Some bands are just so painfully bloody cool it hurts.
There will be those who sneer at She’s Hit: ‘I own all those albums by the Fall, Pere Ubu, Suicide, the Jesus and Mary Chain and The Cramps, too!’
To which I reply: ‘But if you haven’t found a way of taking your record collection, running with it and creating something that sounds fresh and as vital as they do…SHUT.UP.’
She’s Hit are painfully cool for so many reasons.
1. They have promotional pictures of them as a five piece and describe themselves as a fourpiece.
2. One of them, the ‘fifth’ member is one Scott Paterson, who’s also the lead singer of Sons & Daughters. Talk about having your cake and eating it.
3. Their band name shares its’ name with a song by the Birthday Party.
4. They run their own label called Re:Peater Records.
5. Their first release, also called ‘Re:Peater’ was a split single, which is one of the best old-school indie things you can do. It was a split with Jacob Yates and The Pearly Gates, who were formed out of the ashes of the much-missed Uncle John & Whitelock. This made it to no.6 in that barometer of cool, the annual 17 seconds Festive Fifty at no.6 *knowing ironic wink*
6. They’re friends with many of the great and the good on the Glasgow scene. As well as the aforementioned, Their song ‘Part One’ features vocals from Jen Paley of Astral Planes. Not only that but the second disc on the album is remixes of all tracks on the (first disc of the) album, including contributions from The Unwinding Hours and The Errors. 7. They’ll also be playing a show with Kid Congo Powers who was in both The Cramps and Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds.
7. They sound great.
The next single is called Shimmer Shimmer ‘ and it’s due out on May 23.
Their album is entitled Pleasure and is released on June 6. Thanks to their lovely PR person I have a copy and it’s awesome!
The tracklisting is as follows:
‘Pleasure’
‘Shimmer Shimmer’
‘Young Love Dead’
‘Part One’
‘Lustless’
‘Re:Peater’
‘Miriam Hollow’
‘Stare At The Sun’ *NB Don’t try this at home
‘Forfeit to despair’
You can stream a further three tracks from said album right here: