SAINT SISTER

Release new single

‘YOU NEVER CALL’

– James McMorrow Remix

from he forthcoming album ‘Shape of Silence’

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“Their haunting performance is impeccable… Masters at creating atmosphere, they command the room with near-perfect silence achieved during Corpses.” – THE IRISH TIMES

“…dripping with raw pain, heightened by tremendous vocal depth and vulnerability.” – HOT PRESS

“The thick, eerie electro-folk of Ireland’s Saint Sister, not so much haunted as delicately possessed” – THE GUARDIAN
 
“It’s easy to get lost in the minimal, chasmic, but beautifully arranged soundscapes” – STEREOGUM

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Saint Sister, the duo from the North of Ireland, are set to release their debut album “Shape of Silence” on October 5th. Next week they support Hozier at his sold out London show at Koko on the 11^th of September before embarking on a 3 week headline tour of the USA and Canada, starting in Washington on the 21st of September.

Saint Sister will tour Australia in November.

Today, they share a new remix from James Vincent McMorrow. Saint Sister’s recent single You Never Call, described by Clash Magazine as having an “astute pop touch” is reworked by McMorrow into a lo-fi earworm, finding new sonic depths as the track progresses.

McMorrow is one of the best known and critically acclaimed Irish artists of the last decade. His earlier work was rooted in the Irish singer songwriter tradition, but on recent records he has embraced elements of electronica and R’N’B, particularly on the 2016 album We Move.

Saint Sister have made a similar journey themselves, their early work was built around the interplay of their intricate vocal harmonies against the backdrop of the Celtic harp. However, on recent singles “Twin Peaks” and “You Never Call” they have expanded their palette, adding synthesizers and drum machine to create electronica infused pop.

The band are long time fans of McMorrow, “Morgan made a playlist for our first long drive together in 2014 and a lot of it was made up of songs from Post Tropical. Music we listened to around that time will always hold a special part in our hearts as we were just getting to know each other then. We developed a shared soundtrack when we started writing music together and James Vincent McMorrow was a big part of that. It felt like a real shot in the dark reaching out to James about the remix but we were so honoured when he said yes, we’re so excited about what he’s made”.

This remix also holds significance for McMorrow who says ”I’ve started a lot of remixes for people but I’ve never been able to finish them, I’ve never been able to find a path through someone else’s song that I could hear and turn into something new, they always ended up sounding like just another generic remix…….Guess I was just waiting for the right song”

Gemma Doherty and Morgan MacIntyre (Saint Sister) released their first EP “Madrid” in 2015, it was a breakout success. 2 million streams on Spotify in the first year as well as daytime playlisting on BBC radio 1. This propelled them to a European tour with Lisa Hannigan and a single via Communion Singles Club. This year they embark on a 50 date headline world tour across North America, Australia,  Europe, the UK and Ireland to promote their debut album.

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