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Model/Actriz
Model/Actriz performing in 2023
Model/Actriz performing in 2023
Background information
OriginBoston, Massachusetts[1]
Genres
Years active
  • 2016–2017, 2019–present
LabelsTrue 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.

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, followed by their second album Pirouette in 2025.

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, which was released in 2023.[6] It 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]

The band's second album Pirouette was released on May 2, 2025.[12] The lead single "Cinderella" was released on February 25, 2025 and earned a "Best New Tack" honor from Pitchfork.[13] It was followed by the singles "Doves" and "Diva".[14][15]

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."[16] Vocalist Haden has been praised by multiple publications for his onstage charisma.[17][18] In 2022, Fatty Strap stated, "[Haden’s] presence is so big that it literally arrives before him and leaves days after he has left."[19] 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
Title Year Label Source
Dogsbody 2023 True Panther Sounds [4]
Pirouette 2025 True Panther Sounds / Dirty Hit [20]
Extended Plays
Title Year Source
No 2017 [1]
Ava 2016 [21]
100€ 2016 [16]
Singles
Title Year Source
"Cinderella” 2025 [22]
"Winnipesaukee” 2023 [23]
"Crossing Guard" 2023 [24]
"Mosquito" 2022 [25]
"Damocles" 2020 [26]
"Suntan" 2020 [27]

References

  1. ^ "For Post-Punks Model/Actriz, Confrontation is an Opportunity for Intimacy". Pitchfork. March 6, 2023.
  2. ^ "Model/Actriz Announce Debut Album for True Panther Sounds". Pitchfork. January 17, 2023.
  3. ^ "Model/Actriz, "Dogsbody"". Bandcamp. March 2023.
  4. ^ a b c d Cohen, Ian (2023). "Model/Actriz's Purple Reign". SPIN.
  5. ^ Buchanan, Rhys (September 25, 2023). "Get down and dirty with Model/Actriz's feral debut album". NME. Retrieved December 3, 2023.
  6. ^ a b c "The Outrageous Thrills of Model/Actriz". Rolling Stone. June 26, 2023. Retrieved July 27, 2023.
  7. ^ "Alt Citizen's favorite live acts of 2019". Retrieved July 31, 2023.
  8. ^ Kratt, Steele (March 25, 2020). "A night out with MODEL/ACTRIZ, the noise band keeping DIY weird". Document Journal. Retrieved July 30, 2023.
  9. ^ "Model/Actriz: Dogsbody". Pitchfork. Retrieved July 27, 2023.
  10. ^ Keyes, J. Edward (March 1, 2023). "Model/Actriz, Dogsbody". Bandcamp Daily. Retrieved August 22, 2023.
  11. ^ a b "Model/Actriz (US)". Primavera Sound. 2023.
  12. ^ "Album Of The Week: Model/Actriz 'Pirouette'". Stereogum. April 29, 2025. Retrieved May 2, 2025.
  13. ^ Gaca, Anna. "Model/Actriz: "Cinderella"". Pitchfork. Retrieved May 2, 2025.
  14. ^ "Model/Actriz Share New Song "Doves": Listen". Stereogum. March 25, 2025. Retrieved May 2, 2025.
  15. ^ Green, Walden (April 21, 2025). "Listen to Model/Actriz's New Song "Diva"". Pitchfork. Retrieved May 2, 2025.
  16. ^ a b "Model/Actriz — 100€ // BOSTON HASSLE". bostonhassle.com. Retrieved July 27, 2023.
  17. ^ "Concert Review: Model/Actriz". Spectrum Culture. April 5, 2023. Retrieved July 30, 2023.
  18. ^ Pearis, Bill (April 21, 2023). "Model/Actriz wrapped up their tour with their biggest hometown NYC show yet (pics, review)". BrooklynVegan. Retrieved July 31, 2023.
  19. ^ "Angels Don't Tip: A Conversation with Cole Haden and a Model/Actriz Bicoastal Binge". Fatty Strap. Retrieved July 30, 2023.
  20. ^ Vozick-Levinson, Simon (2025). "How Model/Actriz Learned to Let Go and Have a Little Fun". Rolling Stone.
  21. ^ "Model/Actriz – Dogsbody". Echoes And Dust. March 3, 2023. Retrieved July 27, 2023.
  22. ^ "Cinderella". Pitchfork. February 25, 2025. Retrieved March 6, 2025.
  23. ^ "Model/Actriz Share New Single "Winnipesaukee": Listen". Stereogum. September 18, 2023. Retrieved November 13, 2023.
  24. ^ "Model/Actriz Invoke Lady Gaga on Engrossing New Single "Crossing Guard"". FLOOD. Retrieved July 27, 2023.
  25. ^ "New Music Friday: Stream new albums from Yeat, Gorillaz, Miss Grit, and more". The FADER. Retrieved July 27, 2023.
  26. ^ "Model/Actriz – "Damocles"". Stereogum. June 3, 2020. Retrieved July 27, 2023.
  27. ^ "Model/Actriz – "Suntan"". Stereogum. March 10, 2020. Retrieved July 27, 2023.
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