{"id":37962,"date":"2022-04-15T12:15:00","date_gmt":"2022-04-15T16:15:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/cultureaddicts.com\/?p=37962"},"modified":"2022-04-15T10:58:23","modified_gmt":"2022-04-15T14:58:23","slug":"automatic-release-new-single-venus-hour","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cultureaddicts.com\/?p=37962","title":{"rendered":"Automatic release new single \u2018Venus Hour\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><em>Venus Hour<\/em> is the second single lifted from Automatic\u2019s upcoming album \u2018Excess\u2019. Automatic\u2019s Izzy Glaudini originally wrote <em>\u201cVenus Hour as an ode to \u201cpsycho-feminine energy\u201d. The song is \u201cabout whatever it is inside you that makes you want to do that thing that isn\u2019t logical, or safe.\u201d<\/em><br><br><em>Venus Hour<\/em> imagines desire as a double-edged sword, an impulse that can result in addiction. Excess rides the imaginary edge where the 1970s underground met the corporate culture of the 1980s \u2013 or, as the band puts it, <em>\u201cThat fleeting moment when what was once cool quickly turned and became mainstream, all for the sake of consumerism.\u201d <\/em>Though the album grapples with contemporary concerns \u2013 the exodus of the super rich from an uninhabitable Earth, the precarity of the art life, Gen Z inheriting the planet at the eleventh hour \u2013 the album\u2019s final message is one of solidarity rather than despair.\u00a0<br><br>The <em>Venus Hour<\/em> video directed by Sylvie Lake also slips between the decades, with each member of the band representing a female character from a different era: 1930s (Izzy), 1960s (Lola) and 1990s (Halle) \u2013 all seen through distortion and mirror images. Inspiration came from Thoroughly Modern Millie (Lola), Peewee\u2019s Playhouse on VHS (Halle), and The Tales of Hoffmann (Izzy). The video was shot in iconic Californian locations: Izzy dances with two sculptures at the Forest Lawn Memorial Park, Lola is shown at Frank Gehry\u2019s Disney Concert Hall in L.A., and Halle walks through the Niki De Saint Phalle sculpture garden.\u00a0Watch the video clip via YouTube below. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-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\/64wOepbwQkE?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><br>You can also stream <em>Venus Hour<\/em> here: <a href=\"https:\/\/prescriptionpr.cmail20.com\/t\/j-l-zkddyhk-ejlihlkhu-d\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Spotify<\/a>\u00a0|\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/prescriptionpr.cmail20.com\/t\/j-l-zkddyhk-ejlihlkhu-h\/\">Apple Music<\/a>\u00a0|\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/prescriptionpr.cmail20.com\/t\/j-l-zkddyhk-ejlihlkhu-k\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Bandcamp<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Automatic will open for IDLES, Parquet Courts and Tame Impala this Spring and play at Cruel World Festival, then will head to Europe for a run of shows including Wide Awake (UK), Primavera Sound (Spain), and Best Kept Secret (NL), before returning to open for Osees in September.<br><br>See below for a full list of dates.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h5 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Automatic tour dates<br><\/strong><br><strong>US (with IDLES)<\/strong><\/h5>\n\n\n\n<p>Apr 14 CA San Diego SOMA<br>Apr 19\u00a0CO Denver The Mission Ballroom<br>Apr 20\u00a0UT Salt Lake City The Complex<strong><br><br>US (with Parquet Courts)\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Apr 22\u00a0WA Seattle Showbox<br>Apr 23\u00a0BC Vancouver Imperial<br>Apr 25\u00a0OR Portland Crystal Ballroom<br>Apr 27\u00a0CA Oakland Fox<br>Apr 28\u00a0CA Los Angeles Wiltern<strong><br><br>US<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>May 14-15\u00a0CA Los Angeles Cruel World Festival<strong><br><br>US (with Tame Impala)\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>May 24\u00a0NC Wilmington Live Oak Bank Pavilion<br>May 26\u00a0OH Columbus KEMBA Live! Festival Stage\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>UK &amp; EUROPE<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>May 28\u00a0UK London Wide Awake<br>May 29\u00a0UK Manchester YES<br>May 30\u00a0UK Leeds Headrow House<br>May 31\u00a0UK Brighton Green Door Store<br>June 1\u00a0FR Lille L\u2019A\u00e9ronef<br>June 2\u00a0FR Paris L&#8217;international<br>June 3\u00a0FR Angers Levitation<br>June 4\u00a0ES Barcelona Primavera<br>June 5\u00a0ES Barcelona Primavera<br>June 8\u00a0IT Ravenna Beaches Brew<br>June 9\u00a0CH Neuchatel Festineuch<br>June 10\u00a0CH Aarau Kiff<br>June 11\u00a0DE Mannheim Maifeld Derbi<br>June 12\u00a0NL Hilvarenbeek Best Kept Secret<br>June 13\u00a0NL Amsterdam Bitterzoet<br>June 14\u00a0NL Nijmegen Merleyn<br>June 15\u00a0DE Berlin UFO Sound Studios<br>June 16\u00a0DE Koln Bumann &amp; Sohn<br>June 17\u00a0BE Charleroi Fete De La Musique\u00a0<br>June 18\u00a0NL Den Haag Grauzone<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>US (with Osees)<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Sept 5\u00a0San Francisco Chapel<br>Sept 6\u00a0San Francisco Chapel<br>Sept 7\u00a0San Francisco Chapel<br>Sept 9\u00a0Portland Roseland<br>Sept 10\u00a0Seattle Neumos<br>Sept 11\u00a0Seattle Neumos<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/i3.cmail20.com\/ei\/j\/A0\/DF6\/90C\/004959\/csfinal\/Automatic-Excess-STH2466lo1-9900000000079e3c.jpg\" alt=\"Automatic - Excess album artwork \"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>\u2018Excess\u2019 track listing<\/strong><br><br>1.