Philadelphia based art-folk duo @ (pronounced ‘at’), share new single ‘Punish My Mind’ from debut 4AD album Autosmile, out on 16 October.
Dystopian Beach Boys-esque track ‘Punish My Mind’ is an expertly arranged song complete with fluttering woodwinds, raucous distorted monkey howls, dense harmonies and intricate chord progressions over which @ sing about the twin instincts to punish and comfort oneself, eventually envisioning a pristine state of pure acceptance. As the band says: “‘Punish My Mind’ is a chill song about self-torture that’s maybe the oldest recording on the album. It has a fat wind arrangement and a lot of vocal harmonies. We hope you like it.” The single arrives alongside a video shot and edited by the band’s Stone Filipczak.
‘Punish My Mind’ follows the nearly 7-minute title track ‘Autosmile’, which claimed Pitchfork’s ‘Best New Track’ among other wide-spread acclaim. In June, the band kicked things off with a free rooftop show in Brooklyn, and just this past weekend hosted garden performances in NYC and at home in Philadelphia.
@ – ‘Punish My Mind’
Official Video
@ also recently released a live performance of latest single ‘Autosmile’ recorded at Widow Jane Mine, a disused mine based in Rosendale, New York. The video is directed by Caity Arthur. More videos from this session are soon to come.
@ – ‘Autosmile’ Live Performance at Widow Jane Mine
Video directed by Caity Arthur
Multi-instrumentalist songwriters Victoria Rose and Stone Filipczak have a pact, a devotion to each other and to the music of @. In their solo existence, Victoria works as a beekeeper and Stone as a self-taught computer programmer, but when they get together, they become a singular, avant-garde song force. On their new album Autosmile, the band’s first with 4AD, @ have harnessed their unique process to reimagine the psychedelic folk tradition as an undeniably contemporary art form, carefully balancing beauty and pain and shifting between black hole heaviness and patient understanding, never abandoning a sense of wonder.
Both Victoria and Stone are incisive, classic songwriters, and their occasionally-baroque arrangements and production touches give the songs a rough-hewn yet virtuosic quality. This inventiveness, applied to songs that hold up against classic psych folk records, sets @ apart, somehow looking backwards and forwards all at once. There is a consistent darkness to the moods of Autosmile, but @ is also an inherently playful enterprise, unexpected prog flourishes lurking behind incisive indie rock song craft.
Praise for @
“Seven-minute songs can be a test of faith; ‘Autosmile’ is a reminder of the bliss that awaits believers.” – Pitchfork’s Best New Track
“A seven-minute journey that blurs in and out of focus, referencing demonology before reaching a beautiful climactic piece of acquiescence.” – Clash
“‘Autosmile’ suggests a band settling confidently into their niche.” – DIY
“Practically medicinal.” – Paste
“It’s a track that’s surely not going to last well over 6 minutes when it starts, but Rose and Filipczak slowly and surely make it make sense.” – Loud & Quiet’s Track of the Week
“It feels like divine intervention.” – Our Culture
To read the full album bio, head HERE.
Read Rolling Stone’s interview with @ HERE.
Autosmile follows @’s 2021 debut album Mind Palace Music — displaying the duo’s penchant for confessional lyrics and affinity for blending digital and analog elements, the album was an organic success story via word-of-mouth praise and well-deserved press recognition. In 2024, @ released their subsequent EP Are You There God? It’s Me, @, where they diverted from their usual acoustic instrumentation to soul-searching on a sonic side quest into more electronic music. In the time since, the band has become an in-demand live act with support shows alongside Snail Mail, Cameron Winter, and Black Country New Road.
Autosmile is out on 16 October on Soil Brown vinyl, CD, and digital. A special 12×12 insert and signed photo print bundle with the Soil Brown LP is also available to pre-order via Bandcamp and the 4AD webstore. For more information and to pre-order, head HERE.
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Autosmile
4AD0910
16 October 2026
Formats: Digital | Soil Brown LP (+ Exclusive Bundle via Bandcamp & 4AD Webstore) | CD
Tracklisting
- Bird
- Love In The Dark
- I Know You Are (But What Am I Thinking)
- Earthly Love
- Your Dog
- Untitled
- I’m Not In Pain
- Punish My Mind
- Judgement Farmer
- Autosmile
- Amity
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