For Immediate Release

April 29, 2026

WHISPER DOLL SIGN TO TAKE CARE RECORDS


NEW YORK CITY BAND RETURN 

WITH MELODICALLY CHARGED NEW SINGLE “AM I A KNIFE” - LISTEN


OFFICIAL MUSIC VIDEO PREMIERES TODAY, 

CO-DIRECTED WITH OWEN LEHMAN - WATCH


PERFORMING AT NIGHT CLUB 101 

IN NEW YORK CITY ON MAY 4

Photo Credit: Riley Nalatova [Download Hi-Res]


Today, New York City’s Whisper Doll, the project of bandleader and musician Fiona Tagami, is excited to announce their signing to Brooklyn-based indie label, Take Care Records. Heralding the news is their first release in over 2 years, “Am I a Knife,” which cascades twinkling synths over a driving bassline. Fiona’s intense emotionality shines through in her fully expressive vocals, which reach new heights in the song’s thunderous chorus. “Oh, take me as I am, Oh, you know that you can,” she sings, reflecting on the severed reality of the male gaze from feminine desires. 


Speaking about the new song, Fiona shares, “This song is my reaction to seeing men get indoctrinated into an ideology that tells them lust is sin and seeing the blame get placed on women. This makes me feel like a knife because I am in the body of a woman and can inspire feelings of desire separate from my own soul. Seeing the bodies of women become detached from their minds. Like dolls… “


An official music video for the track premieres today, which was co-directed by Fiona and creative Owen Lehman, who has previously worked with Geese and MX LONELY. The video features the four-piece band performing in a wood-drenched, gothic church, interspersed with spiritual visions and increasingly intense imagery as the song bursts at the seams. Mirroring the pressurized burden of sexuality placed on women, blood begins to spill from the grasp of a knife as the emotional toll worsens. 


LISTEN TO “AM I A KNIFE”

WATCH “AM I A KNIFE”

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Fiona has a central analogy to describe the way that Whisper Doll’s world should feel. She asks listeners to imagine sneaking into a park after hours; the adrenaline combined with calm and quiet, the darkness both unnerving and comforting, the satisfaction of solitude intensified by the lateness of the hour and the knowledge that nobody’s coming to break it. There’s an otherworldliness to the feeling that is nevertheless rooted in space and time. More of this feeling can be expected on the band’s upcoming new album, which is expected later this year.


Known for their captivating live performances, Whisper Doll has built a following within NY’s rock scene and toured across the U.S. and Japan. Last week, the band previewed new material throughout a short East Coast run with shows in Boston, MA, Kingston, NY, and New Hampshire. Next week, Whisper Doll will play Night Club 101 in New York City with support from speedfriending and Panik Flower. For more information on upcoming performances, see below and follow the band on Instagram at @whisperd0ll. 


★ WHISPER DOLL LIVE 2026 ★


MAY

4 - Night Club 101 - New York, NY @

13 - Elsewhere - Brooklyn, NY #


@ - w/ speedfriending and Panik Flower

# - w/ Juliana Chahayed #

ABOUT WHISPER DOLL:

Whisper Doll’s new music comes from a time in frontwoman Fiona Tagami’s life when she was actively trying to cultivate whimsy, a sense of possibility. “It’s about this switch of trying to be in the world as a hopeful person,” she says. The songs’ dream-pop sound, with their woozy guitars and ethereal vocal melodies, evokes that feeling. Some moments feel weightless and joyous, others dense with mystery. 


Whisper Doll began as a solo project when Fiona was in high school in Atlanta, writing in her bedroom while she fell in love with bands like The Sundays, Mazzy Star, and The Cranberries. During the process of making her debut album, 2024’s Perfume Garden, she moved to New York and became quickly wrapped up in the city’s indie scene. While playing in various other bands, she met her future Whisper Doll bandmates: drummer Shawn Majeed, guitarist Maya Lagman, and bassist Julia Chrzanowski. Their incoming sophomore album is Whisper Doll’s first full-band record, and the first one made in full in NYC, representing a newfound sense of clarity for Fiona as well as a newly collaborative process. With their meticulously crafted sound and deeply thoughtful songwriting, Whisper Doll place us in a world that’s unmistakably their own.


ABOUT TAKE CARE RECORDS:

Take Care Records is an independent record label based in Brooklyn, NY, built from a passion for music. Guided by the simple but profound mantra, “It’s no good unless it’s real,” the label focuses on fostering authentic artistic expressions that resonate on a personal level. Take Care maintains a close-knit connection with the city’s indie music scene, championing singular artists with creative integrity. 

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Kenzie Davis

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