\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/cultureaddicts.com\/automatic-announce-new-album-excess-share-new-beginning\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" title=\"Automatic announce new album \u2018Excess\u2019 + share \u2018New Beginning\u2019\">New Beginning<\/a><br>2. On The Edge<br>3. Skyscraper<br>4. Realms<br>5.\u00a0Venus Hour<br>6. Automation<br>7. Teen Beat<br>8. NRG<br>9. Lucy<br>10. Turn Away<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Pre-order \u2018Excess\u2019 on vinyl and deluxe eco-mix vinyl:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/prescriptionpr.cmail20.com\/t\/j-l-zkddyhk-ejlihlkhu-u\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">https:\/\/www.stonesthrow.com\/store\/excess<\/a>\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<div class=\"mh-excerpt\"><p>Venus Hour is the second single lifted from Automatic\u2019s upcoming album \u2018Excess\u2019. Automatic\u2019s Izzy Glaudini originally wrote \u201cVenus Hour as an ode to \u201cpsycho-feminine energy\u201d. <a class=\"mh-excerpt-more\" href=\"https:\/\/cultureaddicts.com\/?p=37962\" title=\"Automatic release new single \u2018Venus Hour\u2019\">[&#8230;]<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":37963,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","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":"","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":[22,23,25,28,29,30,1907],"tags":[5019,10699,1245],"class_list":["post-37962","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-guitar-rock","category-indie","category-live","category-music","category-music-video","category-new-release","category-news","tag-automatic","tag-excess","tag-tour-dates"],"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/cultureaddicts.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/63FE9726-5F12-43DF-8162-B494D36A1107.jpeg?fit=900%2C658&ssl=1","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p2B2TV-9Si","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":38148,"url":"https:\/\/cultureaddicts.com\/?p=38148","url_meta":{"origin":37962,"position":0},"title":"Automatic share new video for \u2018Skyscraper\u2019\u00a0","author":"cultureaddicts","date":"June 18, 2022","format":false,"excerpt":"The new video for Skyscraper directed by Alex Thurmond casts Automatic as dead-eyed office workers climbing the ladder, in a Severance-style comment on the banal evil of American corporate culture. On Skyscraper, Automatic imagines a Patrick Bateman type who can ignore \u201cthe miserable people outside\u201d as he luxuriates in his\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;indie&quot;","block_context":{"text":"indie","link":"https:\/\/cultureaddicts.com\/?cat=23"},"img":{"alt_text":"Automatic press photo","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/cultureaddicts.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/AC1342F2-974C-4C50-B56C-F8F46B2CE6A7-e1655549338472.jpeg?fit=897%2C490&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/cultureaddicts.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/AC1342F2-974C-4C50-B56C-F8F46B2CE6A7-e1655549338472.jpeg?fit=897%2C490&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/cultureaddicts.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/AC1342F2-974C-4C50-B56C-F8F46B2CE6A7-e1655549338472.jpeg?fit=897%2C490&ssl=1&resize=525%2C300 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/cultureaddicts.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/AC1342F2-974C-4C50-B56C-F8F46B2CE6A7-e1655549338472.jpeg?fit=897%2C490&ssl=1&resize=700%2C400 2x"},"classes":[]},{"id":38043,"url":"https:\/\/cultureaddicts.com\/?p=38043","url_meta":{"origin":37962,"position":1},"title":"Automatic share new single \u2018Skyscraper\u2019","author":"cultureaddicts","date":"May 21, 2022","format":false,"excerpt":"Automatic \u2013 the trio of Izzy Glaudini (synths, lead vocals), Lola Domp\u00e9 (drums, vocals) and Halle Saxon-Gaines (bass) \u2013 have shared their new single, Skyscraper, which is lifted from the forthcoming album\u00a0\u2018Excess\u2019. Listen to Skyscraper via YouTube below or on Spotify\u00a0|\u00a0Apple Music\u00a0|\u00a0Bandcamp https:\/\/youtu.be\/nN1JbeuS6Lc Pre-order\u00a0\u2018Excess\u2019\u00a0on vinyl and deluxe eco-mix vinyl:\u00a0https:\/\/www.stonesthrow.com\/store\/excess\u00a0 Automatic\u2019s\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;guitar rock&quot;","block_context":{"text":"guitar rock","link":"https:\/\/cultureaddicts.com\/?cat=22"},"img":{"alt_text":"Automatic press photo","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/cultureaddicts.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/2E10493B-310D-4482-A153-C04C5A85F9C9-e1653050375163.jpeg?fit=897%2C549&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/cultureaddicts.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/2E10493B-310D-4482-A153-C04C5A85F9C9-e1653050375163.jpeg?fit=897%2C549&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/cultureaddicts.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/2E10493B-310D-4482-A153-C04C5A85F9C9-e1653050375163.jpeg?fit=897%2C549&ssl=1&resize=525%2C300 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/cultureaddicts.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/2E10493B-310D-4482-A153-C04C5A85F9C9-e1653050375163.jpeg?fit=897%2C549&ssl=1&resize=700%2C400 2x"},"classes":[]},{"id":37861,"url":"https:\/\/cultureaddicts.com\/?p=37861","url_meta":{"origin":37962,"position":2},"title":"Automatic announce new album \u2018Excess\u2019 + share \u2018New Beginning\u2019","author":"cultureaddicts","date":"March 11, 2022","format":false,"excerpt":"Automatic \u2013 the trio of Izzy Glaudini (synths, lead vocals), Lola Domp\u00e9 (drums, vocals) and Halle Saxon (bass) \u2013 are back with their second album, \u2018Excess\u2019. 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