DEUX VISAGES have announced their debut album. "Call It Goodbye" arrives November 6 via Pure Noise Records — the trio's first release for the label — and lead single "Automatic" is out now with a video.
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The band are vocalist Daphney Hanono, guitarist Jack Chiu and bassist Tony Jouvin, and the short version of their history is that it happened very fast. They formed over a thread of DMs in high school, signed to Atlantic Records once word of their live shows got around, put out a run of singles and an EP, supported MANNEQUIN PUSSY, JULIE and WUNDERHORSE, and relocated from Miami to Philadelphia — most of it before the debut album existed. What they landed on is dream-pop guitar music with the edges left rough: big, feedback-soaked, more anxious than dreamy.
"Automatic" is about the cost of all that speed. Hanono wrote it around an internal monologue of feeling less-than and predictable, and she is direct about where it came from: "A lot of this track has to do with things crashing down around us with our first record deal. It was our early days as a band and touring, and we weren't feeling worthy or ready to handle all of these major changes."
The album — eleven tracks — was recorded back in Miami with Arquimides "Arkii" Cala, a longtime friend of the band who also cut all their early material, including their first single "Cheetah". Alongside "Automatic" the record holds the earlier single "Always You" and a track called "Behind", and the title song closes it out on a note of frustration about time running out. The through-line, by the band's own account, is the tension between a past you are still attached to and a future you have already committed to.
DEUX VISAGES have just wrapped a North American run with SWEET PILL. Next month they join THE LINDA LINDAS as special guests on the East Coast:
| Date | City | Venue |
|---|---|---|
| 10/02 | Pittsburgh, PA | Mr. Smalls Theatre |
| 10/04 | Philadelphia, PA | Theatre of Living Arts |
| 10/06 | Boston, MA | Paradise Rock Club |
| 10/07 | New Haven, CT | Toad's Place |
| 10/08 | Brooklyn, NY | Brooklyn Steel |
All dates with THE LINDA LINDAS.
Watch and stream "Automatic": lnk.to/DeuxVisages