Los Angeles trio Automatic share new single and video ‘Black Box’, the last preview of their new album, Is it Now?, out this Friday via Stones Throw.
‘Black Box’ calls out sellouts with cunning lyrics and hypnotic trip-hop beats.
“The title ‘Black Box’ refers to the black box in a crashed plane. The repetitive synth is supposed to suggest a plane gliding as it crashes / an alarm distress call. I was listening to the Leonard Cohen album The Future a lot around the time the lyrics were written. It’s a pretty straightforward critique of people that have sold out on a large scale, specifically within creative industries. Thierry Mugler said, “art used to tell money what to do, now money tells art what to do” and the world is a less interesting place because of it.”
Izzy Glaudini
Tour dates:
North America
25/9: Brooklyn, NY @ Warsaw
26/9: Philadelphia, PA @ The Foundry @ The Fillmore
27/9: Washington, DC @ Black Cat
29/9: Asheville, NC @ The Grey Eagle Tavern & Music Hall
30/9: Nashville, TN @ The Blue Room at Third Man Records
1/10: Atlanta, GA @ The Masquerade
3/10: Dallas, TX @ Studio at The Factory
4/10: Houston, TX @ White Oak Music Hall
5/10: Austin, TX @ Mohawk (Outside)
6/10: El Paso, TX @ The Lowbrow Palace
8/10: Phoenix, AZ @ The Crescent Ballroom
9/10: Las Vegas, NV @ Swan Dive
10/10: San Diego, CA @ The Observatory North Park
11/10: Los Angeles, CA @ The Novo
UK & Europe
12/11: Brighton, UK @ Daltons
13/11: London, UK @ The Lexington
15/11: Berlin, DE @ puschenfest
17/11: Cologne, DE @ Bumann & Sohn
19/11: Metz, FR @ BAM
20/11: Paris, FR @ Petit Bain
21/11: La Rochelle, FR @ La Sirene
24/11: Milan, IT @ Circolo Arci Bellezza
25/11: Prague, CZ @ Bike Jesus
27/11: Munich, DE @ Milla
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