Dutch new wave duo Pol released the official video for “Sex Machines” on 21 August 2026. Fashion photographer and filmmaker Rémi Lamandé directed it. The single itself came out on 25 June 2026 as a two-track digital release on Bandcamp, pairing the 3:59 vocal version with an instrumental of the same length, and is also on streaming platforms.

Pol are the brothers Ruben and Matthijs Pol, who are based in Paris. They gave “Sex Machines” a single launch show during Paris Fashion Week in June 2026, two months before the video appeared.

How Pol built the ‘Sex Machines’ video

Lamandé built the clip as a street interview programme. Ruben Pol carries a star-marked microphone through a service alley and holds it out to a series of passers-by, each of whom lip-syncs the lyric instead of answering. The cast then moves into a concrete parking garage, and the closing section shows the duo performing to a packed room under hard white backlight. A final outtake shows the two brothers laughing.

The duo explained where the concept started:

“It started off with the idea of doing an interview style video with a diverse cast of characters. We liked the idea of ‘strangers’ singing the song, similarly how the two ex-lovers in the lyrics are acting like strangers. We shared the idea with director Remi Lamandé who brought the full script to life.”

The brothers wrote and produced the track themselves. Matthijs Pol plays drum computer, electric guitar, synths, xylophone and sings; Ruben Pol plays drum computer, electric guitar, synths, bass, vocoder and sings. Matthijs and Ruben mixed it with Paul D. Millar, and Gianni Peri mastered it. On their own Bandcamp page the duo describe the song as built on “twitching beats, serrated guitars and clipped vocals”.

About Pol

Pol is a duo formed by the Dutch brothers Ruben and Matthijs Pol, now based in Paris, France. Both play guitar, synthesizers and drum computer and both sing; Ruben adds bass and vocoder, Matthijs adds xylophone. The pair write, produce and mix their own recordings and handle their visuals, videos, merchandise and fanzines themselves.

The brothers issued a self-titled debut EP in 2023. Two singles followed on their own Bandcamp: “Masks” in June 2024 and “The Chameleon” in December 2024. Their first zine, which documents a Western European tour, is stocked by the Paris bookshop Librairie 1909, and the same multidisciplinary practice has produced sound-design work for Louis Vuitton and Miu Miu.

In 2024 the duo played their first headline show at a sold-out Bitterzoet in Amsterdam with Logan Sky of Visage, and have since performed in Europe, the United States and Japan. In early 2026 they opened sold-out Lebanon Hanover shows in London, Lille and Paris.

“Sex Machines”, released on 25 June 2026, is their first new music since “The Chameleon”. The Rémi Lamandé video, out on 21 August 2026, is the first visual the duo have released from it.

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