Photo credit: Mallen
Got spare energy that needs sorting? Got no energy so need the music equivalent of a can of Red Bull? This recent track from Sextile should sort you out.
The track encapsulates the new album’s energy as a feisty call to motion, all industrial techno drums and sassy lyricism. “No more teeth / Life is bleak / Fuck your dollar,” singer Melissa Scaduto intones towards the end of the first verse, before the song explodes into a percussive, lasery climax. “Women Respond To Bass” is accompanied by a video shot while Sextile were recently on tour in Japan, featuring footage of the band engaging with fans while employing Tokyo as a futuristic visual canvas.
Melissa Scaduto of Sextile shares: “‘Women Respond To Bass’ was written as a sassy strutter for the girls, gays and theys. We originally wanted to do this video as a Boiler Room style video, but because of time we were unable. While we were in Tokyo, our new friends & promoters we were working with there offered to make a video and they made it happen the next day. We shot it at 4am after we played a show & the regrouped for another night to shoot. Tokyo being the main character, we are now in love with Japan.”
Give this a watch then give the new album a listen. It’s called ‘yes,please’.
Sextile live dates:
May 1 – DTLA, LA – Lights Down Low ft Sextile Record Release Party
May 23 – Wide Awake Festival, London, UK
May 24 – Dot to Dot Festival, Bristol, UK
May 25 – Dot to Dot Festival, Nottingham, UK
May 27 – Stereo, Glasgow, UK
May 28 – The White Hotel, Manchester, UK
May 29 – Rough Trade East, London, UK
May 30 – Dust, Brighton, UK
May 31 – Hare & Hounds, Birmingham, UK
Jun 01 – Where Else?, Margate, UK
Jun 03 – Le Grand Mix, Tourcoing, FR
Jun 04 – Trabendo, Paris, FR
Jun 05 – Le Tetris, Le Havre, FR
Jun 06 – Les Mouillotins Festival, Saint Point, FR
Jun 07 – Art Rock, St Brieuc, FR
Jun 10 – Altstadt, Eindhoven, NL
Jun 11 – Paradiso Upstairs, Amsterdam, NL
Jun 12 – Rotown, Rotterdam, NL
Jun 13 – Schon Schön, Mainz, DE
Jun 16 – B72, Vienna, AT
Jun 17 – Durer Kert, Budapest, HU
Jun 19 – Blind, Istanbul, TR
Jun 21 – B-Sides Festival, Lucerne, CH
Jun 23 – Zirka, Munich, DE
Jun 24 – Bumann & Sohn, Cologne, DE
Jun 25 – Molotow, Hamburg, DE
Jun 26 – Modus, Berlin, DE
Jun 28 – VooDoo, Warsaw, PL
Jun 30 – Gwarek, Krakow, PL
Jul 03 – Rock Wertcher, Wertcher, BE
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