Independent space disco duo The Weird Sisters are redefining dance and party music with their new full-length LP, “Who are The Weird Sisters?” released Feb. 3 worldwide, digitally and on vinyl.
This release marks their second full-length album release and debuts The Weird Sisters’ new sound, shifting from a heavy psychedelic rock and funk outfit to a pair of “dance commanders,” electrifying the dance floor with a mixture of EDM, funk rock, and grunge punk, all with a psychedelic flare.
Coming off recent successful tours in the Northeast and Midwest, The Weird Sisters, comprised of duo Gabrielle Lewis and Izaac Short, are excited to share the seamless, 47-minute album with the rest of the world, giving a glimpse into the transcendental, genre-bending sound only The Weird Sisters can produce.“There’s a continuous flow to the album,” Lewis said. “All the songs are connected. There’s no interruption but rather a spell-binding cohesion. For us, the album itself answers the question ‘Who are The Weird Sisters?’ better than we ever could with words.”
The duo’s new EDM/space disco sound was inspired by their August 2022 trip to New York City, where Short and Lewis discovered dance music at House of Yes, a popular nightclub in Brooklyn. The album’s New York City influence is represented in tracks like “Turn the Music Up,” which chronicles the duo’s escapades throughout the city, and “Shirley,” which honors Lewis’ late grandmother, a socialite, life-long New Yorker.
The album features Short and Lewis on keys, moog, vocoder, guitar, bass, vocals, drum machine and saxophone, with some tracks featuring Adam Abrashoff, Christian Northover and Heather Thomas on drums/percussion and Robert Hudson and Michael Zimmerman on bass. The album was produced by The Weird Sisters at 714, mixed by Mike Fahey and The Weird Sisters at Starbird Sound, mastered by John Baldwin at Infrasonic Mastering and pressed at the Vinyl Lab.
“The Weird Sisters’ live shows are electrifying, energetic, jaw dropping and seamless with insane musicianship and solo performances,” said Vinyl Lab and Vinyl Lounge owner Scott Lemasters. “Their latest album and double LP ‘Who are The Weird Sisters?’ encapsulates and captures the energy of their live performances.”
About The Weird Sisters
Described as “Nashville’s greatest local band” and “one of the bubbling under best bands in the country” by Mike “Grimey” Grimes, co-owner of Grimey’s New & Preloved Music, The Basement East and The Basement, Gabrielle Lewis and Izaac Short’s musical partnership, The Weird Sisters, is a testament to the magic of opposites attracting, breaking math down into the very essence of the sum being greater than its parts. Izaac’s funk-infused guitar and heavy hitting vocals combined with Gabrielle’s ethereal soul-melting keyboards and saxophone creates a musical synergy that defies convention.
After seeing The Weird Sisters live, four-time-Grammy-nominated Joe King, co-founder of The Fray, described the duo’s new sound as an intimate and out-of-this-galaxy experience.“If you want four orgasms in one night, listen to The Weird Sisters,” King said. “If you want to experience GN-z11 (one of the furthest galaxies from Earth), listen to The Weird Sisters. If you want both, go to their show.”
“They’re very creative. They’ve learned the art of the workaround. If they don’t have something, they work around it. It’s very cool. Working with limitations makes you more creative,” said six-time Grammy Award-winning producer Vance Powell about collaborating with the duo on their 2021 release “Lost in the Chronic.” “We’ve been watching them for a couple years now play shows. After having them around and hanging out with them, I was like, ‘Let’s see if we can do something together and see if it works.’ It was good. It was fun. They’re my friends, so it’s nice and easy.”