Sisteray - Take It Away/Happy Endings (Staircase Records)
Sisteray - Take It Away/Happy Endings |
Release Date: 26th August 2013
I'm a little bit confused by
Sisteray. Firstly, until I heard their music, I had them confused with one of
Johnny Marr's earliest vehicles, Sister Ray. Then, when I read their press
info, I was expecting a slick, Mod influenced slice of retro-rock but I got
something quite different. You see, to me, 'Take It Away' is more akin to an
early Arctic Monkeys or Libertines track with the ambitious but awkwardly
played riffs, the studied indifference of the singer and the slightly
overindulgent length, what with it being nearly 4 minutes long. One you'll
notice with the Kinks is that they packed loads of ideas in to their songs and
were as slick as slick can be but hardly ever went over 3 minutes. 'Happy
Endings' starts with an almost Motown feel and, again, there are plenty of
ideas here but those missed notes and dropped beats are pretty jarring on
record. I know I've gone on about this before but it bears repeating (as the
Hives said); just because it's easier to release recorded music these days it
doesn't mean you should. Sisteray sound like they'd be a huge amount of fun to
see live in a sweaty Camden bar on an October night but if my opinion counted
for anything I'd tell them to hold off from releasing anything else until
they've got 6 songs down well enough to play them whilst having sex.
More information: www.sisteray.com
Live Dates:
28th August - The Latest Music Bar, Brighton (w/DIGO + The
Dates + Bear & The Woods)