Monday, May 31, 2010
And Then There's Lissy
When I first heard Lissy Trullie, I wasn't quite sure if it was a guy with a high voice or a girl with a low voice.. It's the latter... Elizabeth 'Lissy' McChesney is a 26-year old singer-songwriter from DC. She studied graphic design at Parsons, gravitated to New York's downtown rock scene, and paid her bills with jobs as diverse as model, dishwasher, janitor, and disc jockey.
This carrot-topped, possibly gay rocker has a stage presence to spare, and her material and production are a stripped-down sound with melodies that compliment her 'petite' vocal range...
Her EP, 'American Myth,' dropped in October, followed by a pair of singles. For today's Song of the Week, I've chosen the album track 'Money' which sounds like one of those roots-Americana-hopping-boogie singles that adult rock stations add once in a blue moon for variety...
Her EP, 'American Myth,' dropped in October, followed by a pair of singles. For today's Song of the Week, I've chosen the album track 'Money' which sounds like one of those roots-Americana-hopping-boogie singles that adult rock stations add once in a blue moon for variety...
Here's 'Money' live in our nation's capital, her home town..
Lissy has her own great version of a song by last week's act, Hot Chip. Here she turns the electropop 'Ready For The Floor...' into something guitar-based and very different...
Single #1: "Bad Boy' live at the Rock N' Roll Hotel in DC...
Single #2: 'Self-Taught Learner', live, same venue...
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