#Izzy Glaudini

[littleplasticthings]

Crash, Sextile, 2023

[disease]

SEXTILE ft. IZZY GLAUDINI CRASH | PUSH, SEPT 2023

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Izzy Glaudini, Automatic Band

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Live Review: Omni at The Deaf Institute in Manchester 17 April 2024

Words: Andy Hughes There’s a lot to be said for securing yourself a seat at Manchester’s The Deaf Institute, up the steps with a big fat pint of the finest pale ale and a great view of the live room and the stage beyond. Yes, the prime spot is down on the floor, front and centre, but when you’re hitting quite a few live shows throughout the month, it’s hard to pass up the chance to give your…

[sinceileftyoublog]

Omni Album Review: Souvenir

(Sub Pop)

BY JORDAN MAINZER

On their fourth album Souvenir, Atlanta post-punk trio Omni don't necessarily sound like a new band, but they're certainly reinvigorated. From 2016 to 2019, they released three records, including their Sub Pop debut full-length Networker. Five years later, with some time to think, writer, record, and mull over next steps, Omni have given us their first record on which any song could be a single, each managing to worm its way into your ear while still defying expectations.

For one, Omni has refined their aesthetic. Singer and bassist Philip Frobos went into the recording of Souvenir inspired by the gentle, melodically droll singing of his favorite college rock frontpeople. Engineer Kristofer Sampson, working with the band for the first time, placed Frobos' voice higher in the mix than on past albums, increasingly emphasizing the songs' obtuse lyrics that fittingly contrast the acuteness of the instrumentation. Drummer Chris Yonker joined Omni full-time, offering cutting precision on "Exacto" (no pun intended), skittering flourishes on "Common Mistakes", and disco grooves on "Verdict". And vocalist Izzy Glaudini of L.A. no wavers Automatic joins on three tracks, harmonizing and engaging in absurdist chants with Frobos.

Two tracks on Souvenir stand out not for necessarily being catchier or better than the others, but for the extent to which they exemplify Omni's essence. On opening track "Exacto", Frobos sings, "Exacto, de facto, concise, quite right," as if to create a mantra, but later defies the band's facetiously robotic tendencies with dry jokes and sprinkling effects. "I'll love you like the first night / For the rest of our lives / Mr. Big Shot always forgets to introduce his wife," he jokes. On "INTL Waters", he asks, "Why follow the rules like everybody else?", the band eventually interrupting the song's established light piano and wiry bass with brash, staccato percussion and Frankie Broyles' buoyant lead guitars. Whether Omni's settled into a treadmill or strayed from their defined formula, they're effective satirists of the everyday.

The songs on Souvenir certainly don't tell stories, per se, but they find the pathos in individual moments. Two people in a fraying relationship get mugged on "PG", as Frobos looks on the bright side: "You know I never minded the taste of blood." They find their inner grump on the wincing "To Be Rude", Frobos crooning over Broyles' scraggly guitars, "Excuse me ma'am / What's in your decanter? Mezcal and endless banter." And then there's closer "Compliment", a post-modern collection of anxieties about the economy, self-image, and artistic integrity. "It's nothing new / I'm guilty of it, too / Looking at someone else's life / Thinking, hey man, that looks nice," Frobos shrugs. When Omni is thoroughly enjoying observing everyday life, who can fault them for finding inspiration in what's right in front of them?

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RobMoro TV | Omni - 'Plastic Pyramid' (feat. Izzy Glaudini) 

Atlanta trio Omni return with ‘Plastic Pyramid’, the latest track to be taken from their forthcoming album, “Souvenir”. The new record will mark Omni’s fourth LP release and also their second for the Sub Pop label. ‘Plastic Pyramids’ is a sharp track in wit and sound. Choppy guitar strokes and an airy synth sound lay the foundations for the vocals of Omni’s Philip Frobos and Izzy Glaudini of…

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Automatic – Music Hall of Williamsburg – December 13, 2023

Guitar-free post-punk trio Automatic rose up out of the Los Angeles DIY scene, but on Thursday night, they made sweet music in Brooklyn at Music Hall of Williamsburg.

