Los Angeles duo Sextile are celebrated for a stylish, albeit unflinching electronic punk sound. Today, the band shares the new single “S is For,” which arrives ahead of the album, yes, please., out May 2, 2025 on Sacred Bones. The track is a defiant clap back at feminist connotations, with singer Melissa Scaduto leaning into lyrical repetition “Sex / S*** / Swell / Stiff / Slag / Snap / Shut,” she repeats, her talk-singing outlined by bloopy synthesizers and techno drums. Like the best Sextile songs, “S is For” marries danceability and heartfelt spunk. The video accompanying the track follows Sextile on their exhilarating recent tour with Molchat Doma.
On the track, Mel Scaduto of Sextile shares: “It’s not super relevant to Sextile but with my other project ‘S. Product’ I was always asked what the S is for – it’s always really been a Scaduto product to me. But this song is sassy way to explain how many things the S could be.”
“The video originally had a completely different concept and was scheduled to be shot a week before leaving on a 7 week tour. However due to the heartbreaking and tragic LA fires the video shoot was cancelled of course and we had no other choice but to shoot the video while on the road. The video is a collage of performances, audiences and backstage moments across several different shows during our US tour with Molchat Doma.”
| LIVE DATES |
| May 23 – London, UK @ Wide Awake Festival |
| May 24 – Bristol, UK @ Dot to Dot Festival |
| May 25 – Nottingham, UK @ Dot to Dot Festival |
| May 27 – Glasgow, UK @ Stereo |
| May 28 – Manchester, UK @ White Hotel |
| May 29 – London, UK @ Rough Trade East Instore |
| May 20 – Brighton, UK @ Dust |
| May 31 – Birmingham, UK @ Hare & Hounds |
| June 01 – Margate, UK @ Where Else? |
| June 03 – Tourcoing, FR @ Le Grand Mix |
| June 04 – Paris, FR @ Trabendo |
| June 05 – Le Havre, FR @ Le Tetris |
| June 06 – Saint Point, FR @ Les Mouillotins Festival |
| June 07 – Saint Brieuc, FR @ Art Rock Festival |
| June 10 – Eindhoven, NL @ Altstadt |
| June 11 – Amsterdam, NL @ Paradiso Upstairs |
| June 12 – Rotterdam, NL @ Rotown |
| June 16 – Vienna, AT @ B72 |
| June 17 – Budapest, HU @ Durer Kert |
| June 19 – Istanbul, TR @ Blind |
| June 23 – Munich, DE @ Zirka |
| June 24 – Cologne, DE @ Bumann & Sohn |
| June 26 – Berlin, DE @ Modus |
| June 28 – Warsaw, PL @ VooDoo |
| June 30 – Krakow, PL @ Gwarek |
| July 03 – BE @ Rock Wertcher |
Keep your mind open.
[S is also for “Subscribe.”]
[Thanks to Andi at Terrorbird Media.]