Emerging from Nashville’s dynamic music landscape, The Weird Sisters unveil their latest full-length album, Who Are The Weird Sisters? Packed with throbbing pulses through its 14 seamless highway groovers, this “space disco” record captures a sound ideal for moonlit drives and pulsating house parties. Produced at 714 Studio, mixed by Mike Fahey at Starbird Sound, mastered at Infrasonic Mastering and pressed at the Vinyl Lab—all Nashville institutions—Who Are The Weird Sisters? is set for release on Feb. 3, 2024.
The album’s opener, “Party On,” beckons listeners with a distinct blend of Gabrielle Lewis’s funky Moog-oscillations and Christian Northover’s rhythmic beats, making it suitable to jump in the middle of any house mix, infused with Izaac Short’s robotic, vocoder-driven vocalizing. Lewis’s shining saxophone solo emerges as a standout element.
Cranking up the space disco levels, Short spastically, confidently quick-spits Dreaming is free if you open the door to your mind / Long as you’re looking / There’ll always be something to find / Where do we go if the blind keeps on leading the blind on the thumping “Turn the Music Up,” layered with Arabic-flavored vocal accompaniment from Lewis, exhibiting a mix of Blondie and The Cranberries’ Dolores O’Riordan.
“Turn the Music Up” and “Shirley” bring some New York City influence to the album, inspired by the band’s summer ’22 dance escapades in NYC, which brought about the Weird Sisters’ space disco sound.
“Shirley,” inspired by Lewis’s grandmother (named Shirley), is a straight-up dance party number, with the Moog whirring up some positive enlightenment.
“Come On, Spaceship” stands as a Short-fueled dancer, with some 24-bit salsa vibes, more vocoder-infused vocals and a grungier, Daft Punk-styled electronic dance sound.
One of the more comforting aspects of The Weird Sisters is the lack of competitiveness within the duo’s ranks. Short and Lewis only complement one another, collaborating with a harmonious synergy. This album would not exist without the two of them, and together they’re helping to raze a city with sick beats.
Find The Weird Sisters’ Who Are The Weird Sisters? Feb. 3 across the icons, or for sale on vinyl through theweirdsistersband.com. Catch an album release show at The Vinyl Lounge, 1414 3rd Ave. S., Nashville, on Saturday, Feb. 3.
