The Rogers Sisters

Enigma - Invisible Deck Review - 06/ 7/06

The Rogers Sisters
The Invisible Deck
Too Pure Records

The Rogers Sisters is not a gospel group from Lowden, they are actually a kick ass three piece power trio from New York. And they describe a great part of the noise-pop-rock arrivals America has embrace over the last thirty years (Sonic Youth, Velvet Underground). But is it too early to get heavy again, I say not. The best heavy music has always been created during mass confusion and wartime.

Garage in its purest form, production on the record is smooth and crunchy. Not a real moment of silence in between any of the ten tracks. All warm analog foundation that allows noise to work in the soundscape as much as any instrument. Feel the dual vocals move in and outside one another to create a lightly paranoid vision yielding to blasts of distorted guitars circa 1994.

No single other female based band has ever rocked as hard as The Rogers Sisters. Often you will find a little rock and a lot of introspective (Rilo Kiley, The Go-Go’s) and often you can here over illustrated art offs (Neko Case, Chan Marshall) but here you get a pure rock core. No fluff, no daydreaming, just sweet aggression fused together with some smart noise and classic tones. I judge a band by its ability to haunt and The Rogers Sister can easily do that. Sabbath-esque churning riffs, blown out bass and heroic movements make this the best record I have received this year. Check out The Invisible Deck.

Thomas Martin

Enigma