@ – I Know You Are (But What Am I Thinking)

Today, Philadelphia based art-folk duo @ (pronounced ‘at’) share a new single entitled “I Know You Are (But What Am I Thinking)”, heralding the release of their 4AD debut Autosmile this Friday October 16.

“I Know You Are (But What Am I Thinking)” is the most immediate and catchy of Autosmile’s four singles; a chamber-pop amalgam of medieval flourishes, twinkling keys, and swaying violin which emphasizes Rose and Filipczak’s tendency toward harmonious, imaginative songwriting. Says the band: “This is the most emo song on the record – we met our emo threshold with this one. Album out Friday thanks for listening!”

The track also arrives alongside an accompanying music video directed by Sage Caswell, made in collaboration with the band using thermal imaging cameras.

Previous singles off Autosmile include: “Bird”, where an eerie chromatic trance of acoustic guitar and cinematic clarinet passages is juxtaposed by a gorgeously uplifting choral harmony; “Punish My Mind”, a dystopian Beach Boys-esque track complete with fluttering woodwinds and raucous distorted monkey howls; and the impressive nearly 7-minute album title track “Autosmile”, which claimed Pitchfork’s ‘Best New Track’ among other wide-spread acclaim. 

Multi-instrumentalist songwriters Victoria Rose and Stone Filipczak have a pact, a devotion to each other and to the music of @. In their solo existence, Victoria works as a beekeeper and Stone as a self-taught computer programmer, but when they get together, they become a singular, avant-garde song force. Over time, the two began collaborating long distance, and soon developed the @ formula – half Victoria songs, half Stone songs, with each filling in the cracks of the others compositions and Stone handling overall production. On their new album Autosmile, the band’s first with 4AD, @ have harnessed their unique process to reimagine the psychedelic folk tradition as an undeniably contemporary art form, carefully balancing beauty and pain and shifting between black hole heaviness and patient understanding, never abandoning a sense of wonder.

Both Victoria and Stone are incisive, classic songwriters, and their occasionally baroque arrangements and production touches give the songs a rough-hewn yet virtuosic quality. This inventiveness, applied to songs that hold up against classic psych folk records, sets @ apart, somehow looking backwards and forwards all at once. There is a consistent darkness to the moods of Autosmile, but @ is also an inherently playful enterprise, unexpected prog flourishes lurking behind incisive indie rock song craft.

Autosmile follows @’s 2021 debut album Mind Palace Music — displaying the duo’s penchant for confessional lyrics and affinity for blending digital and analog elements, the album was an organic success story via word-of-mouth praise and well-deserved press recognition. In 2024, @ released their subsequent EP Are You There God? It’s Me, @, where they diverted from their usual acoustic instrumentation to soul-searching on a sonic side quest into more electronic music. In the time since, the band has become an in-demand live act with support shows alongside Snail Mail, Cameron Winter, and Black Country New Road. 

@ also recently announced their 2027 North American headline tour, which begins with a hometown show in Philadelphia (First Unitarian Church Sanctuary) on January 16, before the band’s biggest New York (Bowery Ballroom) and Los Angeles (Zebulon) headline shows yet. These dates will follow the band’s current 2026 North American support dates for YHWH Nailgun and This is Lorelei, and a forthcoming run of headline shows in the UK and Europe, including two sold-out London dates (at St Mathias Church)

Tues Oct 27 – CHICAGO, IL – Thalia Hall [SOLD OUT] * 

Wed Oct 28 – CLEVELAND, OH – The Roxy [UPGRADE] *

Fri Oct 30 – TORONTO, ON – The Concert Hall [SOLD OUT] *

Sat Oct 31 – MONTREAL, QC – Bar Le Ritz P.D.B. [SOLD OUT] *

Mon Nov 2 – BOSTON, MA – Royale [SOLD OUT] *

Wed Nov 4 – WASHINGTON, DC – The Atlantis [SOLD OUT] *  

Thu Nov 5 – PHILADELPHIA, PA – First Unitarian Church [SOLD OUT] *  

Fri Nov 6 – NEW YORK, NY – Webster Hall [SOLD OUT] *

Mon Nov 9 – PARIS, FR – Point FMR  

Wed Nov 11 – BRISTOL, UK – Exchange  

Thu Nov 12 – LEEDS, UK – Lending Room  

Fri Nov 13 – GLASGOW, UK – 1990  

Sat Nov 14 – BIRMINGHAM, UK – Hare & Hounds  

Sun Nov 15 – MANCHESTER, UK – Yes Pink Room  

Mon Nov 16 – DUBLIN, IRE – Workman’s Club  

Wed Nov 18 – LONDON, UK – St Matthias Church [SOLD OUT]

Thu Nov 19 – LONDON, UK – St Matthias Church [SOLD OUT]

Sat Nov 21 – AMSTERDAM, NL – Cinetol  

Sun Nov 22 – LEEUWARDEN, NL – Explore The North Festival  

Mon Nov 23 – BERLIN, DE – Kantine Am Berghain  

Tues Nov 24 – BRUSSELS, BE – Botanique  

 Sat Jan 16 – PHILADELPHIA, PA – First Unitarian Church Sanctuary

Sun Jan 17 – SOMERVILLE, MA – The Rockwell

Mon Jan 18 – MONTREAL, QC – Casa del Popolo

Tues Jan 19 – TORONTO, ON – Monarch Tavern  

Thu Jan 21 – CHICAGO, IL – Schubas

Fri Jan 22 – MINNEAPOLIS, MN – 7th St Entry

Sat Jan 23 – MILWAUKEE, WI – Cactus Club

Mon Jan 25 – PITTSBURGH, PA – The Warhol Theater

Tues Jan 26 – BALTIMORE, MD – Metro Gallery

Wed Jan 27 – NEW YORK, NY – Bowery Ballroom

Fri Feb 19 – SEATTLE, WA – Sunset Tavern

Sat Feb 20 – VANCOUVER, BC – Fox Cabaret

Sun Feb 21 – PORTLAND, OR – Polaris Hall

Tues Feb 23 – SAN FRANCISCO, CA – 4 Star Theater

Thu Feb 25 – LOS ANGELES, CA – Zebulon 

Tues June 15 – LONDON, UK – Earth Theatre   

* w/ This is Lorelei

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