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Effi Briest
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Hometown: New York NY US There's one thing we can say for sure about the six women of EFFI BRIEST: they stand in no one's shadow. The "Long Shadow" of their second single for Loog Records is most certainly the shadow that they cast, the one that lesser bands will be attempting to escape for a long time to come. It's a monster, people—a force ten gale careening into your listening space on one of the most propulsive beats this side of the late great Klaus Dinger (a motorik march?), annihilating everything in its path with sinister panache and a dive-bombing drum-exciter guitar solo that has to be heard to be believed. After such musical devastation, all that remains is for side B's "Phoenix" to rise from the proverbial ashes and blot out the dying sun with its fiery wingspan.The band has been extremely busy in the last year or so working on a full-length while supporting their debut single for Loog, "MIRRORIM" b/w "The Newlyweds Song," whether on tour in California with Sunburned Hand of the Man, playing San Francisco's Mission Creek Festival or LA's Arthur Nights, acting as house band for New York's Deitch Projects, slaying crowds at the Roundhouse in London, the Festival for Les Inrockuptibles in Paris, or on opening night of the Brooklyn Academy of Music's Next Wave Festival. And the press has taken notice, with features appearing in the NME, Uncut, Fader, Plan B, Pitchfork, The Guardian, and The Village Voice, among others. It's safe to say there's a new girl in town. Her name is EFFI and she's taking over. EFFI BRIEST is Kelsey Barrett (Vocals, Keyboard), Elizabeth Hart (Bass), Corinne Jones (Drums), Rebecca Squires, (Accordion, Clarinet) Sara Shaw (Guitar) and Jessica Stathos (Percussion). |
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