Today, LA artist Model Child announces their second release of 2024, the TiLT EP, out Nov. 22. Check out the visualizer for the first single, "Cherish You" HERE and stream it on all other platforms HERE. Model Child released their second full-length album, Get There! earlier this year on Pop Can Records, as well as the hyperpop-coded stand-alone single "Sports" which was inspired by the Olympics. The EP will also include the first official release of "Everything Will Changel," from the film Next Exit, which features a score from Danny Elfman.
Some context on the single from the artist:
"'Cherish You' is a raw, bruised confession of sorts. It's about clinging to the little things, the fragile threads that hold us together when everything else falls apart. It's the mundane acts, the small hurts, the quiet moments of grace—they’re the blood and bone of existence, and it’s in those shadows that we find something to truly cherish.” -Danny Parker
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Model Child, the indie art-rock project of Danny Parker, emerged from a background steeped in the contrasts of Northern Virginia’s military industrial complex. After cutting his teeth in DC’s punk scene, Parker relocated to Los Angeles with a group of fellow musicians, leading him to embark on his first solo endeavor as Model Child.
TiLT, the latest EP from Model Child, is a collaborative effort featuring notable names like Rusty Santos (Panda Bear, Black Dice), Owen Pallett (Arcade Fire), Josh Diamond (Elliott Smith, Gang Gang Dance), and Jon Nellen (Big Thief, Ginla). The EP spans four distinct tracks, weaving through experimental sonic landscapes while remaining deeply rooted in Parker’s introspective songwriting.
The journey begins with “Cherish You,” a pulsating synth-bass-driven track where Parker’s falsetto chant, “I cherish you,” floats amidst torrents of strings and percussion, transitioning between dreamlike reverie and chaos. “Everything Will Change” follows as a haunting ballad reflecting the unpredictability of modern life. Pitched-down guitars and droning toms accompany Parker’s melancholic vocals: “Don’t know where it starts / Don’t know where it ends / If we can go there and back again.”
Existential themes permeate the EP, and in “Do That Dance” , Parker critiques the faceless march of power structures, singing, “Handshakes wave like flags / and hang on poles / like distant stars.” The EP closes with “For You”, an anthemic, string-heavy track that leaves listeners nodding to its infectious rhythm.
Press photo by Tanya Stolpovskaya
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