Even voorstellen - Say She She - Cut & Rewind
03/10 (drink sum wtr/konkkurrent)
Oct 25 “shop boy” https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=papBFvxXs5w
Sept 25 “disco life” https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XQ93q36jS4M
July 25 “under the sun” https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=myfh98pdGAo
June 25 "Cut & Rewind” https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BN6LKjNwJPc
29th November - Botanique, Brussels
Say She She, the punk chic discodelic funk band born in NYC, have announced that their politically-charged and dancefloor-crushing third album Cut & Rewind will be released on 3rd October via their new label drink sum wtr.
Led by the vocal trio of Piya Malik, Sabrina Mileo Cunningham, and Nya Gazelle Brown, the group channels progenitors like Minnie Ripperton, Rotary Connection, Liquid Liquid and ESG. Cut & Rewind expands their scope, incorporating elements of Lonnie Liston Smith and the Lijadu Sisters into their sonic palette while channelling the spirit of contemporary peers like Lambrini Girls and Amyl and the Sniffers to create 12 new, original songs crackling with unforgiving grooves, whistle tones and three-part harmonies capable of opening up the heavens.
“Cut & Rewind is a snapshot of our lives over the past few years about the rugged reality of being on the road and running back into the studio to cut a record as soon as we were off. Then repeat! We hope to offer it up like a homophonic cocktail served up, strong, no frills, and peppered with some hints of our musical muses with a slice of life mantra on the side. We're here to remind you as much as ourselves to ‘Hire the guy who's gonna look you in the eye’.” - Say She She
Say She She, whose name pays homage to Nile Rodgers, began writing and recording Cut & Rewind shortly after wrapping their international Silver tour. Over a series of short, intense sessions, Brown, Cunningham, and Malik gathered with their rhythm section Dan Hastie, Sam Halterman, Dale Jennings, and Sergio Rios at Rios’s North Hollywood studio, Killion Sound. Say She She’s writing practice is an exercise in presence, as each of the three channels their front-of-mind thoughts and feelings into cathartic transmissions. There’s an element of spontaneity at play, informed by the rhythm section’s funk background and Malik’s time in a post-punk improv band with Liquid Liquid’s Sal Principato.
The 12 tracks on Cut & Rewind crackle with a relentless and righteous energy, hard-edged funk and a politically-charged undercurrent. “She Who Dares” is a call to fight against a near-future dystopia where women’s rights have been decimated globally. “Disco Life” examines the 1979 “Disco Demolition Night” at Comiskey Stadium in Chicago, a publicity event-turned-riot organized by shock jock Steve Dahl. Attendees were encouraged to bring a disco record in exchange for cheap admission, which Dahl would then burn in a dumpster—already an implicit attack on a genre fronted by Black people, queer people, and women—but the crowd brought and destroyed anything made by Black musicians. The lyrics decry the event’s racism and homophobia, understanding that the roots of the riot still linger. Say She She knows a better world is possible, and manifests “a playing field where all are free.” In a time of political turmoil where community is more necessary than ever, Say She She offers a particular salve: protest music dressed up as a sweat-dripping, body-moving, consciousness-raising good time.
Say She She was formed by Piya Malik and Sabrina Cunningham, neighbours in an old tenement building in the Lower East Side that could hear each other singing through the floorboards. They became fast friends, penning tongue-in-cheek songs about bad breakups and better boyfriends. Driven by an innate desire for three part harmonies and a reverence for late 70’s girl groups, they brought Malik’s friend Nya Brown into the fold. Malik and Brown first met at a rooftop party in Harlem and instantly started singing with each other. The trio would hang out together on the dancefloors and dive bars of NYC and quickly became Say She She.
They released their first single, “Forget Me Not,” in winter of 2022. Their distinct harmonies and signature discodelic pop and soul have led to national TV performances, tours with the likes of Thee Sacred Souls and Chicano Batman, influential fans like Nile Rodgers and Childish Gambino, and global touring. Advocacy is also an important part of the Say She She story. Their single “NORMA” was written and released as a fundraiser following the reversal of Roe v Wade; “Echo In The Chamber” is a call to action in support of increased gun control legislation in the U.S.
Track List:
01. Cut & Rewind
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