Fear of Men’s Jessica Weiss announces solo debut as New German Cinema, shares “My Mistake” ft Carson Cox

Fear of Men singer/guitarist Jessica Weiss has announced her debut solo album under the name New German Cinema. The album is titled Pain Will Polish Me, was made with producer Alex DeGroot (Zola Jesus, Cate Le Bon), and will be out March 27 via Felte.

The first single from the album is “My Mistake,” a sleek, sophisticated slice of dark, danceable dreampop which is a duet with Carson Cox of Merchandise. “I was going to produce Fear of Men and instead we made something totally different I think.” says Cox. “True collaboration which is my preferred way to work on music”. What began as an Italo disco experiment evolved into a goth club anthem, charged and restless. It captures the push and pull of Weiss’s themes – devotion as both destruction and release. Weiss has a knack for making pain feel both exquisite and familiar.”

The song comes with a moody, well-shot video by Luke Bather. “The video sets the emotional tone for the record, suspended between eroticism and nightmare,” says Weiss. “It draws on cropped mirror framing – a favourite device of Douglas Sirk used to explore themes of emotional and physical entrapment and characters’ inner psychological conflicts – moments of dissociation, and the television as a symbol of alienation, inspired by my perennial inspiration, RW Fassbinder.”

Watch the video below.

Pain Will Polish Me
01. Sub Rosa
02. Swirling Pain
03. Being Dead
04. I Become Heavy
05. Hera’s Theme I
06. Eyes
07. Water Drops
08. Hera’s Theme II
09. My Mistake – Video
10. All That Heaven Allows
11. Pain Will Polish Me
12. Perfect Secret