REVIEW: THE WEIRD SISTERS "WHO ARE THE WEIRD SISTERS?"

Nashville, Tennessee duo The Weird Sisters composed of Gabrielle Lewis and Izaac Short, released their new full length album this year that is going to be the perfect summer dance album. The album is titled “Who Are The Weird Sisters?” The album sees the band 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.

Talking about the album, Lewis said,

“There’s a continuous flow to the album. 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.”

This whole album just begs to be turned up to 11 and blasted out of a car window while driving and just enjoying the vibes of the album. The album begins with the introduction titled “Saturn Linguistics” which finds the band over a beat discussing the album. Track two is titled “Bells” which is a song with a really interesting beat that is almost transfixing. The beat really picks up and the band stays true to their word as dance commanders with track three, “Ultraviolet”. This is one of my favorite tracks on the album because it's just fun to hear the influences of the New York club scene. 

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. 

You can almost see the laser lights and the dancing people with this whole album, but especially “Turn the Music Up”. With lyrics like “you know you’re not alone, just leave that thing at home,” the song is just telling you to shed your worries and get on the dance floor. The album’s lyrics also talk a lot about spaceships and exploring the galaxy, which is such fun imagery like on “Come On, Spaceship” which has repeating lines of “the galaxy awaits.” While taken literally it fits in with the space disco sound they have, it also, to me, means traveling and enjoying your surroundings because the world is so much bigger than just one person. 

I highly recommend the album if you’re looking for something new and different to listen to and more importantly dance to. The album can be found on all streaming platforms now.