First Shakespears Sister album for over a decade
Shakespears Sister Album: Songs From The Red Room released on Cargo April 12
EP: It's A Trip - March 29
"I just want to make intelligent, exciting pop records and wrestle it back from what it's become, because in the last ten years it's been seen as this inferior thing that is associated with Pop Idol and X Factor. But my heroes were Bowie and Roxy - what are they if they are not pop music? It's a brilliant art form - it's the thing that excites me most in my life." - Siobhan Fahey
'Songs From The Red Room' is the first Shakespears Sister album for over a decade. Siobhan Fahey returns to a pop landscape that has dramatically changed during her career of more than 20 years, and yet this album represents a female pop icon at the top of her game, as effortlessly innovative and exciting as any of her contemporaries. 'Songs From The Red Room' features collaborations with Terry Hall ('Was It Worth It?') and Whitey ('Pulsatron'). Tracks like 'Bad Blood' channel Donna Summer via Goldfrapp, while 'It's A Trip' is a shining example of electro-disco, building the sounds of Dalston basement clubs into anthemic pop brilliance. One of the tracks, 'Bitter Pill', has been reworked by The Pussycat Dolls. Siobhan Fahey originally started Shakespears Sister in 1988, and by the early 90's they were a phenomenon. 1992's 'Stay' was number one for 8 weeks. Before this, as any student of pop will know, she was a member of pioneering girl band Bananarama. In recent years she has focused her efforts on being a songwriter, DJ and filmmaker. Siobhan takes Shakespears Sister on tour in April, for the first time in 15 years. The dates are:
Fri 16 Apr O2 Academy2 Liverpool
Sat 17 Apr O2 ABC2 Glasgow
Sun 18 Apr O2 Academy2 Newcastle
Tue 20 Apr O2 Academy Bristol
Wed 21 Apr O2 Academy2 Birmingham
Thu 22 Apr Bloomsbury Ballroom, London
Sat 24 Apr O2 Academy2 Sheffield
Sun 25 Apr Concorde 2, Brighton
'Songs From The Red Room' is preceded by an EP 'It's A Trip' on March 29. The EP includes mixes of 'It's a Trip' from Small Town Boy, Bis, Punx Soundcheck, Apollo 440, LorD and Master and Stems. It also includes 'C U Tonight' (demo), 'Dedication' and 'Heroine' (Gully's Ingestion Mix).
The full tracklisting for Songs From The Red Room is:
Pulsatron (Whitey Mix)
Bad Blood
Was It Worth It? (With Terry Hall)
It's A Trip
Hot Room
A Man In Uniform
You're Alone
Bitter Pill
Cold
You're Not Yourself
A Loaded Gun
Bonus Tracks:
Bad Blood (Jagz Kooner Mix)
Pulsatron (Gully Mix)
Cold (Death In Vegas Mix) The album was produced by Siobhan Fahey and Stephen Gallifent.
Find Tickets
www.shakespearssister.co.uk
EP: It's A Trip - March 29
"I just want to make intelligent, exciting pop records and wrestle it back from what it's become, because in the last ten years it's been seen as this inferior thing that is associated with Pop Idol and X Factor. But my heroes were Bowie and Roxy - what are they if they are not pop music? It's a brilliant art form - it's the thing that excites me most in my life." - Siobhan Fahey
'Songs From The Red Room' is the first Shakespears Sister album for over a decade. Siobhan Fahey returns to a pop landscape that has dramatically changed during her career of more than 20 years, and yet this album represents a female pop icon at the top of her game, as effortlessly innovative and exciting as any of her contemporaries. 'Songs From The Red Room' features collaborations with Terry Hall ('Was It Worth It?') and Whitey ('Pulsatron'). Tracks like 'Bad Blood' channel Donna Summer via Goldfrapp, while 'It's A Trip' is a shining example of electro-disco, building the sounds of Dalston basement clubs into anthemic pop brilliance. One of the tracks, 'Bitter Pill', has been reworked by The Pussycat Dolls. Siobhan Fahey originally started Shakespears Sister in 1988, and by the early 90's they were a phenomenon. 1992's 'Stay' was number one for 8 weeks. Before this, as any student of pop will know, she was a member of pioneering girl band Bananarama. In recent years she has focused her efforts on being a songwriter, DJ and filmmaker. Siobhan takes Shakespears Sister on tour in April, for the first time in 15 years. The dates are:
Fri 16 Apr O2 Academy2 Liverpool
Sat 17 Apr O2 ABC2 Glasgow
Sun 18 Apr O2 Academy2 Newcastle
Tue 20 Apr O2 Academy Bristol
Wed 21 Apr O2 Academy2 Birmingham
Thu 22 Apr Bloomsbury Ballroom, London
Sat 24 Apr O2 Academy2 Sheffield
Sun 25 Apr Concorde 2, Brighton
'Songs From The Red Room' is preceded by an EP 'It's A Trip' on March 29. The EP includes mixes of 'It's a Trip' from Small Town Boy, Bis, Punx Soundcheck, Apollo 440, LorD and Master and Stems. It also includes 'C U Tonight' (demo), 'Dedication' and 'Heroine' (Gully's Ingestion Mix).
The full tracklisting for Songs From The Red Room is:
Pulsatron (Whitey Mix)
Bad Blood
Was It Worth It? (With Terry Hall)
It's A Trip
Hot Room
A Man In Uniform
You're Alone
Bitter Pill
Cold
You're Not Yourself
A Loaded Gun
Bonus Tracks:
Bad Blood (Jagz Kooner Mix)
Pulsatron (Gully Mix)
Cold (Death In Vegas Mix) The album was produced by Siobhan Fahey and Stephen Gallifent.
Find Tickets
www.shakespearssister.co.uk
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