@ make Autosmile feel like demonology whispered over an acoustic guitar

@ announcing Autosmile on 24 June feels like exactly the kind of 4AD signing moment that reminds listeners the label still likes music that sounds beautiful and slightly cursed. The Philadelphia-based duo of Victoria Rose and Stone Filipczak have announced their second album and first full-length for 4AD, previewed by the title track Autosmile. At nearly seven minutes, the song reportedly explores a mysterious breakup through questions of demonology, which is a very efficient way to make relationship confusion sound both ancient and extremely online. @’s art-folk world works because it treats psychedelic tradition as something flexible rather than decorative. Acoustic guitars, strange vocal shapes and emotional ambiguity do the heavy lifting. Autosmile sounds like a grin you cannot fully trust, which is often where the best folk ghosts begin.

Source: https://www.thelineofbestfit.com/news/to-make-4ad-debut-with-second-album-autosmile