https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5wQrg2IYrRU
"Reeling"
Now that summer has kicked in properly I'm really loving this absolutely killer psychedelic disco soul (as NickB put it) group of 3 singers + 4 musicians. They were briefly discussed a bit in the listening club thread, and s/o to monotony for trying to drum up interest in their very good 2022 album Prism last fall:
Say She She - Prism - I've found it hard to place this, but I feel like it sits at the intersection of a host of ILM vectors - Lady Wray herself might be one, but also Natalie Prass, We Are King, Emily King, Kadhja Bonet, that short-lived band Juce, Esperanza Spalding when she's in a more straightforward mode, etc. Their band name is horrible and the album is on the short side, but it's lovely to listen to and hard to fault.
I actually kinda like the name lol. I called this serious ilm-bait on the other thread, and I stand by that: they really hit a sweet spot of making not remotely academic disco revival within the context of a full band-qua-band, if that makes sense
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3YrEpnQcETE
"C'est si bon" is the latest
― rob, Saturday, 10 June 2023 21:05 (two years ago)
reeling is fantastic. if it was up to me i'd have some more live sounding percussion in there, it feels a little stiff-hipped.. but v nice anyway
― Tracer Hand, Sunday, 11 June 2023 09:18 (two years ago)
"stiff-hipped" is a good description. I love the concept and the overall way it's down is fantastic.
the production is just a tiny bit too sparkly bright for this sort of music, and it's a constant reminder that this is new music pastiching the past. Someone like Patchworks' Bruno Hovart would have been good in this instance to scuzzy things up a bit. Still, I do like this
― Do I look like I know what a jpeg is? (dog latin), Sunday, 11 June 2023 10:10 (two years ago)
New album out today:
https://saysheshe.bandcamp.com/album/silver?from=fanpub_fnb_pr
― peace, man, Friday, 29 September 2023 10:45 (two years ago)
this is a lot of fun! obviously not breaking new ground, but it's well made and written, and they do some wonderful things arranging the three voices (e.g. Astral Plane)
― rob, Friday, 29 September 2023 19:43 (two years ago)
Fabulous album, love it
― blazin' squab (NickB), Saturday, 30 September 2023 09:45 (two years ago)
tried the 1st album last year and didn't fully gel with it but the new one is doing it for me. i have the track silver on repeat currently.
― stirmonster, Wednesday, 4 October 2023 20:14 (two years ago)
New record Cut & Rewind is out in October and they released the title track today:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BN6LKjNwJPc
― monotony, Wednesday, 18 June 2025 11:50 (five months ago)
...and the album is great! Bit tighter and punchier than Silver maybe? I think I'd mentally categorised them as one of those bands who just keep refining the formula so their newest release tends to be 'just' a sharper version of what came before, which is prob doing them a massive disservice. But it does feel like a much sharper/lusher version of what came before, so, yeah
― technopolis, Thursday, 9 October 2025 16:45 (two months ago)
lol that is OTM
It would be a surprise to be surprised by say she she, but this is a lovely album
― Tim F, Thursday, 9 October 2025 19:35 (two months ago)
The more honeyed parts of this album also beg the question: whither Kadhja Bonet these days?
― technopolis, Friday, 10 October 2025 12:22 (two months ago)
I like this
― I? not I! He! He! HIM! (akm), Tuesday, 14 October 2025 02:51 (one month ago)