AUTOMATIC

Announce new album ‘Is It Now?’ out Sept 26th via Stones Throw
Share new single “Mercury”

Automatic makes deviant pop music that cuts through the brainrot. Balancing irreverence with sharp commentary, the L.A. three‑piece approached their third album with a dark sense of humor and a swing in their step. Izzy Glaudini (synths, vocals), Halle Saxon (bass, vocals), and Lola Dompé (drums, vocals) — believe that the message of change is best served with a backbeat and a cheeky groove, and on Is it Now? they demand we look at the world’s oppressive structures with fresh urgency. The record is set for release Sept 26th via Stones Throw and today the band are sharing their dark lullaby “Mercury“.

Izzy says the lyrics of new song “Mercury” are a reminder “not to fall into nihilism or cynicism, to instead see life through a bit of a spiritual lens.” She adds, “Despite the horrible shit constantly happening, life can still be mysterious and beautiful. I wanted to lean into a sense of dreaminess, and to have the verses feel like a dark lullaby.” Musically, the song was inspired by jazz and trip-hop. When writing the bassline, Halle was heavily inspired by the Stones Throw catalogue, and a breakbeat sample made for an even bigger departure for the band. As Halle puts it, “our old ideas and new ones crashed together and resulted in this third album’s sound.”

Automatic are here to bring exhilarating electronica to all. The landscape crushes and the intoxicating vocal harmonies keep you fixated on the emotive delivery that stays present throughout the experimental passages.

Cybertrucks are overtaking the streets. No one’s embarrassed about ‘selling out’ anymore. Wendy’s wants to be your friend. Automatic encourages us to confront our complicity in the structures destroying us with the kind of song you can’t get out of your head. 

Since their last record, 2022’s Excess, Automatic toured with Tame Impala, The Marías and IDLES, while the members’ individual lives took on new meanings. Izzy dove into music production and rescuing stray cats; Halle left behind bad habits for good and enrolled in botany classes; Lola now lives in the country, immersed in nature and spending most of her time with horses. Since forming in 2019, they’ve locked in as a band, discovering their collective synergy as musicians. For their third album, they brought on producer Loren Humphrey (Arctic Monkeys, Nice As Fuck, Cameron Winter). Humphrey encouraged them to play live and loose: long takes, a rhythm section that really breathes.

Much of Is It Now? unfolds at a trance-like tempo, paced so you could either dance along or think contemplatively alongside it – ideally, both. Perky minimalist grooves and affable pop melodies are a Trojan horse for Automatic to wheel in playful political commentary. Is It Now? doesn’t pretend to have all the answers, but it might just inspire you to ask better questions — or at least dance yourself awake in the search. 

Automatic hits the road for a co-headlining tour with Sextile this fall; see dates below.

2025 co-headline dates with Sextile: 
Sep 16 –  Salt Lake City, UT – Urban Lounge
Sep 17 – Denver, CO – Meow Wolf Denver
Sep 19 –  Chicago, IL – Outset
Sep 20 – Detroit, MI – Tangent Gallery
Sep 21 – Toronto, ON – Velvet Underground
Sep 23 – Montreal, QC – Théâtre Fairmount
Sep 24 –  Boston, MA – Brighton Music Hall
Sep 25 – Brooklyn, NY – Warsaw
Sep 26 – Philadelphia, PA – The Foundry @ The Fillmore
Sep 27 – Washington, DC – Black Cat
Sep 29 – Asheville, NC -The Grey Eagle Tavern & Music Hall
Sep 30 – Nashville, TN – The Blue Room at Third Man Records
Oct 1 – Atlanta, GA – The Masquerade
Oct 3 – Dallas, TX – Studio at The Factory
Oct 4 – Houston, TX – White Oak Music Hall
Oct 5 – Austin, TX – Mohawk (Outside)
Oct 6 – El Paso, TX – The Lowbrow Palace
Oct 8 – Phoenix, AZ – The Crescent Ballroom
Oct 9 – Las Vegas, NV – Swan Dive
Oct 10 – San Diego, CA – The Observatory North Park
Oct 11 – Los Angeles, CA – The Novo

Is It Now? tracklist:
1. Black Box
2. mq9
3. Mercury
4. Lazy
5. Country Song
6. Is It Now?
7. Don’t Wanna Dance
8. Smog Summer
9. The Prize
10. PlayBoi
11. Terminal (طرفي)

Pre-order album: https://www.stonesthrow.com/store/is-it-now