"Say She She's origin story is so perfectly New York it could have been lifted from a more racially diverse episode of Lena Dunham's Girls. It involves a gnarly eight-floor apartment block on Manhattan's Lower East Side, a rooftop party turned sing-off and a debut show at Brooklyn's coolest bar. So it's mildly disappointing to discover that only one member of the trio still calls the Big Apple home."
"She's followed by Nya Gazelle Brown, who completed the band's recent European tour, including a sold-out show at north London's 3,000-capacity Roundhouse, while seven months pregnant. I moved to Maryland over Covid, Brown says. I needed to stretch out and I wanted to be around family. The last to arrive is London-born Piya Malik, who now lives in Los Angeles."
"While their influences they cite Minnie Riperton, Liquid Liquid, ESG and the Lijadu Sisters as inspirations for the new album and old-school recording techniques (everything is painstakingly put to tape alongside backing band Orgone) suggest a retro fantasia, their lyrical themes are firmly rooted in the present. We're not singing olde worlde stories, says Malik, by far the chattiest of the trio."
A three-piece band formed amid Lower East Side apartment life and rooftop sing-offs now spans Brooklyn, Maryland and Los Angeles. The band recorded Cut & Rewind in LA with backing band Orgone, using tape-based, old-school techniques that amplify a retro sonic palette. Influences include Minnie Riperton, Liquid Liquid, ESG and the Lijadu Sisters, filtered through psych-tinged 70s disco and 80s post-punk textures. Recording sessions created space for collective purging, exchanging melodies, sounds and politics. Lyrical content addresses contemporary issues, including explicit political themes and reactions to recent legal and social events.
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