New York-based band Model/Actriz have announced their sophomore album, Pirouette, which lands May 2 via True Panther. The follow-up to 2023’s Dogsbody is led by the dynamically frenetic and luminous ‘Cinderella’, which arrives with a visual directed by Nathan Castiel. Check it out below, and scroll down for the album cover and tracklist.
“’Cinderella’ distills within it many of the objectives that would become the lifeblood of Pirouette,” vocalist Cole Haden explained in a press release. “The song switches between moments of tension and fluidity, dissonance and harmony: we aimed to write something with an inherent brightness that differed anything we had made before, and the light that shines through the song was made not through removing darkness, but through upping the contrast. The lyrics were written in response to that canvas, and give voice to an inner dialogue I once had while on a date with a beautiful man. It’s a song about the realization that there was shame and pain I carried long after it had become obsolete, and while it was uncertain if I would ever see this person again, I could remember him always as the mysterious catalyst that released me from it.”
Co-produced and mixed by Seth Manchester, Pirouette finds Haden channelling childhood heroes like Britney Spears and Mariah Carey. Model/Actriz have also announced a tour in support of the record, which will take them across the US, Canada, the UK, and Europe.
Pirouette Cover Artwork:
Pirouette Tracklist:
1. Vespers
2. Cinderella
3. Poppy
4. Diva
5. Headlights
6. Acid Rain
7. Departures
8. Audience
9. Ring Road
10. Doves
11. Baton
Model/Actriz 2025 Tour Dates:
Mar 1 – Chicago, IL – Thalia Hall Free For All
May 6 – San Francisco, CA – Rickshaw Stop
May 8 – Portland, OR – Mississippi Studios
May 9 – Vancouver, BC – The Pearl
May 10 – Seattle, WA – Madame Lou’s
May 12 – Santa Cruz, CA – Catalyst Atrium
May 13 – Los Angeles, CA – The Roxy
May 16 – Washington, DC – The Atlantis
May 17 – Philadelphia, PA – Johnny Brenda’s
May 19 – Boston, MA – Deep Cuts
May 20 – Kingston, NY – Tubby’s
May 22 – Brooklyn, NY – Good Room
May 31 – Raleigh, NC – The Ritz*
June 2 – Cleveland, OH – Globe Iron*
June 3 – Toronto, ON – HISTORY*
June 13 – London, UK – Lido Festival
June 14 – Manchester, UK – Outbreak Festival
June 16 – Brussels, BE – Rotonde Botanique
June 17 – Paris, FR – Petit Bain
June 19-21 – Lisbon, PT – Kalorama Festival
June 20-21 – Madrid, ES – Kalorama Festival
* supporting Panchiko
