Model/Actriz are known for their confrontational live shows, but the band’s performances are really a portal of invitation and transcendence, a series of intimate moments shared between those attending.
Dogsbody, the debut album by Brooklyn-based Model/Actriz (vocalist Cole Haden, guitarist Jack Wetmore, drummer
Ruben Radlauer, and bassist Aaron Shapiro), is a coming-of-age album set between the hours of dusk and dawn. It
is as much an exploration of love and loss as it is a sharp, piercing, and violent ode to the explosive joy of being alive
- the overwhelming brightness of staring at the sun.
The music takes inspiration from the physicality and repetition in electronic music, and the relentlessly propulsive
sounds of the cityscape and cycling overground trains. The band was inspired by dance music and how it can be
rebuilt, remixed, or broken down into the core elements that keep a song intact and incisive.
