Cut and Rewind (CD)

NYC punk-chic, discodelic funk band Say She She is back with Cut & Rewind, their politically-charged, dancefloor-crushing third album and first with their new label partner, drink sum wtr (aja monet, THEY.) Led by the powerhouse vocal trio of Piya Malik, Sabrina Mileo Cunningham, and Nya Gazelle Brown, the group channels progenitors like Minnie Ripperton, Charles Stepney, Liquid Liquid, and Raw Silk to create a groove-forward, psychedelic soundscape of pulsing disco beats, heavenly whistle tones, and soaring three-part harmonies. There’s a feeling of righteous rebellion simmering beneath these songs’ body-moving exterior, though: She Who Dares is a call to fight against a near-future dystopia where women’s rights have been decimated globally; Disco Life decries the racism and homophobia of Steve Dahl’s 1979 Disco Demolition Night, reclaiming the dancefloor as “a playing field where all are free.” Cut & Rewind is protest music dressed up as a sweat-dripping, hip-shaking, mind-expanding good time.

Tracklist:

1. Cut & Rewind
2. Under the Sun
3. Disco Life
4. Chapters
5. Possibilities
6. Take It All
7. She Who Dares
8. Shop Boy
9. Bandit
10. Little Kisses
11. Do All Things With Love
12. Make It Known