Riding high off the release of their debut album Dogsbody, NYC band Model/Actriz are about to set off on a tour of North America followed by a jaunt through Europe before the year’s end. They’re celebrating by sharing the offcut “Winnipesaukee”, with vocalist Cole Haden explaining:
“‘Winnipesaukee’ was among the collection of songs recorded for Dogsbody while working with Seth Manchester at Machines With Magnets in 2021…it’s a mainstay in our live shows, and we still see it as a relevant and poignant companion to the rest of Dogsbody. I initially used the word “Winnipesaukee” (as in the lake in New Hampshire) as a placeholder while writing the lyrics because I knew I needed a single, repeatable, five-syllable, proper noun as the chorus. Although I’ve never been to this lake before, I couldn’t find another word that sounded more right to my ears than “Winnipesaukee”, so the place I’m describing in this song is not based in New Hampshire, but instead is a snowy place I was daydreaming about walking across alone.”
A different approach to the majority of the action-packed Dogsbody, “Winnipesaukee” is an exercise in tension and release. True to the snowy place of Haden’s imagination, “Winnipesaukee” is cold and atmospheric, buzzing flecks of guitar splitting the silence like ice cracking while the cymbals crash like the water lapping beneath the ice, waiting to devour. Model/Actriz build up to a cataclysmic peak, reflecting the forlorn emptiness of their singer’s mind, producing another moment of unlikely – but deep – empathy.
Listen to “Winnipesaukee” below or find it on streamers.
“Winnipesaukee” is out on True Panther. You can find Model/Actriz on Facebook, Instagram and Twitter.
Model/Actriz Tour Dates:
Sep 20 – Oklahoma City, OK – Resonant Head #
Sep 22 – Houston, TX – Black Magic Social Club #
Sept 23 – Austin, TX – Still Hot Block Party Festival
Sept 24 – Austin, TX – Mohawk Indoor #
Sept 27 – Los Angeles, CA – The Echo # – SOLD OUT
Sept 28 – Los Angeles, CA – The Echo
Sept 29 – San Francisco, CA – Thee Parkside
Sep 30 – San Francisco, CA – Portola Music Festival
Oct 03 – Salt Lake City, UT – The Urban Lounge
Oct 06 – Ft Collins, CO – The Coast
Oct 07 – Denver, CO – Lost Lake *
Oct 09 – Omaha, NE – Reverb Lounge *
Oct 10 – Lawrence, KS – The Bottleneck *
Oct 11 – St Louis, MO – Off Broadway *
Oct 13 – Iowa City, IA – Infinite Dream Festival
Oct 14 – Minneapolis, MN – Icehouse *
Oct 15 – Chicago, IL – The Hideout * – SOLD OUT
Oct 16 – Grand Rapids, MI – The Pyramid Scheme *
Oct 18 – Toronto, ON – The Garrison
Nov 02 – Turin, IT – C2C Festival
Nov 04 – Manchester, UK – Yes Pink ^
Nov 05 – Glasgow, UK – King Tut’s
Nov 06 – Birmingham, UK – Hare & Hounds ^
Nov 07 – Bristol, UK – Dareshack
Nov 08 – London, UK – fabric
Nov 10 – Brighton, UK – Club Revenge
Nov 11 – Kortrijk, BE – Sonic City Festival
Nov 12 – Utrecht, NL – Le Guess Who? Festival
Nov 13 – Cologne, DE – Helio37 ^
Nov 15 – Paris, FR – Point Éphémère
Nov 16 – Basel, CH – Gannet
Nov 18 – Benidorm, ES – Primavera Weekender
Nov 20 – Lisbon, PT – ZDB – SOLD OUT
Nov 21 – Lisbon, PT – ZDB
Dec 07 – Boston, MA – Brighton Music Hall
Dec 08 – Pawtucket, RI – Machines With Magnets
Dec 09 – New Haven, CT – The Shop
Dec 13 – Brooklyn, NY – Music Hall of Williamsburg – A Very Model/Actriz Chrismukkah 3
Dec 14 – New York, NY – Beacon Theatre w/ Interpol
Dec 15 – Detroit, MI – Saint Andrews w/ The Armed
Dec 16 – Chicago, IL – The Metro w/ The Armed
# with DEMI YO’KO
* with Conjunto Primitivo
^ with Godcaster
