Boldly throwing convention out of the window, Melissa Scaduto & Brady Keehn started Sextile in 2015. Combining the raw political energy of 70’s punk with intricately sophisticated structures from 80’s post-punk and synthwave, the genre-bending project gained a devout following in the Los Angeles underground. Evolving through several lineups during the A Thousand Hands and Albeit Living album eras, the project was paired down to the duo and their sound had grown to include elements of industrial and EBM by their 2018 release of the 3 EP. The EP was followed by a hiatus due to growing tension within the band. During that time, the two started new projects respectively – S Product, a collaboration between Scaduto and Kyle Harmon (Arkitect) and Keehn with the techno-meets EBM leaning Panther Modern project.
After experiencing the loss of a former and original bandmate Eddie Wuebben in 2019, Sextile reunited with another ex-bandmate, Cameron Michel. Talks of making music together once again began. The initial result of this reunion is “Modern Weekend / Contortion,” a two track EP that navigates the raw energy of our world as it collides with divided digital chaos.
