ATO Records’s newest signees Brigitte Calls Me Baby have announced their debut EP, This House is Made of Corners, set to be released on November 3. To celebrate the announcement, the Chicago indie upstarts have shared a new single and video entitled “Impressively Average.” The five-song project was recorded with Grammy Award-winning producer Dave Cobb at RCA Studio A.
On the single, jangly guitar, ramshackle percussion, and '80s new wave-inspired vocals from Wes Leavins create a landscape halfway between The Cure and The Strokes. The single is, according to Leavins, ”...born from the contrast of self-love mingled with self-loathing. To me, it represents my obsession with presentation yet transparency. The song captures how I want to portray an image but with honesty. I want to go there even when it’s uncomfortable, and write unapologetically.” The track is accompanied by a video directed by Alec Basse.
Leavins adds, “In so much music there’s a desire to be perceived as someone who’s got it all figured out, but I never want to paint a picture that isn’t true...I know that when I was younger I was looking for something to latch onto that I could connect with and feel a part of, so I’d hope that our music could provide that for others.”
Check out the video for “Impressively Average” below and pre-order This House is Made of Corners here.
