Model/Actriz

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Model/Actriz
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Model/Actriz performing in 2023
Background information
Origin Boston, Massachusetts [1]
Genres
Years active
  • 2016–2017, 2019–present
Labels True Panther Sounds [2]
Members
  • Cole Haden
  • Ruben Radlauer
  • Aaron Shapiro
  • Jack Wetmore [3]

Model/Actriz is an American rock band, formed in 2016 in Boston, Massachusetts, that is currently based in Brooklyn, New York. Its members are vocalist Cole Haden, guitarist Jack Wetmore, bassist Aaron Shapiro, and drummer Ruben Radlauer.

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The band's music has been described as post-punk and noise rock. [4] [5] Frontman Haden often incorporates queer sexual themes in his lyrics "as a gay person working in a genre that’s not very outwardly gay." [4] Their debut album Dogsbody was released in 2023.

History

Drummer Ruben Radlauer and guitarist Jack Wetmore were childhood acquaintances whose fathers were in a band together in the 1980s. Radlauer and Wetmore reconnected while attending Berklee College of Music, and decided to start a band together. In 2015, Radlauer and Wetmore met vocalist Cole Haden when they saw him perform, “writhing on the floor in a corset, fake blood dripping down his face,” and invited him to join their band. Haden, a Delaware native, joined the group out of loneliness. [4] In 2019, after a two-year hiatus, Model/Actriz incorporated bassist Aaron Shapiro. [6]

In 2019, Model/Actriz was dubbed one of Alt Citizen’s favorite live acts of the year. [7] In 2020, the band was scheduled to perform at SXSW, but the festival was cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic. [8] In 2021, Model/Actriz recorded their first album, Dogsbody. [6] Upon its release in 2023, the album earned an 8.2 rating from Pitchfork, [9] and was named Bandcamp Daily 's album of the day. [10] Following Dogsbody, the band was invited to play the 2024 Primavera Sound festival in Barcelona. [11]

Critical response

In 2016, Boston Hassle wrote that guitarist Wetmore and drummer Radlauer “remarkably capture a wide scope of dissonance and noise with live belligerence, with control and spontaneity.” [12] Vocalist Haden has been praised by multiple publications for his onstage charisma. [13] [14] In 2022, Fatty Strap stated, “[Haden’s] presence is so big that it literally arrives before him and leaves days after he has left.” [15] Rolling Stone wrote, “Every time they perform, it’s an explosion of outrageous noise, raw physicality, and communal joy.” [6] The Primavera Sound festival praised them as "pioneers in bringing homoerotic references into a genre as un-homoerotic as post-punk." [11]

Discography

Albums
TitleYearLabelSource
Dogsbody 2023True Panther Sounds [4]
Extended Plays
TitleYearSource
No2017
Ava2016 [16]
100€2016 [12]
Singles
TitleYearSource
“Winnipesaukee”2023 [17]
"Crossing Guard"2023 [18]
"Mosquito"2022 [19]
"Damocles"2020 [20]
"Suntan"2020 [21]

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  2. ↑ "Model/Actriz Announce Debut Album for True Panther Sounds". Pitchfork . 17 January 2023.
  3. ↑ "Model/Actriz, "Dogsbody"". Bandcamp. March 2023.
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  5. ↑ Buchanan, Rhys (2023-09-25). "Get down and dirty with Model/Actriz's feral debut album". NME. Retrieved 2023-12-03.
  6. 1 2 3 "The Outrageous Thrills of Model/Actriz". Rolling Stone. 2023-06-26. Retrieved 2023-07-27.
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  8. ↑ Kratt, Steele (2020-03-25). "A night out with MODEL/ACTRIZ, the noise band keeping DIY weird". Document Journal. Retrieved 2023-07-30.
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  12. 1 2 "Model/Actriz — 100€ // BOSTON HASSLE". bostonhassle.com. Retrieved 2023-07-27.
  13. ↑ "Concert Review: Model/Actriz". Spectrum Culture. 2023-04-05. Retrieved 2023-07-30.
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