Post-punk quartets Dancer (Glasgow) and Whisper Hiss (Portland) are separated by an ocean, but musically they drink from the well: quirky lo-fi danceable songs that are as adorable as playful kittens. So when they made the connection by way of the owner of Happy Happy Birthday To Me Records to team up for one side each on an album called Split, they set to work to write more songs.
Both bands have picked a single of the album as a taste for what is to come. Dancer chose Priority Girl, with a jagged rhythm a la Talking Heads mixed with a bit of X-Ray Spex, and Whisper Hiss went for Movable Objects, a leftfield disco-tinged song that will go down well with fans of the B-52s and Blondie.
Split will be released on October 4th on pink vinyl and on black vinyl in a handmade cover. Three-color screen-printed matchbook fold-over sleeve and the middle labels on the records are hand stamped. Available for pre-order here.
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