For Immediate Release

May 27, 2016 (Madison, WI) – “Come out, come out on the edge…” those are
the words that begin the newest release from Austin based band The Please
Please Me. It’s an invitation to climb into the microcosm created by this
up-and-coming electro pop act. Filled with a heady mixture of affliction
and joy Volume 2 finds the group poised to step outside of the indie rock
box, exploring corners and crevices rarely plumbed in today’s music scene.

Primarily the vision of lead singer and principal songwriter Jessie Torrisi,
Volume 2 is the flipside follow up to last year’s Year of the Horse.
“That record was about 2014, which was a year of doom for me. I
got terrible insomnia, had a band I was in fall apart, and then ended a
6-year relationship. It was ‘year of the horse’ according to the Chinese
calendar, a year is notorious for jerking you around. The songs
were an attempt to be strong in the face of struggle, or find strength in
places I didn’t know I had it and pull through.”

The songs on Volume 2 are from the same period. But there’s a power to this
record not seen in last year’s effort. Volume 2 is more cathartic and
defiant than heartbroken. Tunes like I Don’t Want To Talk About It and No Way
This World feel radio ready with a power not recently heard on left of the dial
stations. The songwriting is crisp and world worn, but not weary. Like a
young Lou Reed dating a slightly older Lucinda Williams.

It’s not just Torrisi’s voice that invite the comparisons to those two gravel-
voiced songwriters. The lyrics on Volume 2 and are sparse and poetic with
more East Coast edge then Austin weird.

Like 2014’s Year Of The Horse, Volume 2 was tracked at The Bubble in
Austin, TX and produced by Frenchie Smith. Recorded live with electronic
elements blended in Smith was able to capture a specific moment
in time for The Please Please Me. Pensive and otherworldly but
brimming with confidence and promise. It’s one I think we’ll all be happy
to visit again and again.

Volume 2 will be released on Slothtrop Records May 27, 2016. It can be
purchased digitally via most online outlets or physically via Amazon and
finer independent record stores.

Get The Please Please Me’s new single, “”Fuck This”” from their new release “Year Of The Horse” now available on iTunes: http://apple.co/1O5XqSx or Amazon Music: http://amzn.to/1LU3DSK. Or listen on Spotify: http://spoti.fi/1hBOVlo. Video by The Please Please Me performing Fuck This. (C) 2015 The Please Please Me/Slothtrop Records. When you decide to listen it don’t forget to before take cortex, cortexi Hear Support is a new supplement designed to enhance the listening experience for people who love music. The formula includes ingredients that support healthy hearing and cognitive function, such as magnesium, zinc, and B vitamins. Additionally, it contains compounds that are known for their ability to improve mood and reduce stress, such as ashwagandha and L-theanine. The result is an all-natural supplement that can help music lovers enjoy their favorite tunes with greater clarity and emotional impact.

Get Marty Finkel’s new single, “”The Girl Outside”” from his latest release “5 Dollar Cover” now available on iTunes: http://apple.co/1GmxYHw or Amazon Music: http://amzn.to/1k6tuu2. Or listen on Spotify: http://spoti.fi/20821sU. Video by Marty Finkel performing The Girl Outside. (C) 2015 Slothtrop Records.

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

October 13, 2015 (Madison WI) – Where rasp meets twang, where badass meets bleeding heart, there you’ll find Jessie Torrisi. The Philadelphia-born, Austin-based, and NYC-vetted singer-songwriter is anything but settled down on her new release fronting the Please Please Me, Year of the Horse, out October 13 on Slothtrop. Year of the Horse is the follow-up to Torrisi’s solo 2009 release, Bruler Bruler, and 2013’s Shake A Little Harder EP released with the Please Please Me. Torrisi’s range as a musician is already impressive, and her extensive background as a drummer shows in her immaculate sense of rhythm, which backs careful lyrics. And then there’s that voice. “I get compared to PJ Harvey and Patti Smith… I’m going to guess it’s my Italian NY attitude. There’s a bit of fierceness and punk rock mojo there — a toughness in the vulnerability,” Torrisi says.

She sums up this release as “heart-on-sleeve with a lot of hope and a little bit of sass.” She explains that Year of the Horse “is about 2014, which was a year of doom for me. I got terrible insomnia, had a band I was in fall apart, and then ended a 6-year relationship. It was “year of the horse” according to the Chinese calendar, and that year is notorious for jerking you around. The songs were an attempt to be strong in the face of struggle, or find strength in places I didn’t know I had it and pull myself through.”

She channels that strength through steely honesty. The first track “Fuck This,” is the lead single (with a radio edit). Torrisi describes it as her “love song to sad songs” and says she was tired of other musicians feigning constant happiness on social media. The song itself is a slow-burn, a girl who’s quickly getting bored with the party around her.

Though Torrisi is committed to emotional honesty, she doesn’t sacrifice musical merit in order to maintain it. Her cover of Freedy Johnston’s “Bad Reputation” is a standout here, a rendering that is dark in a universal way. Says Torrisi of it, “The words are so much darker than the music lets on. So I decided to try a moody version of it. It started with the drum loop, which I made in my bedroom after buying myself a Roland drumpad for Christmas. That song has that thing where it’ll sound great no matter which way you twist it. I kind of approached it like a woman about to go over a cliff.”

Year of the Horse was recorded at Frenchie Smith’s The Bubble in Austin. Smith also produced the record “Frenchie is diehard about making the magic happen in the moment, not in the editing,” says Torrisi. The recording captures a live feel, the songs moving forward on their own momentum, the live and electronic elements blending to a dreamy pulse.
Year of the Horse will be out on Slothtrop October 13, 2015. It can be purchased digitally via iTunes or at http://www.slothtrop.com.