@ delve deeper into trance guitar on new single "Bird"
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@ delve deeper into trance guitar on new single "Bird"

Today, the hyperfolk duo @ (pronounced 'At') have released "Bird," the third single off their upcoming album, Autosmile, out October 16 via 4AD. They've also revealed upcoming tour dates for a 2027 North American tour, which begins in the hometown of Philadelphia before heading to cities across North America.

The track comes with a music video directed by Caity Arthur. Watch/listen to "Bird" below:

"This song was inspired by dead baby birds that kept appearing on my deck. It was written on a bike ride through Druid Hill Park in Baltimore," says @'s Stone Filipczak via press release. Grounded by a meditative acoustic guitar loop, mellow vocal harmonies, and a warm clarinet passage, the single muses death and release through intricate wordplay, balancing the morbid with more playful imagery.

The accompanying music video takes on the spirit of a homemade, surrealist film, flashing a full-body transformation into a bird through dream sequences. "I liked the song’s mix of funniness and macabre. The week I started planning this video, a beautiful black and white bird died on my own balcony," Arthur explains. "I heard the song, then saw the bird on my own balcony with the video taking shape in my mind; all a strange and dreamlike sequence. I am an advocate of finding beauty in sadness and dark things, instead of staying away from them."

The band's headlining North American tour follows their support of both YHWH Nailgun and This Is Lorelei, as well as a run of dates in the UK and Europe. Beginning in January in Philadelphia, PA, @ will be on tour throughout the United States and Canada until the end of February. Tickets will go on sale this Friday, January 18, at 10 am local time.

Tour dates:

2026
10/01 Seattle, WA @ Chop Suey ^
10/02 Vancouver, BC @ The Fox Cabaret ^
10/03 Portland, OR @ Mississippi Studios ^
10/05 Berkeley, CA @ Cornerstone ^
10/06 San Diego, CA @ Soda Bar ^
10/09 Los Angeles, CA @ Lodge Room ^
10/27 Chicago, IL @ Thalia Hall [SOLD OUT] $
10/28 Cleveland, OH @ Mahall’s $
10/30 Toronto, ON @ The Concert Hall $
10/31 Montreal, QC @ Bar Le Ritz P.D.B. $ [SOLD OUT]
11/02 Boston, MA @ Royale $
11/04 Washington, DC @ The Atlantis $ [SOLD OUT]
11/05 Philadelphia, PA @ First Unitarian Church $ [SOLD OUT]
11/06 New York, NY @ Webster Hall $ [SOLD OUT]
11/09 Paris, FR @ Point FMR
11/11 Bristol, UK @ Exchange
11/12 Leeds, UK @ Lending Room
11/13 Glasgow, UK @ 1990
11/14 Birmingham, UK @ Hare & Hounds
11/15 Manchester, UK @ Yes Pink Room
11/16 Dublin, IRE @ Workman's Club
11/18 London, UK @ St Matthias Church [SOLD OUT]
11/19 London, UK @ St Matthias Church
11/21 Amsterdam, NL @ Cinetol
11/22 Leeuwarden, NL @ Explore The North Festival
11/23 Berlin, DE @ Kantine Am Berghain
11/24 Brussels, BE @ Botanique ^

2027
01/16 Philadelphia, PA @ First Unitarian Church Sanctuary
01/17 Somerville, MA @ The Rockwell
01/18 Montreal, QC @ Casa del Popolo
01/19 Toronto, ON @ Monarch Tavern
01/21 Chicago, IL @ Schubas
01/22 Minneapolis, MN @ 7th St Entry
01/23 Milwaukee, WI @ Cactus Club
01/25 Pittsburgh, PA @ The Warhol Theater
01/26 Baltimore, MD @ Metro Gallery
01/27 New York, NY @ Bowery Ballroom
02/19 Seattle, WA @ Sunset Tavern
02/20 Vancouver, BC @ Fox Cabaret
02/21 Portland, OR @ Polaris Hall
02/23 San Francisco, CA @ 4 Star Theater
02/25 Los Angeles, CA @ Zebulon

$ = supporting This is Lorelei
^ = supporting YHWH Nailgun

Victoria Borlando

New York, NY

freelance music journalist and critic

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