She’s In Parties second EP ‘Puppet Show’ out now via Submarine Cat Records
Press shot: Polocho
“She’s in Parties — named after the 1983 Bauhaus single — cook up a moreish brew, all dreamy, reverbed atmospherics and interlocking textures… A real find.” – Sunday Times Culture
“Colchester’s new answer to hazy shoegaze heroes Cocteau Twins.” – NME
“She’s In Parties seamlessly marry together the nostalgic and the contemporary.” – DIY
“Melding shoegaze-y pop and dazzling indie licks, their wall of sound is simply irresistible.” – DORK
“Taking inspiration from icons like Slowdive and Cocteau Twins, this young quartet makes music that drips with emotional vigour and gorgeous melodies.” – WhyNow
“perspicacious and emotionally resonant” – Under The Radar
“Shoegaze and dream pop luminaries.” – The Rodeo
“Swirling, melancholic indie” – Emily Pilbeam, BBC Radio 6Music
“Sound a little like some of the records that the Colchester goths of the early 80s might have listened to in between stints sitting in the churchyard near The Cups, a pub of some legend…” – Steve Lamacq BBC Radio 6Music
“Gorgeous piece of indie rock courtesy of She’s In Parties” – Jess Iszatt, BBC Radio 1
Today, Essex-based quartet She’s In Parties welcomes the release of their second studio EP, Puppet Show, via Submarine Cat Records. To celebrate the unveiling of the project, She’s In Parties will be embarking on a headline UK tour, as well as making an appearance at Mutations within the coming weeks – buy tickets HERE. The band’s previous single ‘The Times’ was recently crowned BBC Radio 1’s Introducing Track Of The Week, and has since forth been added to the station’s playlist. Additionally, the same single was soundtracked forMatch of The Day’s UEFA Champions League. The band welcomes the EP with the focus track ‘FSM’ – listen HERE.
Puppet Show sees She’s In Parties in their most lyrically mature state yet. It tackles post coming of age worries and the existential realisation of the world’s issues from social media, to wars, and personal anxieties of feeling helpless to it all. Produced by Stephen Street (The Cranberries & The Smiths), the EP sees the band explore their love for 80s music with quirky synth riffs and experimental guitar sounds. The EP is the band’s most politically driven body music yet. “It’s a timeless topic, people have always and will always sing about injustices, often though, people want an escape and sing about things like love because sometimes that’s easier than telling the truth.” Katie says.
“I’m certainly not a political person and would opt for escapism in music, but sometimes there are things that happen in our society or on social media that you just can’t avoid. They’ve been plaguing my mind especially, so I’ve been writing about this stuff a lot more and it has now become a prevalent theme in this next EP.”
STREAM / BUY PUPPET SHOW HERE
She’s In Parties are a hazy and ethereal quartet whose own idiosyncratic amalgamation of shoegaze and dream-pop belies their relatively young years. The band is led by Irish-born frontperson Katie Dillon (vocals/guitar), alongside her friends Herbie Wiseman (guitar), Matt Carman (drums), and Charlie Johnson (bass). Taking their cues from the likes of Slowdive, Cocteau Twins and The Cure, the band harbour a sense of nostalgia certainly, but they avoid feeling derivative. Instead, they succeed in marrying the classic and the contemporary, resulting in an aesthetic that’s both haunting, and effortlessly cool.
Last year saw the band release their highly-anticipated debut EP End Scene, as well as play to packed out rooms alongside Bleach Lab, DEADLETTER, Panic Shack and Hockey Dad, and a number of festivals across the country. They’ve received numerous broadcast acclaim across Radio and TV, with singles from both End Scene and Puppet Show featuring on Match Of The Day & & FIFA Women’s World Cup and receiving an assortment of impressive playlist spots across both BBC Radio 1 and BBC Radio 6 Music over the last two years.
EP artwork | D
She’s In Parties is:
Katie Dillon (vocals/guitar)
Herbie Wiseman (guitar)
Matt Carman (drums)
Charlie Johnson (bass)
UK Tour Poster | DL HERE
She’s In Parties live:
05/11 – Colchester – Colchester Arts Centre
06/11 – The Boileroom, Guildford
08/11 – The Art Club, Bristol
09/11 – Mutations Festival, Brighton
20/11 – Gullivers, Manchester
21/11 – The Hare and Hounds, Birmingham
22/11 – McChuills, Glasgow
23/11 – Hyde Park Book Club, Leeds