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# Automatic - Black Box [Video]
- URL: https://www.glamglare.com/music/automatic-black-box-video/
- Published: 2025-10-01T16:08:28.000Z
- Updated: 2025-10-01T19:23:16.000Z
- Description: Automatic’s new album, "Is It Now?", kicks off with “Black Box” — a synth-driven distress call aimed at creative sellouts. Post-punk with future vision.
- Author: Oliver Bouchard
- Tags: Song Pick of the Day, Music, Video

We are super excited about the stellar new album [*Is It Now?*](https://www.glamglare.com/music/victoria-staff-love-should-feel/) by LA trio [**Automatic**](https://glamglare.com/artist/automatic?ref=glamglare.com), out now on Stones Throw. If you haven’t listened yet, the opener “Black Box” may convince you to stay for the entire ride. The band calls this post-punk, but with its eclectic blend of synths, grooves, and sharp commentary, *future punk* might be the better name.

Singer and synth player Izzy Glaudini gives us some background about the song:

> The title ‘Black Box’ refers to the black box in a crashed plane. The repetitive synth is supposed to suggest a plane gliding as it crashes/ an alarm distress call. I was listening to the Leonard Cohen album The Future a lot around the time the lyrics were written. It's a pretty straightforward critique of people that have sold out on a large scale, specifically within creative industries. Thierry Mugler said, “art used to tell money what to do, now money tells art what to do” and the world is a less interesting place because of it.

Listen to "Black Box," our Song Pick of the Day, on [Apple Music](https://music.apple.com/us/album/black-box/1819100783?i=1819100784&ref=glamglare.com), [Spotify](https://open.spotify.com/track/45c2puZgmaC23MaKgeHda2?si=97e8f63e63e142b8&ref=glamglare.com), or watch the animated video below:

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