L.A. duo takes break from recording third LP in less
than two years to support Electric Youth across the U.S.
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Midnight
Faces (L-R): Matt Doty, Phil Stancil. Photo Credit: Greer K. Bratschie.
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Midnight
Faces – In The Press
“Crisp, synth-lined pop drama.” – SPIN
“They really go for the jugular.” – Noisey
“This record is solid from start to finish.” – Nylon
“Full of air and catchiness.” – The
Onion
“Rollicking, danceable pop.” – Wondering
Sound
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“Donna” is
the brand-new single from Midnight Faces.
Listen via Stereogum
or at the link below!
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“Animal” is
the latest music video from The Fire Is
Gone by Midnight Faces. See it via Noisey
or at the link below!
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The hard-working Los Angeles-based duo Midnight Faces has already released two
albums in less than two years. Comprised
of composer Matt Doty (co-founder of
instrumental post-rock pioneers Saxon
Shore with Josh Tillman aka Father John Misty) and soaring vocalist
Phil Stancil, the prolific band was
already back in the studio when a call came.
“We were working on our third album here in Los
Angeles when Electric Youth asked us
to join them on their North American tour,” says Doty. Knowing they’d be putting their sessions with Aaron Espinoza (Silversun Pickups, Earlimart)
on hold to do the dates, Midnight Faces
decided to finish up two new tracks and release them now.
“‘Donna’
and ‘Black Majesty’ (the title track
of the band’s third record, scheduled for release in 2015) were the best
representation of the new album,” Doty
says. “They’re still simple and melancholy at the core, but a more danceable
melancholy.”
The double A-side single is released
digitally today. Listen to “Donna”
now via Stereogum
and see below for a full Midnight Faces
tour itinerary. Then click over to Noisey
to check out the Midnight Faces
music video for “Animal,” from the
band's current album The Fire Is Gone.
Deborah
Venegas, director of the stop-motion
video for “Animal” says that “By
using dolls we had the opportunity to step outside of ourselves and reflect,
and also to experience this little relationship in the making of these sets and
these imagined memories. Ultimately, I hope that audiences can relate to this
experience of heartache and the struggle of love.”
As for the song itself, Stancil explains, “It’s about holding onto something that’s
gone. Most people, myself included, seem
to convince themselves that somehow things will go back to the way they once
were, even after it’s turned to shit. It's really terrible, because everyone
around you sees how crazy you're acting over losing something, but you're the
last one to come to your senses about it.”
The Fire Is Gone by Midnight Faces is out
now via Broken Factory. See the duo on tour throughout the US in
November with Electric Youth. Matt Doty
and Phil Stancil of Midnight Faces are available for
interviews. Contact Josh
Bloom at Fanatic for
more information.
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Midnight Faces – Fall 2014 Tour
(*= w/ Electric Youth)
11/03 Los Angeles, CA @ The Roxy *
11/04 San Francisco, CA @ Great American Music Hall *
11/06 Seattle, WA @ The Crocodile *
11/07 Victoria, BC @ Victoria Event Centre *
11/08 Vancouver, BC @ The Biltmore Cabaret *
11/12 Brooklyn, NY @ Music Hall of Williamsburg *
11/13 Washington, DC @ Black Cat *
11/14 Philadelphia, PA @ District N9NE *
11/15 Boston, MA @ Brighton Music Hall *
11/16 Oneonta, NY @ SUNY Oneonta
11/18 Toronto, ON @ Hoxton *
11/20 Grand Rapids, MI @ Calvin College
11/21 Chicago, IL Empty Bottle
11/23 Denver, CO @ Lions Lair
11/23 Denver, CO @ Lions Lair
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Midnight Faces
The Fire Is
Gone
(Broken Factory, Out Now)
1. Wake Me
3. Shadows
5. This Time (STREAM)
6. Give It Up
7. Animal (VIDEO)
8. The Fire Is Gone
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Midnight Faces Links
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Contact Josh Bloom at Fanatic Promotion
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