NYC indie R&B/pop collective MICHELLE say farewell with today’s release of their final EP, Kiss/Kill, available now via Atlantic Records in the US and Transgressive Records in the UK. The six-song project – which marks the culmination of the band’s critically acclaimed seven-year career before embarking on an indefinite hiatus – is highlighted by such genre-defying new tracks as the buoyant “MVP,” streaming now at all DSPs and streaming services HERE.
MICHELLE will bid a fond farewell to fans with one last round of live dates including eagerly anticipated performances at this weekend’s All Things Go Music Festivals set for Saturday, September 27 at Forest Hills, NY’s Forest Hills Stadium and Sunday, September 28 at Columbia, MD’s Merriweather Post Pavilion. Next week will then see MICHELLE celebrating their last-ever show with a sure-to-be-emotional headline date at NYC’s historic Webster Hall on Thursday, October 2, joined by special guests Jordana and FIG. Tickets for all three shows are extremely limited. For complete details and ticket information, please visit www.wearemichelle.com.
Hailed by Billboard for “having six writers, all from varying backgrounds, genders, sexualities and styles, (giving) MICHELLE the rare ability to create honest music from many perspectives,” MICHELLE announced their decision to close the book on the band this summer, writing via social media, “The past seven years have been a wild ride, and we’re so grateful to everyone who has joined us on our journey…We were just a bunch of city kids who came together to record an album one summer, and never in a million years could we have anticipated where this band would take us…Cheers to the future.”
MICHELLE – which comprises Sofia D'Angelo, Julian Kaufman, Charlie Kilgore, Layla Ku, Emma Lee, and Jamee Lockard – came together in 2018 and quickly turned heads with their communal blend of lush R&B, giddy pop, and thought-provoking lyricism, what NME described as “warm, genre-spanning songs…which bend and twist out of the boxes you might try to pin them in, boasting skyscraper synth dazzle, languid rhythms to lounge in the shade to, and lush harmonies.” The predominantly queer and POC collective captured the indefinable magic of their NYC hometown on a series of increasingly inventive albums, EPs, and singles, including 2018’s self-released HEATWAVE, 2022’s label debut, AFTER DINNER WE TALK DREAMS, and 2024’s mesmerizing third album, Songs About You Specifically. Along with their recorded body of work, MICHELLE proved an irresistibly intoxicating live act with multiple international headline runs, tours alongside Mitski, Arlo Parks, and Still Woozy, and show-stealing festival performances at such renowned gatherings as Lollapalooza, Outside Lands, The Governors Ball, The Great Escape, and Corona Capital. As a result, the one of-a-kind sextet earned worldwide critical applause and high-profile media attention spanning Pitchfork, NYLON, Billboard, ELLE, UPROXX, DIY, V Magazine, MTV, and more.
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