The Pierces -- sisters Allison and Catherine -- hail from Alabama where they were home schooled and developed a taste for country music. When their self-titled country debut bombed, they moved to New York City, started hanging out with the singer/songwriter crowd and developed a style that blossoms like a bouquet of deadly nightshade. On Thirteen Tales of Love and Revenge the arrangements are part folk-rock, part new-/p>
ew wave, part pure pop, but they don't sound like they were slapped together in an attempt to find commercial success. They all keep the spotlight where it belongs -- on the songs and the sisters' wickedly understated delivery. "Secret" is a threatening waltz about hidden truths accented by a drunken calliope and the provocative tag line "two can keep a secret if one of them is dead. "Boring" is an ironic /p>
ew wave gypsy stomp that delivers a deadpan list of everything that makes life so difficult for the jaded. "Lights On" is Prince-lite, a slow jam with breathy harmonies, salacious ambisexual lyrics and plenty of nasty humor. "Ruin" casts a hex on a former lover; its venomous lyric balanced by a bubbling mix of glockenspiel, glistening electric guitar and succulent sibling harmonies. "Kill! Kill! Kill!" is a bouncy vaudevillian number that celebrates the intoxicating qualities of a love/hate relationship, while "Boy in a Rock and Roll Band" is a seductive romp with a '20s feel, brimming over with sly sexuality. "Go to Heaven" is a shameless song of sexual love with a late-'50s, early-'60s doo wop-meets-girl group sound, dripping with gorgeous harmony vocals. The Pierces manage a difficult feat here, sounding sexy without being coy, and threatening without falling back on the usual femme fatal stereotypes. The 13 pretty pills they deliver may be poisonous, but they're easy to swallow.
The Pierces are the sort of band your mother warned you about. Hailing from Alabama, the Pierce sisters sport sweet smiles and cute accents which will capture your heart as soon as you meet them. It only took one post-gig meeting in November (where they were supporting Albert Hammond jr.) for me to fall head-over heels in love with them and I’ve been waiting for their newest release Thirteen Ta.
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... I do like female vocals.For instance, my latest band crush is on The Pierces (thank you, Joxy), a New York based music band. The principal members are sisters Catherine Pierce and Allison Pierce, who originally hail from Birmingham, Alabama (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Pierces). I love Catherine Pierce's vocals...that would be the blonde one...ain't it always ;)Exhibit #1They are indie...
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The Pierces are the sort of band your mother warned you about. Hailing from Alabama, the Pierce sisters sport sweet smiles and cute accents which will capture your heart as soon as you meet them. It only took one post-gig meeting in November (where they were supporting Albert Hammond jr.) for me to fall head-over heels in love with them and I’ve been waiting for their newest release Thirteen Ta.
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I turn 45 today. Between birthday celebrations and the 4th of July, this is a great week! I dedicate The Pierces song to everyone celebrating something this week. Paint the town any color you want :-PAnd if we wake up in full makeup,we'll paint the town blue'cause baby, red is so passe.Now for something completely different....Sing along....
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I remember the first time I watched this video/heard this song I thought "this is more than ridiculous!!"And it actually is, I guess is kind of what they meant..., But lately I've been a bit more apathetic than usual, and today while I was trying to figure out whether or not I wanted to go out tonight-something I've been doing for the past few months...-, and was thinking how stupid I was for d...
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Miss Catherine Pierce of the sister duo the Pierces will be spinning some tunes tonight at Chloe ( 81 Ludlow close to Broome) from 10:30 pm on. If you are in New York, go down and say hello! " entity_media_id="" height=344 src="http://static.uber.com/images/spacer.gif" title="Embedded Media - The Pierces- Secret (Live)" unselectable="on" width=425>The Pierces- Secret (Live)
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| 1 Secret |
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| 2 Boring |
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| 3 Sticks and Stones |
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| 4 Lights On |
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| 5 Lies |
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| 6 Turn on Billie |
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| 7 Ruin |
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| 8 Three Wishes |
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| 9 The Power of... |
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| 10 Kill! Kill! Kill! |
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| 11 It Was You |
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| 12 Boy in a Rock and Roll Band |
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| 13 Go to Heaven |
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