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Although the star appeal is in Zak, who provides the eccentric and dynamic instrumentals, the talent is in his girlfriend, Sharna Liguz aka “Sshh”. Sshh’s Punky vocals bring the tracks to life and she dominates the stage at live events.
Tracks from the band are few and far-between as of yet, but here are the two I have managed to find.
WARM UP
With undertones of Blondy and all woman punk band L7, Warm Up brings early the 90’s back with a punk/grunge feel. Sshh's angry sound is complemented by the manic backing track.
Zak brings together an expansive soundscape, defined by pulsating rhythms that grip like an industrial vice and gives the song incredible texture. Although the song could have done with being about 3 minuets shorter.
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Hate Mail
Hate Mail is about someone asking Sshh to turn down her MP3 player on a flight from London to America, as you might be able to tell the perfectly reasonable request wasn’t taken too lightly.
Hate Mail is an alright song but it strays to cheesy, gimmicky country for my liking. For most bands cheesy/gimmicky would be alright, especially for a first single, but this is Zak Starkey, he was in Oasis, he has drummed for The Who and his dad was a Beetle (only Ringo… but that stilll counts). For him the song kind of feels a bit like selling out to make his girlfriend a rock star.
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So far these are the only two songs I can find, there have been no mention of any others and they are gigging only vary sparsely, so it might be a while before we hear anything new, but they are defiantly a one to watch. Because when they hit, they will hit hard.
Let me know what you think just below.
By Charlie Craven.
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