Charming poster don’t you think, well, I suppose we all better wear eyeliner then because it promises to get hot and sweaty at Schokoladen tonight.
Edie Sedgwick and Sissters seem like they formed to perform together.
Edie Sedgwick formed in 1999 when El Guapo bassist Justin Moyer and ex-Panoply Academy Glee Club drummer Ryan Hicks wrote a number of songs about celebrities. After releasing one eponymous record on Mud Memory Records and recording another, Edie was forced to stop performing in 2001 when Justin was diagnosed with epilepsy and could no longer drive on tour. (Ryan had no driver’s license.)
In 2004, Justin began performing in drag as Edie Sedgwick, the transgendered reincarnation of a vacuous Andy Warhol Superstar who died of a barbiturate overdose in 1971. Armed with a video projector, precious iMovies, and the occasional backing band, Edie traveled through many dark nights presenting auditory and visual art that honors the likes of Angelina Jolie, Robert Downey, Jr., Paris Hilton, Martin Sheen, and other celebrity co-conspirators. After two more records — 2005′s “Her Love is Real, But She is Not” on Desoto Records and 2008′s “Things are Getting Sinister and Sinisterer” on Dischord — and playing everywhere from Baltimore to Bulgaria, Edie got pretty sick of celebs and now just writes songs about whoever and whatever and reserves the right not to wear a dress in the future.
…and Sissters bio reads thus:
Shifting between lound and quiet, SISSTERS sound fragile and emotional yet also angry and abrasive. Even though traditional song structures tend to be taken apart and dissolved, the duo still achieves reconciliation in their songs.
Building on a foundation of stripped down to-the-point drums, the guitar, while being rhythmically complex, comes across as hectic, making it a perfect match for the often hysterical vocals. They sounds honestly enraged but at the same time fragile and vulnerable. Punk at heart and living a queer lifestyle, SISSTERS cannot be narrowed down to one of these aspects. Their music takes up elements of punk, rock and noise, delivering the mix in a sound that brings to mind 60s garage music. Not trying to fit any prefabricated genre formula, SISSTERS just take what they need and run with it. Finding bands to compare their music to is not easy. Ex-Models have been mentioned, Shellac and early Birthday Party, too. But none of these references will really give you too much of an idea of what SISSTERS actually sound like.
