s^ 14 November – Oberlin, OH @ Oberlin College^16 November – Montreal, QC @ Bar Le Ritz^19 November – Hamden, CT @ Space Ballroom^20 November – Philadelphia, PA @ Underground Arts^21 November – Baltimore, MD @ Metro Gallery^22 November – New York, NY @ Bowery Ballroom^24 November – Washington, DC @ Black Cat^​∞ = w/ Bauhaus* = w/ Angel Olsen, Kikagaku Moyo, Black Marble, Holy Wave and more^ = w/ Black Marble

About Automatic

Like all the best bands, Automatic came together organically. Izzy Glaudini (synths, vocals), Lola Dompé (drums, vocals) and Halle Saxon (bass, vocals) met while immersed in LA’s DIY band scene, and started jamming together in 2017. Gaining notoriety for their explosive live shows, they were invited to share the stage with bands like Surfbort, Wand and Flatworms.

Lola was born into a punk household (her father is Kevin Haskins of Bauhaus) and joined her first band, art-rock outfit Blackblack, when she was just 13. Halle and Izzy met playing in local bands in Northeast LA; Izzy was a guitarist and vocalist, and Halle liked to plug her fretless bass into a guitar amp. Uninspired by the masculine energy of the local scene and rock music on the radio – “pumped out like plastic bottles into the ocean” – Izzy ditched the guitar for a synth, and in 2017 she and Halle joined forces with Lola. They named themselves Automatic after a song by the Go-Go’s – the only all-female rock band to have written and played instruments on an album to reach #1 in the US.

Izzy studied film at college and Halle used to work at cult video store Kim’s Video in NYC, and the band also counts film as an important influence on their music. In particular, David Lynch and Dario Argento’s fingerprints are all over Signal’s ambiguous lyrics and eerie atmospheres.

Automatic

Signal

Stones Throw Records

September 27, 20191

Too Much Money2. Calling It3. Suicide In Texas4. Love You Fine5. Highway6. Signal7. Humanoid8. Damage9. Electrocution10. Champagne11. Strange Conversations

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