NYT 10 Artists to Watch: Model/Actriz

[New York Times]

It’s hard to resist the charms of Cole Haden, the frontman of the Brooklyn (by way of Boston) quartet Model/Actriz. Tall, lithe and chatty, he stalks the stage and bounces on monitors in hulking heels, then takes the show into the crowd, singing into faces and giving listeners an extreme close-up as he works the room.

SOUNDS LIKE A very noisy band dragging gothy post-punk songs across the dance floor. Nine Inch Nails is a clear touchstone on the group’s debut from 2023, “Dogsbody,” nearly 38 minutes of arty peels of guitar, precision drumming, unrelenting bass lines and Haden’s incantations. In Model/Actriz’s latest single, “Cinderella,” Haden reveals his decision not to have a birthday party with a princess theme when he was 5, leaving him “quiet, alone and devastated.”

WHAT’S HAPPENING The band’s second album, “Pirouette,” is due May 2, immediately followed by tour dates in the United States and Europe. GANZ