Illuminati Hotties Release New Song “The L”
illuminati hotties, the project from musical mastermind and GRAMMY winning producer and engineer Sarah Tudzin, is back with her new album POWER, to be released on Hopeless Records on 23rd August 2024. Today she is releasing another song from the album “The L” with heavy distorted guitars and the perfect amount of pop, Tudzin’s streak continues from previously critically acclaimed tracks “Didn’t” featuring Cavetown and “Can’t Be Still.”
Sarah Tudzin spoke on the track saying “The L is about knowing when to back down - it’s a lesson I’ve had the great fortune to have many chances to learn over and over again. It's about putting your pride aside in favor of resolution. We could go separate ways, but I'll take the “L” instead.
The vocals in the bridge are from the original demo, and capture how tiny and vulnerable I feel when I'm surrendering to love and compromise. It's very hard when you're independent and sure-headed and stubborn to figure out how to navigate partnership, but I’ve thrown my hands up in this song… love always comes out on top.”
Listen to "The L" HERE or by clicking the image below.
Sadness, joy, and the busyness of modern existence are all bound into these 13 songs, characters and circumstances sometimes exaggerated not just for effect but to offer a modest buffer between Tudzin’s world and those inside of her words.
Since releasing her critically acclaimed album Let Me Do One More in 2020 Sarah Tudzin hasn’t stopped. As an in-demand producer and engineer, she worked across records from boygenius, Weyes Blood, Speedy Ortiz, Cloud Nothings, and more, winning GRAMMY’s carving out a name one of the most exciting new talents on the scene.
POWER Tracklisting
2. I Would like, Still Love You
3. Throw (Life Raft)
4. Rot
5. Falling In Love With Somebody Better
6. The L
7. Sleeping In
9. You Are Not Who You Were
10. What’s The Fuzz
11. YSL
12. Power
13. Everything Changes
Pre-order here
illuminati hotties will be hitting the road in September for a North American tour, all dates are listed below.
TOUR DATES
09/25 - Santa Ana, CA - Constellation Room^*
09/26 - San Diego, CA -Casbah^*
09/28 - San Francisco, CA - The Chapel^*
09/29/24 - Sacramento, CA - Goldfield Trading Post^*
10/01 - Portland, OR - Mississippi Studios^*
10/02 - Vancouver, BC - The Biltmore Cabaret^*
10/03 - Seattle, WA - Neumos^*
10/04 - Boise, ID - Neurolux^
10/05 - Salt Lake City, UT - Kilby Court^
10/06 - Denver, CO -Larimer Lounge^
10/08 - St. Paul, MN -Turf Club^
10/09 - Milwaukee, WI - Vivarium^
10/10 - Chicago, IL - Lincoln Hall^
10/11 - Hamtramck, MI - The Sanctuary^
10/12 -Toronto, ON -Longboat Hall^
10/13 - Montreal, QC - Cabaret Foufs^
10/15 - South Burlington, VT - Higher Ground Showcase Lounge^
10/16 - Cambridge, MA - The Sinclair^
10/17 - Philadelphia, PA - First Unitarian Church^
10/18 - New York, NY -Bowery Ballroom^
10/19 - Washington, DC - Black Cat^
10/20 - Durham, NC - Motorco Music Hall^
10/22 - Nashville, TN - The End^
10/23 - Atlanta, GA -The Masquerade (Purgatory)^
10/26 - Dallas, TX - Club Dada^
10/25 - New Orleans, LA - Siberia^
10/27/24 - Houston, TX - White Oak Music Hall (Upstairs)^
10/29 - Santa Fe, NM - Tumbleroot Brewery and Distillery^
10/30 -Phoenix, AZ - The Rebel Lounge^
11/01 - Los Angeles, CA - Teragram Ballroom^
^ with Daffo
*with Maddie Ross
POWER OUT 23RD AUGUST ON HOPELESS RECORDS
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Previous praise for “Didn’t” & “Can’t Be Still”
"With chunky, distorted guitar chords and little interludes of whistling — in harmony — she smiles through her nerves. "
- New York Times
"Illuminati Hotties is officially back in full sunshine-tinged rock glory...The track is a carefree jaunt"
- Rolling Stone
"This single from Sarah Tudzin’s new illuminati hotties record draws a line between Weezery emo and Midwest emo, finding a delightfully sneery and discontented middle ground."
- PAPER
"Tudzin’s latest outing under the moniker, retains the sunny, self-assured joviality and gritty undertones of her previous work...she further refines the appositely named subgenre she assigned herself."
- UPROXX
"The track is a tasty little number, swaggering along with swinging drums, crunchy guitars, and a chorus that explodes like a firework on the 4th of July."
- FLOOD
"upbeat, crunchy"
- Brooklyn Vegan
