Lamenting the recent demise of her often-discordant band, Luxx Lisbon dissonantly enters her afterlife. While her punctured heart bleeds down her torn-off sleeves, Lisbon’s despairing melodies somehow find harmony in sordid topics and seething tones.
In her previous life, Lisbon’s evil twin led pop-powered punks The Hissyfits, who earned rave reviews for their debut album – a “blissful mix of bittersweet harmonies floating over dark, driving distortion.”
Said one critic, “With all its harmonic heartbreak and heartache, The Hissyfits first full-length may be the most gripping and startlingly frank gone-wrong relationship album of the year.”
Taking the best elements from her initial foray, while exploring some new instrumental terrain, Lisbon determinedly sets out on her new adventure.
Her first single “Cruelest Cut” is an elegy to the recent painful passing of venerated musician Elliot Smith and to the depression he was widely rumored to have suffer. Her own torment with life-long manic-depression is manifested here, making this song all the more poignant.
The Hissyfits “Wasted “, a pained and angry anthem underscoring the implosion of a previous Hissyfits incarnation, echoes the themes of sorrow and the squandering of creative endowment before its time.
Due to the delayed release of the 2003 Hissyfits EP Can’t Keep Waiting, Shifty-Disco’s offering of “Wasted” is a first listen to the band’s most recent line-up who, fittingly, detonated on a New York City stage last year.
Look out for the impending release of The Hissyfits Can’t Keep Waiting.
Peek now inside the newest chapter of the sequel: Luxx Lisbon’s “Cruelest Cut”…inspired by a true story.
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*Guest Drummer on “Cruelest Cut”: Martin Bjerregaard (The Saints, Australia; Racetrack Babies, Denmark)
*Guest Bassist on “Cruelest Cut”: Adam Lasus (Miracle Legion, Philadelphia; Fireproof Studios, Brooklyn)
*Guest Casio Pianist on "Cruelest Cut": Jason Glastetter (Poingly, Brooklyn)".
*Vocals & Guitars on “Wasted” and “Cruelest Cut”: Holly Jacobs
Websites: www.hissyfits.com and www.luxxlisbon.com
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