{"id":31752,"date":"2019-07-20T12:15:01","date_gmt":"2019-07-20T16:15:01","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/cultureaddicts.com\/?p=31752"},"modified":"2019-07-20T06:12:26","modified_gmt":"2019-07-20T10:12:26","slug":"automatic-announce-debut-album-signal-share-new-single","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cultureaddicts.com\/?p=31752","title":{"rendered":"Automatic announce debut album &#8216;Signal&#8217; + share new single"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>LA post-punk trio Automatic have announced their debut album&nbsp;&#8216;Signal,&#8217; which will be out on September 27th via Stones Throw Records. They have also shared the new single <em>Too Much Money<\/em>. Listen to the single via YouTube below. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed-youtube wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<span class=\"embed-youtube\" style=\"text-align:center; display: block;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"youtube-player\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/L1qXQXsKAy0?version=3&#038;rel=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;showinfo=1&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;fs=1&#038;hl=en-CA&#038;autohide=2&#038;wmode=transparent\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" style=\"border:0;\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-popups allow-presentation allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox\"><\/iframe><\/span>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>You can also listen to <em>Too Much Money<\/em> here:<br><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/prescriptionpr.cmail19.com\/t\/j-l-mikjijy-ejlihlkhu-d\/\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>iTunes<\/strong><\/a><strong>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<\/strong><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/prescriptionpr.cmail19.com\/t\/j-l-mikjijy-ejlihlkhu-h\/\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>Apple<\/strong><\/a><strong>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<\/strong><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/prescriptionpr.cmail19.com\/t\/j-l-mikjijy-ejlihlkhu-k\/\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>Spotify<\/strong><\/a><strong>&nbsp;|&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/strong><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/prescriptionpr.cmail19.com\/t\/j-l-mikjijy-ejlihlkhu-u\/\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>Bandcamp<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Automatic\u00a0worked with producer and engineer Joo Joo Ashworth of FROTH for the album.\u00a0&#8216;Signal&#8217;\u00a0combines together the band\u2019s taste for dub reggae, motorik rhythms and gnarly synth work inspired by bands like NEU! and Suicide with the eerie atmosphere of films by auteurs like David Lynch and Dario Argento, to capture what it&#8217;s like to feel at an angle to the world.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Their new single <em>Too Much Money<\/em> chronicles the pitfalls of social media. The track follows on from the previous release <em><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\"Calling It (opens in a new tab)\" href=\"http:\/\/cultureaddicts.com\/automatic-share-calling-it-video\/\" target=\"_blank\">Calling It<\/a><\/em>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8216;Signal&#8217;&nbsp;speaks directly to the band members&#8217; life experiences, bound together by&nbsp;a sense of anxiety and alienation that is so common to life in the 21st century. <em>Humanoid<\/em> echoes <em>Too Much Money<\/em>&#8216;s sentiment on the disappointing falsity of social media, <em>Electrocution<\/em> recounts a near-death freak accident singer Izzy experienced \u2013 alluded to on the album art \u2013 and the title track captures the feeling of being trapped in the drudgery of a mundane life&nbsp;<em>&#8220;and the realization that nobody is going to rescue you from it but yourself.&#8221;<\/em>&nbsp;As they put it:<em>&nbsp;&#8220;The world is so fucked up, we don&#8217;t know how any musician could say, &#8216;This is all peachy.'&#8221;&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"800\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/cultureaddicts.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/Signalalbumartwork-990000079e04513c.jpg?resize=800%2C800\" alt=\"Automatic Signal album cover artwork\" class=\"wp-image-31755\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/cultureaddicts.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/Signalalbumartwork-990000079e04513c.jpg?w=800&amp;ssl=1 800w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/cultureaddicts.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/Signalalbumartwork-990000079e04513c.jpg?resize=150%2C150&amp;ssl=1 150w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/cultureaddicts.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/Signalalbumartwork-990000079e04513c.jpg?resize=300%2C300&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/cultureaddicts.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/Signalalbumartwork-990000079e04513c.jpg?resize=768%2C768&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/cultureaddicts.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/Signalalbumartwork-990000079e04513c.jpg?resize=144%2C144&amp;ssl=1 144w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8216;<strong><em>Signal<\/em>&#8216; tracklisting<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>1. Too Much Money<br>2. Calling It<br>3. Suicide In Texas<br>4. Love You Fine<br>5. Highway<br>6. Signal<br>7. Humanoid<br>8. Damage<br>9. Electrocution<br>10. Champagne<br>11. Strange Conversations<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Too Much Money<\/em> arrives ahead of their&nbsp;month-long residency at The Echo every Monday in August, followed by a European and UK tour in October.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Upcoming tour dates<\/strong><br>August 5th&nbsp;&#8211;&nbsp;Los Angeles, CA @ The Echo<br>August 12th &#8211;&nbsp;Los Angeles, CA @ The Echo<br>August 19th -Los Angeles, CA @ The Echo<br>August 26th &#8211;&nbsp;Los Angeles, CA @ The Echo<br>October 17th&nbsp;&#8211; Paris, France @ L&#8217;A\u00e9ronef<br>October 19th &#8211; Groningen, Netherlands @ Vera<br>October 20th &#8211; Eindhoven, Netherlands @ DDW Music Festival<br>October 22nd &#8211; London, UK @ Shacklewell Arms<br>October 23rd &#8211; Bristol, <g class=\"gr_ gr_15 gr-alert gr_gramm gr_inline_cards gr_disable_anim_appear Grammar only-ins replaceWithoutSep\" id=\"15\" data-gr-id=\"15\">UK<\/g> @ The Lanes<br>October 25th &#8211; Amsterdam, <g class=\"gr_ gr_16 gr-alert gr_gramm gr_inline_cards gr_disable_anim_appear Grammar only-ins replaceWithoutSep\" id=\"16\" data-gr-id=\"16\">Netherlands<\/g> @ London Calling Festival<br>October 28th &#8211; Berlin, Denmark @ Urban Spree<br>October 29th &#8211; Antwerp, Belgium @ Trix<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<div class=\"mh-excerpt\"><p>LA post-punk trio Automatic have announced their debut album&nbsp;&#8216;Signal,&#8217; which will be out on September 27th via Stones Throw Records. They have also shared the <a class=\"mh-excerpt-more\" href=\"https:\/\/cultureaddicts.com\/?p=31752\" title=\"Automatic announce debut album &#8216;Signal&#8217; + share new single\">[&#8230;]<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":31753,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"On Culture Addicts: Automatic announce debut album 'Signal' + share new single","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"_wpas_customize_per_network":false},"categories":[23,25,28,30],"tags":[5019,925,8312,8313,1245],"class_list":["post-31752","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-indie","category-live","category-music","category-new-release","tag-automatic","tag-post-punk","tag-signal","tag-too-much-money","tag-tour-dates"],"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/cultureaddicts.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/WtEwKuYA.jpeg?fit=2160%2C1582&ssl=1","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p2B2TV-8g8","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":32174,"url":"https:\/\/cultureaddicts.com\/?p=32174","url_meta":{"origin":31752,"position":0},"title":"Automatic share title track from debut album &#8216;Signal&#8217;","author":"cultureaddicts","date":"September 26, 2019","format":false,"excerpt":"LA post-punk trio Automatic has shared a new song. 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