The Noisy – Twos
Philly dream pop/synth rock band The Noisy announce signing to Audio Antihero (Frog / Avery Friedman / Magana / CIAO MALZ) with “Twos,” a vampy, queer, and silent-movie-esque new music video from director Sam Cush, which teases ‘The Secret Ingredient is Even More Meat,’ an upcoming deluxe edition of their debut album.
The video received its premiere screening on June 8, 2025, at Franky Bradley’s Pride Month Variety Show – a celebration of queer art featuring a dazzling lineup of local bands, theater artists, clowns and drag queens.
Featuring practical effects and vampire makeup by Philly drag talent, “Twos” channels gothic-glam in the spirit of vintage cinema, dripping with theatrical flair and midnight movie camp. Starring local icon Miss Thing, the video follows the success of “Violet Lozenge,” The Noisy’s most recent drag-forward release, which WXPN praised as “glamorous, retro, and proudly queer.”
Front-person Sara Mae Henke (they/them) comments on the upcoming music video for “Twos”:
“I wrote this song like a pop song but wanted the production to bend towards Mannequin Pussy with sludgy guitars and twinkly keys. The music video literalizes the too much-ness of the story, Buffy the Vampire Slayer meets Grey Gardens meets two dates to the prom.”
The Noisy got its start in Knoxville, Tennessee, where Sara Mae was in school for poetry. In spring 2023, after evolving from a solo project of Sara Mae to a full band, they released “Morricone” with a Strega Nona meets Clint Eastwood music video, launching a crowdfunding campaign for their debut album, ‘The Secret Ingredient is More Meat.’ The band sold merch, raffled a cowboy hat, and ran a GoFundMe alongside a month-long tour, raising over $3,000 to bring this debut to life—an album for their queer community.
Subsequent singles and videos “Backlit,” “Ballerino,” and “Violet Lozenge.”
To celebrate the first anniversary of ‘The Secret Ingredient is More Meat,’ the Audio Antihero label will be issuing a deluxe edition entitled ‘The Secret Ingredient is Even More Meat,’ which will include new and reimagined songs.
Now based in Philadelphia, The Noisy are currently working on LP2, while Sara Mae also recently published their award-winning second poetry chapbook, ‘Phantasmagossip,’ through YesYes Books, which they promoted with a multi-state reading tour.
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