Sistertalk are a new band from London with a strong live reputation, excellent music taste - Japan and Bowie are early influences - and are now ready to unleash their first recorded music to the world.
The track 'Vitriol' - released on their own label Family Portrait - is driven by what sounds like spangled Captain Beefheart guitars and post punk bass mixing with paranoiac distortion and captivating vocals inspired by Sprechgesang.
The band, formed by brothers Gabriel and Daniel Levy in 2017, have shared stages with the likes of LL Burns (formerly Filthy Boy), Horsey, and Shame, and are regularly held up as evidence that there is a strong music scene in London. Sistertalk could have put out music quite a while ago - and judging by the strength of this single (streaming below) could easily have got a label - but are doing things at their pace, and on their terms.
An entirely DIY project thus far, the track was written, recorded and produced by the band themselves. They used Hermitage Works studio in London where Goat Girl did some early recordings and have achieved an impressive radio ready hit.
In case you're wondering the lyrical thread running through the heart of the above cut, singer Gabriel Levy offers the following insight in the press release:
"Before we started this band, I wanted to write something from the perspective of the jaded performer – someone who’s tired of folded arms, half-empty rooms and mid-set walks to the bar. What that says about my relationship with music prior to this project is uncertain, but it ended up imagined as someone’s very public onstage tirade against an industry which isn’t even present to hear him babble. I didn’t anticipate that it would be the catalyst I needed to form Sistertalk.
Hearing the words: "I'll do it over but what's the use?" and "I take it you've had enough of this," the hurt and anger mentioned above is palpable and the lyrical feeling suits the immense soundscape. As far as debut singles go in 2019, we'll be hard-pushed to hear something that beats 'Vitriol'.
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