Automatic
- bizzarre
- Aug 22
- 2 min read
Updated: Aug 29
Automatic share new single "Lazy" taken from their new album 'Is It Now?' out Sept 26th via Stones Throw.
On their new album Is it Now?, out Sept 26th via Stones Throw, Automatic demands we look at the world’s oppressive structures with fresh urgency.
On new track “Lazy”, out now, the trio of Izzy Glaudini (synths, vocals), Halle Saxon (bass, vocals) and Lola Dompé (drums, vocals) blend elements of new wave, post-punk, and spacey trip-hop.
On “Lazy” they turn their attention to the early days of a relationship plagued by self-doubt and overthinking.
The lyrics address a love interest and take back power:
“The thing you thought you wanted / Was just the image of control”.
“Lazy” might be a love song – or an anti-love song – but like all Automatic songs, its message comes with a healthy dose of dark humor and a swing in its step.
On Is It Now?, Automatic uses perky minimalist grooves and pop melodies as a Trojan horse to wheel in political commentary about automated warfare, mindless consumerism (as on the previously released title track Is It Now?), or the political influence of oil.
Working with a producer for the first time, Loren Humphrey (Arctic Monkeys, Nice As Fuck, Cameron Winter), and balancing solo lives and varying temperaments, Automatic recorded Is It Now? in New York and L.A. They cast their net of influences wider, too, nodding to longtime favourite Patrick Cowley as well as A Certain Ratio, Air, and the moment in late-1970s British music when dub collided with punk.
Since their last record, 2022’s Excess, Automatic toured with Tame Impala, Yeah Yeah Yeahs, The Marías and IDLES. The band hits the road once again for a co-headlining tour with Sextile this fall.
Is It Now? is out September 26th on Stones Throw.
Tour dates
Sep 16 - Salt Lake City, UT - Urban Lounge
Sep 17 - Denver, CO - Meow Wolf Denver
Sep 19 - Chicago, IL - Outset
Sep 20 - Detroit, MI - Tangent Gallery
Sep 21 - Toronto, ON - Velvet Underground
Sep 23 - Montreal, QC - Théâtre Fairmount
Sep 24 - Boston, MA - Brighton Music Hall
Sep 25 - Brooklyn, NY - Warsaw
Sep 26 - Philadelphia, PA - The Foundry @ The Fillmore
Sep 27 - Washington, DC - Black Cat
Sep 29 - Asheville, NC -The Grey Eagle Tavern & Music Hall
Sep 30 - Nashville, TN - The Blue Room at Third Man Records
Oct 1 - Atlanta, GA - The Masquerade
Oct 3 - Dallas, TX - Studio at The Factory
Oct 4 - Houston, TX - White Oak Music Hall
Oct 5 - Austin, TX - Mohawk (Outside)
Oct 6 - El Paso, TX - The Lowbrow Palace
Oct 8 - Phoenix, AZ - The Crescent Ballroom
Oct 9 - Las Vegas, NV - Swan Dive
Oct 10 - San Diego, CA - The Observatory North Park
Oct 11 - Los Angeles, CA - The Novo
'Is It Now?'
out Sept 26th via Stones Throw
