Los Angeles duo Sextile forgo the comfort of repetition in favor of re-invention. Melissa Scaduto and Brady Keehn chase the next thrill with an unwavering zeal for all things from no wave to hardstyle, forging a brazen brand of electronic punk. They now reveal their forthcoming album yes, please., arriving May 2, 2025 via Sacred Bones, along with their sprawling European tour this summer.
The new single Freak Eyes roars forth, pushing their trademark darkness to uncharted peaks. A growling bass snarls at the outset, quickly replaced by a pummeling techno throb spiked with rattling cowbells and slicing hi-hats recalling Benny Benassi, Chemical Brothers, The Prodigy, Daft Punk and Propellerheads. This track bristles with the spirit of seedy Sunset Strip backrooms and leather-laced warehouse floors. Conceived through the demands that either break or build us, Freak Eyes stands as both a challenge and an invitation, daring the listener to dance deeper, to leap headlong into the unrestrained unknown. Hell, it’s pure fun!
“Freak Eyes is about the pressures of making art, living, and aspiring,” says Keehn. “The sound was inspired by house parties we went to in NY, where certain tracks felt that had the conversation stopping power. If you were in the middle of convo with a friend and heard certain songs, it didn’t matter what you were talking about, you stopped and joined the party in the collective release of emotion, singing, dancing, and drinks flying everywhere. It was like in that moment, nothing else mattered but that energy that we all collectively felt. And I felt like I hadn’t seen that at a party, or anywhere in a while, and wanted to try to bring that feeling back into the world again.”
The video thrusts us into a disorienting fever dream: deep blue light spilling across the walls, a strobe hammering like a frantic heartbeat, and a synthesizer spitting out jagged rhythms that vibrate through the floor. Faces blur, bodies twist, and the entire scene feels like a late-night descent into a neon-lit underworld. Glitches tear through the frame, twisting time, distorting movement, bending reality into something unstable yet irresistible. It’s a euphoric, high-voltage ride straight from the Y2K era, recalling the hypnotic, brain-melting visuals of fin de siècle club culture. The room itself hums, a living, breathing machine fueled by sweat, sound, and surrender. There’s no past, no future; only the raw, electric now. It’s chaos, it’s motion, it’s the moment right before the drop, stretched out into infinity. There’s no turning back once the strobe starts to flare….let that be a warning to those sensitive to light.
“A few months ago I heard an early version of the album at Brady’s place, I was floored,” says Lopez. “We mentioned maybe collaborating on something back then and that’s how the concept began…we fast tracked production and shot the video a day before I flew to Paris, shortly after that the band was heading on tour until March. Everything thankfully came together and we decided to shoot this video with vintage lenses. Subconsciously I was pulling from Darius Khondji’s late 90’s-early 2000’s shooting style when narrowing down the look…During the editing process I was repeatedly listening to the new album while walking the Paris streets and taking the Metro, I really connected to it on these extended walks and I genuinely feel it’s their best work.”
Watch “Freak Eyes” below:
yes, please. ignites with reckless abandon, a volatile mix of high-voltage electro and raw, unfiltered confession—blasting basslines built to rattle the walls, burn through circuits, and shake inhibitions loose. It’s a record of extremes: tender and audacious, vulnerable yet brash, peeling back layers while reveling in excess. The duo charge forward without hesitation, their confidence searing through the mix like neon through midnight fog. The album crashes in fast and ferocious, a rave siren ripped straight from a rickety warehouse bacchanal. Every track is a fuse lit, a dance floor detonation waiting to happen. It howls, it thrashes, it exalts in motion; built for the sweat-drenched, the fearless, the ones who never check the time. But beneath the hedonism, there’s an undeniable truth: this is music made for living, for feeling, for pressing forward with abandon. No rearview mirrors, no regrets—just the throttle wide open, the beat driving ahead.
yes, please. will be released on May 2nd via Sacred Bones. Sextile is currently on a global tour with Molchat Doma. Catch them live!
Tour Dates:
- Feb 20 – Detroit, MI @ The Fillmore Detroit*
- Feb 21 – Chicago, IL @ Salt Shed*
- Feb 22 – Minneapolis, MN @ First Avenue (SOLD OUT)*
- Feb 24 – Omaha, NE @ Steelhouse Omaha*
- Feb 25 – Denver, CO @ The Mission Ballroom*
- Feb 28 – Seattle, WA @ Showbox SoDo (SOLD OUT)*
- *Mar 01 – Seattle, WA @ The Crocodile (DJ Set ONLY)*
- Mar 02 – Portland, OR @ Crystal Ballroom*
- Mar 05 – Oakland, CA @ Fox Theater*
- Mar 07 – Los Angeles, CA @ Hollywood Palladium (SOLD OUT)*
- May 23 – Wide Awake Festival, London, UK
- May 24 – Dot to Dot Festival, Bristol, UK
- May 25 – Dot to Dot Festival, Nottingham, UK
- May 27 – Stereo, Glasgow, UK
- May 28 – White Hotel, Manchester, UK
- May 29 – Rough Trade East Instore, London, UK
- May 30 – Dust, Brighton, UK
- May 31 – Hare & Hounds, Birmingham, UK
- Jun 01 – Where Else?, Margate, UK
- Jun 03 – Le Grand Mix, Tourcoing, FR
- Jun 04 – Trabendo, Paris, FR
- Jun 05 – Le Tetris, Le Havre, FR
- Jun 06 – Les Mouillotins Festival, Saint-Point, FR
- Jun 07 – Art Rock Festival, Saint-Brieuc, FR
- Jun 10 – Altstadt, Eindhoven, NL
- Jun 11 – Paradiso Upstairs, Amsterdam, NL
- Jun 12 – Rotown, Rotterdam, NL
- Jun 16 – B72, Vienna, AU
- Jun 17 – Durer Kert, Budapest, HU
- Jun 19 – Blind, Istanbul, TR
- Jun 23 – Zirka, Munich, DE
- Jun 24 – Bumann & Sohn, Cologne, DE
- Jun 26 – Modus, Berlin, DE
- Jun 28 – VooDoo, Warsaw, PL
- Jun 30 – Gwarek, Krakow, PL
- Jul 03 – Rock Wertcher , BE
* w/Molchat Doma
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