Care Beth Satalinos vokal bringer tankerne hen på en PJ Harvey eller Chan Marshall og tilsat en god portion solid sangskrivning og caskader af rockende guitar lyd snakker vi om en kombination, som er klar til at vælte dig omkuld på 1000Fryds ydmyge scenegulv!
Eller sagt med deres egne meget rammende ord... "punk by allegiance and attitude, pop by virtue of their wistful melodicism." ... Sådan"
Trophy Wife er fra Philadelphiao og dermed også fra det amerikanske. Trophy Wife er det nyeste band fra Katy Otto (ex-del cielo, exotic fever records). Vi snakker kun to kvinder med guitar og trommer, som giver fingeren til alle konventioner og kværner derudaf i den bedste omgang rå post-hardcore/noiserock. Så tag snør træskoene godt op om anklerne, så du ikke bliver blæst omkuld!
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Witches is the new rock band from singer/songwriter Cara Beth Satalino. Satalino’s earthy vocals have always brought to mind female artists like PJ Harvey or even Chan Marshall but with Witches they are giving a setting that accentuates her pipes even more. Here Satilino’s stunning vocals and powerful songwriting collide with walls of cascading guitar rock. It is a striking combination to behold. The hyper guitars wail behind Satalino as the bass and drums keep up at a steady pace. Mining indie rock circa the mid-nineties, Witches won’t grab you with immediate hooks but they make up for it in the long run with superb songwriting that beckons you to listen closer. What starts out as something ordinary soon turns into an amazing and beautiful display.
Punk by allegiance and attitude, pop by virtue of their wistful melodicism, Witches are a band borne of singularly American originality. Cara Beth Satalino is a New York-born chanteuse with a rougher than typical edge. Michael Clancy, a fellow Yankee, is a self-taught drummer of natural ability and feel. Jared Gandy, veteran of Athens groups with both DIY punk and Elephant Six Collective pedigree alike, rounds out the band's lineup on bass guitar. The band takes touches of the Breeders' feminine boldness, Des Ark's brusque emotional stance, and the wide-open, true rock n' roll worldliness of Midwestern punk idols the Replacements.
When Cara and Clancy moved to Athens after graduating from an upstate New York university (SUNY Purchase, the unlikely hotbed of creativity that produced Dan Deacon and other notable weirdos), Cara already had a swath of noteworthy solo material under her belt. After a spate of performances accompanied only by her electric guitar, she sought out a rhythm section. Clancy wasn't a drummer at the time, but he stepped up to the plate to do the songs justice. To listen to the band now, Clancy's abilities cannot be stepped to—he's a songwriter's drummer, for sure. As the two pondered a possible bassist, Jared's name came up—and he promptly walked into the room, gliding on the winds of sheer coincidence. Jared's melodic, wandering basslines were an obvious match to Cara's guitar playing, and provide McCartney-esque counterpoint to her full vocal timbre.
Which brings us to the centerpiece of Witches' appeal: Cara Beth Satalino is what puts the band over the top and sutures their songs into one's memory. She sings with simultaneous pointed honesty and dignified modesty. You can hear barbs and arrows in the songs that make up “Forever”, Witches' forthcoming full-length album, released on Bakery Outlet Records and The Company With the Golden Arm. Some are directed outwardly; others seem to take aim for the singer herself. All, however, hit their mark with a precision that warrants respect.