New German Cinema is the solo project of Fear of Men vocalist/songwriter Jess Weiss, taking the shadowy dream pop sound she makes with her band into darker, heavier places with dense electronics and ornate, layered production. The project's debut long-player, Pain Will Polish Me, arrived in 2026.
Weiss co-founded the English band Fear of Men in the early 2010s, singing, playing guitar, and writing several albums worth of material with the band over the course of the decade. Though Fear of Men were still an active band, Weiss began New German Cinema as a vehicle for her solo s...