When this blog was in its prime it was a reasonably common occurrence
to feature artists that had yet to release any ‘official’ recorded music,
instead relying on shaky live You Tube clips or dodgy Soundcloud demos.
The last band that featured here in that way was The Dinner
Party, who a few months on had changed their name (for the better) to The Last
Dinner Party and became a so-called overnight success with Nothing Matters. When
a band seemingly appears from nowhere and already has full label and management
support behind them, the cynics will always criticize. “Industry plant!” you’ll
no doubt remember was pointlessly shouted on line at The Last Dinner Party by those who seem to get a weird kick
out of doing down others in public.
Which brings us to Disgusting Sisters. Now, there aren’t any
detractors (yet) with Disgusting Sisters, although it would be easy to write
the headlines now: "Disgusting Sisters are Revolting!" "Foul tunes from Disgusting
Sisters!" etc. All there is is a very small thread on Reddit where someone
questions how Disgusting Sisters managed to get a slot on the BBC Introducing
Stage at Reading / Leeds Festivals this year with no recorded music out and
only a handful of live shows which included supporting Two Door Cinema Club.
The answer probably has something to do with the fact that they
have already been signed to Prolifica Management (who manage the above
mentioned Two Door Cinema Club), have a live booking agent and they are not
entirely new to the world of music; Julianna Hopkins of the band is also the
drummer in Pynch. Her sister meanwhile has been off working as a director and
screenwriter. It also probably has quite a lot to do with the fact that someone
thinks they could be onto something and that’s worth supporting.
But let’s not get too into the how come they get the
opportunities when others don’t debate - your weary distrust and jaded cynicism
can be left at the door when you enter Breaking More Waves. It’s time to start
dancing with Disgusting Sisters. Just make sure the dancing is a bit silly and quirky. And yes, just like Haim, The Staves and The
Nolans they are actually siblings.
Disgusting Sisters are the sort of band that you can imagine have practiced with a hairbrush microphone dancing in their bedrooms infront of the mirror. From the bits of live footage you can find on line you’ll see a certain sort of engaging d-i-y amateurishness to what they do. They come across as a hybrid of Shampoo, Panic Shack and Las Bistecs rather than anything too slick - they have described themselves as a ‘cunty pop rock band’.
They also look like they’re going to be a lot of fun.
They have moves, but not like
Britney or Beyonce; more the sort of dancing you can copy after one watch. I’m
predicting mass audience participation of the cat choreography during TGIF (see
below). Other tracks that there are live or rehearsal clips of on line include Sorry
Mister which the duo say is ‘a song about the arseholes you meet on a night out’
and Not Cool is one they have dedicated to their cringey ex-boyfriends
Now we wait for some recorded music, passing time practicing
those dance moves.
Disgusting Sisters - TGIF Live at Reading Festival (BBC Introducing)