Photos courtesy of Toby Tenenbaum | @TobyTenenbaum

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20th July | Yeah Yeah Yeahs, Automatic | MCA, VIC

For Melburnian music-lovers, Splendour season is always a welcome relief from the drudgery of the long dark winter. Whether actually attending the iconic mid-year festival in its warmer northern location or not, Victorians benefit from the on-flow of the touring artists the NSW festival attracts – both the big-name chart-toppers and the buzzy emerging acts you’ll probably hear about after the…

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Omni — Souvenir (Sub Pop)

Photo by Gem Hale

Omni, now four albums in, arches an eyebrow at post-punk. It makes its songs out of an erector set of sharp, shiny guitar parts but leaves the bolts loose, poised to collapse into a clanging pile. Yet lush melodies drape over this rickety architecture, florid sung lines, viscous patters of bass, unexpectedly lyrical swoons of guitar. Brittle cleverness dips unpredictably into unreconstructed romanticism, sarcasm gives way to boy-misses-girl sentiment. The trio—as always Philip Frobos on vox and bass, Frankie Broyles on guitar and Chris Yonker on antic drums—hasn’t exactly softened their edges, just laid a bit of velvet on them.

As a result, there’s something very pop about “Plastic Pyramid,” the song that eavesdrops on Frobos’ super-sexy call and response with Automatic’s Izzy Glaudini (“Are you hydrated baby?” “What are you, a tall drink of water?” etc.). Sure the band tackles the ever-punk topic of consumerism but does so from a soft bed of longing. “Unbox paradise,” stutters Frobos, as his bass pumps up the dance vibe, and he doesn’t sound entirely averse to the process.

“Exacto,” likewise, jitters and freeze frames like a robot at the disco, a steady pulse of bass and rigid, rectilinear structures of drums. But hold on a second, it also pauses for lyrical intervals. “I love you like the first night, for the rest of our lives,” croons Frobos, close to falsetto and very much on the make. Then he undercuts the suavity with an acerbic observation, “Mr. Big Shot always forgets to introduce his wife.”

The word play is often clever in a not-trying-too-hard fashion; you can almost hear the private school drawl in cuts like “F1”which crams multiple photography metaphors into lines about excising people from lives and memories (and snapshots). “You were cropped out of the photo from that long weekend, passed out by the pool, overexposed again,” Frobos rattles off, then comes in for the kicker, “How should I frame this?” It’s good, arch fun, but a little smarmy.

Listening to Souvenir, I can’t help but think of Stuck, the Chicago post-punk-into-no-wave outfits that sometimes refers to itself as “evil Omni.” That’s a funny way to say that it cranks the slashing guitars, the yelps of outrage, the banging drums about three notches tighter than the Atlanta trio. Comparing the two, you might begin to wonder if there’s anything solid behind Omni’s detached cleverness, it’s super clean, super manicured attack. Maybe regular Omni could benefit from a touch of evil. 

Jennifer Kelly

[littleplasticthings]

Sextile - Crash

House / Post-punk / U.S. / 2023

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Automatic

Halle Saxon, Izzy Glaudini, Lola Dompe

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New Video: Automatic Shares Slow-Burning "Turn Away"

New Video: Automatic Shares Slow-Burning "Turn Away" @automatic_band @stonesthrow @grandstandhq

Los Angeles-based post punk outfit Automatic — Izzy Glaudini (synths, vocals), Lola Dompé (drums, vocals) and Halle Saxon (bass, vocals) — can trace their origins to their hometown’s DIY scene: Each individual member had been immersed in the scene when they met. They started jamming back in 2017. The trio quickly became a local club circuit mainstay. Their full-length debut, 2019’s Signals saw…

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Automatic - New Sensations

“New Sensations” by Automatic – the trio of Izzy Glaudini (synths, lead vocals), Lola Dompé (drums, vocals) and Halle Saxon (bass, vocals). The single is featured on the album The Power of the Heart: A Tribute to Lou Reed from Light in the Attic Records. Izzy, Lola & Halle of @automatic_band are Lou Reed in the new music video for “New Sensations” feat. @KoreatownOddity as Andy Warhol.…

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Sub Pop's OMNI Share New Single "INTL Waters"; "Souvenir" LP Out February 16th

Photo Gem Hales On February 16th, the Atlanta trio Omni will release their latest and greatest album, “Souvenir” for Sub Pop. Following their previously released singles, “Exacto” and “Plastic Pyramid (feat. Izzy Glaudini of Automatic), comes the spellbinding visualizer for their latest track, “INTL Waters,” which was created by the band’s drummer, Chris Yonker.The band shares about the…

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A 'Souvenir' - Listen to the third episode of ’60 Minutes or less’, the new podcast from Birthday Cake For Breakfast, featuring Philip Frobos of Omni!

Words: Andy Hughes In case you missed it, to kick off 2024, Birthday Cake For Breakfast has entered the podcast game (better late than never, eh?) Following on from our first two episodes (featuring Joe Casey of Protomartyr and Paul Hanley of The Fall), it’s a delight to say that our guest for our third episode is Philip Frobos, bassist and vocalist in Atlanta, Georgia outfit Omni! We first…