Sassyhiya: Take You Someplace
(Skep Wax)
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Obtainable eighth November
South London quartet Sassyhiya launch their debut album, Take You Someplace through Skep Wax.
Right here at Louder Than Warfare we prefer to have our finger on the heart beat. Sassyhiya are an instance of this, Tony Rounce while previewing 2023’s Loud Ladies Competition declaring, “If the Tv Personalities had been a 60s soul band, they’d positively have been Southeast London’s splendid Sassyhiya. Beautiful folks with peppy, snappy songs, anticipate to go residence with not less than three or 4 earworms from their quick stack of poptastic future classics”.
It will be virtually a yr (this July) earlier than I’d turned enlightened upon the discharge of lead single from the album, Kristen Stewart. The catchy enjoyable tune being an ode to the actress Kristen and her standing as a queer icon/pin up. Bassist Helen explaining, “I wished to do a tune about her as a result of I feel she’s ace and makes nice selections relating to roles. She’s grown up within the public eye and has nonetheless managed to turn into the individual we completely hoped she would – somebody pleased with her queerness plus she’s actually cool and enjoyable.”
I used to be hooked, and had me wanting extra, however I’m getting forward of myself. Sassyhiya had been shaped when Helen and Kathy, real-life companions since 2011 and co-songwriters, joined up with Pablo and Neil (drums and guitar) having been in a been in a number of bands beforehand together with Boys Ceaselessly, Fundamental Plumbing and the splendidly named Barry. The PR says that “Sassyhiya seems like a fruits of all these components, hitting the candy spot between post-punk and indie pop.” What I actually like are the harmonies, one thing which you’ll be able to hint again to Helen and Kathy’s cowl of The Carpenters, Shut To You recorded throughout the pandemic for a Karen Carpenter tribute album.
Since then they launched the Gum Demo EP in January 2022, which once more was written, performed, recorded, and blended at their residence in South London over lockdown, and adopted this with the Reside at Paper Gown Classic EP recorded with and showcasing their settled line up with Pablo and Neil.
Just a few of the tracks on Take You Someplace date again to these preliminary releases nonetheless have been re-recorded. The album opens with one in all these, Boat Known as Predator which
Kathy explains, “Was written whereas travelling via Scotland, close to Skye. Within the automotive we had been handed by somebody towing a ship with the title ‘Predator’. A whole lot of the woodland there’s dominated by rhododendrons, an invasive species. It was weirdly jarring to see one thing so decorative and home working rampant within the wild. I used to be serious about residing away from civilisation, residing an itinerant life, and the way that may be very liberating in a manner as a result of it makes you nameless.”
While the album’s title is Take You Someplace, in actuality it may very well be Take You Anyplace. After opening with a visit to Sky, and ode to Kirsten Stewart there’s Crayon Potato, full with handclaps, a tribute to Sassyhiya’s pet cat, who shares their South London flat. A transparent instance of one of many many earworms you’d be going residence with in the event you get to see the band dwell (or simply purchase the document).
The jaunty titular monitor and while lyrically fairly easy with added ‘woo hoo hoo’s’
imply you may virtually think about it getting used for a Sunday teatime TV Vacation Present. Like all album, the extra you hear the extra you’re rewarded by it. One factor I’ve seen are a number of of the ‘influences’ which you would virtually say are Easter Eggs, take Let’s See What We Can Discover for one, while it’s Sassyhiya, there’s an unmistakable affect of Echo and the Bunnymen.
The closing You Can Give It (However You Can’t Take It) is and “anthem of defiance” towards bullies. A robust approach to end a terrific debut with possibly unknowingly a nod to the Leeds based mostly trio Nervous Twitch, particularly within the refrain and theme of the monitor.
While Take You Anyplace clocks in at simply over 35 minutes it’s sufficient time to depart you with a smile in your face and a few tracks that you just’ll have rattling round your head for the subsequent day not less than…
RSVP Take You Someplace Listening Get together on seventh November
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All phrases by Iain Key. See his writer profile right here or discover him on X (Twitter) as @iainkey
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