Los Angeles acid house/punk/electronic band Sextile have revealed their energetic new single “S is For” and its accompanying video.
The track serves as the second taste of their upcoming studio album “Yes, Please.“, set to arrive on May 2 via Sacred Bones Records. Pre-order your copy here.
S is For is a defiant clap back at feminist connotations, with singer Melissa Scaduto’s leaning into lyrical repetition. “Sex / S*** / Swell / Stiff / Slag / Snap / Shut,” she repeats, her talk-singing outlined by bloopy synthesizers and techno drums. Like the best Sextile songs, “S is For” marries danceability and heartfelt spunk. Speaking about it, Mel says:
“It’s not super relevant to Sextile but with my other project ‘S. Product’ I was always asked what the S is for – it’s always really been a Scaduto product to me. But this song is sassy way to explain how many things the S could be.”
Of the video she adds: “The video originally had a completely different concept and was scheduled to be shot a week before leaving on a 7 week tour. However due to the heartbreaking and tragic LA fires the video shoot was cancelled of course and we had no other choice but to shoot the video while on the road. The video is a collage of performances, audiences and backstage moments across several different shows during our US tour with Molchat Doma.”
Sextile will tour the UK and mainland Europe in support of yes, please. See the full dates below.
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Upcoming Tour Dates
FEBRUARY
- 19 History, Toronto, Canada
- 20 The Fillmore Detroit, Detroit, USA
- 21 Salt Shed, Chicago, USA
- 22 First Avenue, Minneapolis, USA
- 24 Steelhouse Omaha, Omaha, USA
- 25 The Mission Ballroom, Denver, USA
- 28 Showbox SoDo, Seattle, USA
MARCH
- 1 The Crocodile, Seattle, USA
- 2 Crystal Ballroom, Portland, USA
- 5 Fox Theater, Oakland, USA
- 7 Hollywood Palladium, Los Angeles, USA
MAY
- 23 Wide Awake Festival, London, UK
- 24 Dot to Dot Festival, Bristol, UK
- 25 Dot to Dot Festival, Nottingham, UK
- 27 Stereo, Glasgow, UK
- 28 White Hotel, Manchester, UK
- 29 Rough Trade East, London, UK
- 30 Dust, Brighton, UK
- 31 Hare & Hounds, Birmingham, UK
JUNE
- 1 Where Else?, Margate, UK
- 3 Le Grand Mix, Tourcoing, France
- 4 Trabendo, Paris, France
- 5 Le Tetris, Le Havre, France
- 6 Les Mouillotins Festival, Saint-Point, France
- 7 Art Rock Festival, Saint-Brieuc, France
- 10 Altstadt, Eindhoven, Netherlands
- 11 Paradiso Upstairs, Amsterdam, Netherlands
- 12 Rotown, Rotterdam, Netherlands
- 16 B72, Vienna, Austria
- 17 Durer Kert, Budapest, Hungary
- 19 Blind, Istanbul, Turkey
- 23 Zirka, Munich, Germany
- 24 Bumann & Sohn, Cologne, Germany
- 26 Modus, Berlin, Germany
- 28 VooDoo, Warsaw, Poland
- 30 Gwarek, Krakow, Poland
JULY
3 Rock Wertcher, Belgium
Photo taken from the band’s Instagram page
