Sisters3
Making great songs out of politics
Whenever someone gets into the “why aren’t musicians more involved politically” discussion, the answers are usually quite cynical: they fear the corporte backlash from their record labels, those who do it don’t do it very well, they want to avoid being branded conservative or liberal, young people aren’t interested in politics… and it’s hard not to think some of those reasons may be true.
But then you come across a band like Sisters3, who pull off the aching patriotism song so well, there’s a part of you who concedes that not everyone can do it well. These three Pennsylvanians can.
In fact, theirs is an adept combination of folk ingredients with laid back, summer-licked jazz-funk instrumentation, creating a sound which is not as experimental as it is melodious and engaging. But the main strength in a song like Star Spangled lies in the harmonious vocal arrangements: sister Annachristie’s lead voice is captivating as it unbinds itself from its soft spoken tones to its powerful, soul-like exclamations, only to be joined by her two siblings in a combined chorus which glimmers with a life of its own. So while the commentary is roomy, the band’s musicianship makes no compromise and becomes a great song, whether you are politically-minded or not.
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