{"product_id":"model-actriz-suntan-c-w-damocles","title":"Model\/Actriz: Suntan c\/w Damocles","description":"\u003cb\u003eTitle: \u003c\/b\u003eSuntan c\/w Damocles\u003cbr\u003e\n                                         \u003cb\u003eArtist: \u003c\/b\u003eModel\/Actriz\u003cbr\u003e\n                                         \u003cb\u003eLabel: \u003c\/b\u003eDots Per Inch Music\u003cbr\u003e\n                                         \u003cb\u003eProduct Type: \u003c\/b\u003e7-INCH SINGLE\u003cbr\u003e\n                                         \u003cb\u003eUPC: \u003c\/b\u003e680196664349\u003cbr\u003e\n                                         \u003cb\u003eGenre: \u003c\/b\u003eRock\u003cbr\u003e\n                                         \u003cbr\u003e\n                                         \n                                         \n                                         \"Model\/Actriz bring a new kind of depth to harshness, and open-endedness to the familiar. They perform an intensity in their work that resembles a rubber ball approaching vibrational frequency bouncing between the closest points of extremes: joy and violence, humor and nihilism, flirtation and effacement. Model\/Actriz is a special conjuring of grey areas without a whiff of indecision. Seeing them perform live is when these push\/pulls start to make sense. Model\/Actriz are undeniably intentional, which muddies any association with \"punk,\" a close sonic reference. They also shy away from claiming a perch in any popular-music discourse-and therefore aren't post-this or hyphenated-that. Instead, they leave such categorizing up to their fans, with a respect for the listener\/viewer that is increasingly rare in our era of pre-packaged-mood-via-music. This invitation to participate is something that Cole Haden, the vocalist, charismatically employs during performance: he sings as he winds among the audience, he falls\/climbs\/pushes-around. He has unhinged staring contests with a member here or there, and in this comes to present an open sexuality that shatters the traditional pursuer\/pursued rock-stage dynamic. Set against the tight and rigorous rhythm of his band, it is like nothing else in our moment. Cole's performance is a presentation of a wandering \u0026amp; adventurous social atmosphere. It is in this collapsing of the audience\/entertainer dichotomy that a kinship with dance music starts to make itself clear. Model\/Actriz take from dance music not only the structural and compositional undertones, but also it's experiential approach to music-making \u0026amp; performance. In that, they challenge the idol-centric vision of rock \u0026amp; pop music. There is an exciting freedom here, and intrinsic to it is a heightened responsibility of the viewer\/listener. When taken for their word, Model\/Actriz reminds a viewer why performance \u0026amp; audience matter. They represent the oft-forgotten intensity of a community composing a moment, in the moment. Hearing \u0026amp; seeing Model\/Actriz is akin to the eruptive joy that follows seeing an imaginary come to fruition; it is desire, materialized. From this stems their music's potent sexuality, confidence, \u0026amp; rupture; it is music as transgressive as we hope it to be.After two years of self-imposed hiatus, Model\/Actriz are returning with a four-piece lineup: Cole Haden (vocalist of Dagsboro, DE); Jack Wetmore (guitarist of Los Angeles, CA); Ruben Radlauer (drummer, of Los Angeles, CA); and Aaron Shapiro (bassist, of Burlington, VT). They write everything together, and practice a rigorously democratic approach to being a band from their current home base in Brooklyn, NY. Model\/Actriz make dance music, and seeing really is believing.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTracks:\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e1.1 Suntan \u003cbr\u003e1.2 Damocles\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Model\/Actriz","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":39965944578119,"sku":"43364862","price":9.98,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"url":"https:\/\/tower.com\/products\/model-actriz-suntan-c-w-damocles","provider":"Tower Records","version":"1.0","type":"link"}