New York provocateurs Model/Actriz are known for making hedonistic dance-punk that oozes with sex appeal. Their sound - darkly kinetic and unrelenting - is like gothy post-punk dragged across a sweat-slicked dance floor.
New single āDivaā is an unsettling, seductive descent into desire and detachment. Guitars scrape and seethe over a tense, slow-burning undercurrent of bass thatās as sombre as it is salacious.
āYeah, I met a guy in Copenhagen / He was gay but had a girlfriend / I met a guy in Amsterdam / Closed the bar down and then I kissed himā, sings vocalist Cole Haden.
Drawing from real-life encounters while touring, the track simmers with the fleeting connection and theatrical melancholy of transient romance.
āThe song takes place on a date and the song references many of the real ones Iāve been on while on tourā, says Haden.
āSpecifically, Iām remembering the times where frivolity shifted to mourning as we both realised we may never see each other again once the night is overā he adds. āWhat Iāve learned is that in order to be āthat bitchā, one must make use of the melancholiaā.
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