aaamusic | On 13, Oct 2011

Slowly but surely, the autumn is coming. Before you can say fat Santa it’s Christmas time, and people are struggling to find the right present for their sweethearts.

So, before you end up in that stressful time, we’ve got a little delicacy for you. Sissy & The Blisters are giving away a free track called ‘Mystics’ taken from their EP ‘Let Her Go’ that was released on Monday 3rd October on Fierce Panda.

Please find the track ‘Mystics’ on Soundcloud: http://soundcloud.com/sissyandtheblisters/mystics

Sissy & The Blisters are James, Nick, Jack and Ed. There’s something rather special about this band, you can detect it from the fifteen minute burst of this EP, but it is truly confirmed when you experience them live. Leaving a recent gig at the Bull & Gate, we had aching jaws from the ecstatic Cheshire cat grin that hit our faces from the opening riff of the surreal, hilarious and blindingly brilliant Sissy & The Blisters set and none of us could remember the last time – if any – a gig had our mouths forming a ‘Wow’ while the thought bubble from our heads read ‘did that just really happen’?

Musically Sissy condense their fifties rock ‘n’ roll and sixties beat groups inspired music into short three minute power-packed post-punk blasts…”The Vaccines, The Strokes and Interpol are contemporary references, but the roots of Sissy and the Blisters feel a lot deeper – taking in everything from Thee Headcoatees to The Standells. Fans of garage rock take note” – Independent. The unmistakable sound of the vintage Vox organ and the band’s dress code of skinny black jeans and dramatic winkle-pickers – and, no doubt, front-man James Geard’s impossibly skinny, looming frame and deep commanding vocal – raise obvious comparisons to The Horrors; but catch one minute of their high energy live set and all ideas of ‘Goth’ are obliterated as you experience something more akin to a Black Lips gorilla party (had they been jamming with The Cramps). Sissy live revel in a sense of mania and danger that sets them wide apart, playing 25 minute gigs bursting with mayhem and glorious mischief.

Also, don’t forget to check out Sissy & The Blisters live, they are playing the following shows:

11.10. – Cellars, Portsmouth
14.10. – West End Centre, Aldershot
18.10. – Stereo, York
19.10 – Esquires, Bedford
20.10 – Bull & Gate, Kentish Town, London
22.10 – SWN Festival, Cardiff