Photo by Yulissa Benitez

One of the few upsides to being a grown ass adult is that you can gift yourself all of the things you thought you couldn’t have when you were a kid. For Model/Actriz frontman Cole Haden, that was a Cinderella-themed birthday party when he turned five. The secret’s out on “Cinderella”, the lead single from the Brooklyn electronic noise band’s forthcoming sophomore effort, Pirouette, with the shimmer of a glass slipper sparkling in their sound in contrast to the grimy, visceral industrial grind of their breakthrough debut, Dogsbody. Think of it as Model/Actriz sexing up the racing heartbeat behind Nisennenmondai’s “A” into a moment that aligns with vulnerability at its preciously sublime peak once the clothes come off and the double-backed dance between two bodies thrusts fully into motion. “In your eyes I am naked / Screaming like a tornado in the dark / I can see us laying face to face / As St. Helens is underneath the stars.” Maybe there’s no blue ball gown to be found anywhere beyond its music video, but in this moment, Haden’s feeling like he’s living out his own version of a fairy tale princess fantasy.

Directed by: Nathan Castiel

Model/Actriz’s Pirouette will be released May 2nd on True Panther / Dirty Hit.