Automatic

Shadowplay

Automatic’s cover of Joy Division’s “Shadowplay”, a song from Unknown Pleasures (Factory, 1979). It is out now, with a free download for anyone who buys or streams the Los Angeles band’s latest album, Is It Now?. This is the official visualizer, by Niccolò Verrecchia.

Automatic, Los Angeles. A cover of “Shadowplay” by Joy Division, written by Bernard Sumner, Peter Hook, Stephen Morris and Ian Curtis; the original is on Unknown Pleasures, Factory, June 15, 1979, produced by Martin Hannett and Joy Division. Visualizer by Niccolò Verrecchia. Released on Stones Throw. Sources: Wikipedia, Wikipedia: Automatic. Photograph: shadows of painted leather shadow puppets cast on a lit screen (a shadow test of fusion wayang kulit figures), by Getterrobo, CC BY-SA 4.0. Wikimedia Commons. This tinted crop is shared under the same licence.