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Pop music has exploded, in an edgy, sexy, supremely tuneful
commotion – thanks to the uncommonly brilliant sounds of the
Scissor Sisters. Scissor Sisters bring together rollicking
guitar riffs, throbbing synths and a whole bunch of wicked
lyrics. Their influences skitter through glimmers of vintage
Bowie, Roxy Music and Elton John to Giorgio Moroder, burlesque
theatre and rock opera. At college, Jake had majored in Fiction
Writing, and numbers like the catchy glam rockin’ groove of
their debut major single ‘Laura’ (‘I gotta give myself one more
chance/To be the man that I know I am’) weave feature-length
stories through song. Sometimes, it sounds like they’re partying
hard on cheap champagne; at other points, the moods are down
tempo and beautifully, surprisingly wistful: radio-friendly
soundtracks for the morning after. And so it is. With three
unmistakably individual and attitude-packed New Yorkers at the
core (Jake: ‘I would have never got together with this group of
people in any other place’; Babydaddy: ‘We do what we want
without compromising’), Scissor Sisters’ mission to inject fun
and frisson back into pop culture has just gotta be big. Cutting
edge has never sounded more irresistibly decadent Creative
sparks first ignited five years ago, when a then 19-year-old
explosion of energy called Jake Shears was introduced to a
multi-instrumentalist who goes by the title of Babydaddy. Both
fired up by a passion for solid songwriting and off-the-wall
humour, they joined forces to write hook-studded tunes, adopted
NYC as their home – and agreed on a cheeky name that’s caused
confusion and provoked many blushes in turn. ‘None of us are
lesbians, though,’ say Scissor Sisters, helpfully.
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