Sextile announce new album ‘yes, please’ and share single ‘Freak Eyes’

Sextile, the Los Angeles-based duo celebrated for an unflinching, electronic punk sound, have announced details of their potent forthcoming album, ‘yes, please.’, out May 2, 2025 on Sacred Bones, as well as extensive European tour plans this summer.

Currently on a mammoth US tour with label-mates Molchat Doma, Sextile announce their new album with the single “Freak Eyes,” which pushes their dark, pulsing signature sound to new heights. It opens with a nasty bass growl, abruptly giving way to a techno beat peppered with clanging cowbell and sharp hi-hat. “I feel the pressure / Man the pressure I feel when we’re together,” vocalist Brady Keehn cooly, albeit firmly yell-sings in the opening lines. Inspired by the ways in which pressure can provoke challenges and improvement alike, “Freak Eyes” conjures electrifying images of seedy Sunset Strip backrooms and leather clad warehouse dance floors.

On the track, Brady Keehn of Sextile shares: 

“”Freak Eyes” is about the pressures of making art, living, and aspiring. 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.”

On the accompanying video, director Alfredo Lopez shares: 

“A few months ago I heard an early version of the album at Brady’s place, I was floored. We mentioned maybe collaborating on something back then and that’s how the concept began. Fast forward to December and our schedules almost didn’t align to make the video for “Freak Eyes,” 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. Most of the post-production for the music video was done in Paris and by the time I came back to LA we almost had picture lock. 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.”

Some bands find their groove and stick to it while others choose to reinvent themselves and keep on moving. Sextile can attest to the thrill of an ever-changing road map. The LA duo comprising Melissa Scaduto and Brady Keehn ply their trade with a lust for life and a love of everything from no wave to hardstyle, having merged some of these influences on their striking 2023 debut for Sacred Bones, ‘Push’.

The group’s new LP, ‘yes, please.’, fuses anarchic electro fire with raw personal recollections —and enough beefed-up bass to bust a speaker or two. yes, please. is an album of contrasts: a vulnerable record that bares its soul as much as it revels in excess, showing just how far you can push your sound when you shake off your inhibitions. Together, the pair betray a confidence that never wavers, making a bold splash on the speedy intro with a rave siren cut from a ‘00s New York house party. yes, please. is an action-packed dance record stuffed with wild, heady roof-raisers but is in the same breath a testament to living, and never looking back.