31 January 2022 - 0 Comments

Sídhe (pronounced “shee”) is the debut solo EP from Justine Ó Gadhra-Sharp, former singer with several dark, experimental New Zealand projects: most memorably Flinch, DiS, and Pulchritude. The Sídhe EP blends brooding and seductive lounge-bar cabaret with dark electronica, and is released 2 February 2022 through Bandcamp, Spotify, and all major digital music platforms.

Originally recorded during the early 2000s with drummer and long-time collaborator Iva Treskon (Pulchritude / Artemisia) in the forested hills of Tītīrangi, Auckland; the Sídhe recordings languished unfinished and unreleased for many years. The sessions were at last rescued from obscurity at Junk DNA Recording, Wellington, by engineer and musician Bryan Tabuteau (Crash-Scan, Узб96, Radar Angel, Nullity); and have now been brought back to life at VET Labs, Auckland, by producer and multi-instrumentalist Josh Wood (The Mercy Cage, The Altar, Melody Fallen).

On the decision to resuscitate the recordings all these years later, Justine says:

“There’s a nagging, annoying part of me that doesn't like unfinished business... Having two daughters now is also a drive to set an example of not only finishing what you start, but backing yourself. But if it wasn't for Josh's offer of help, I suspect that hard drive would still be glaring at me from a container in the garage...

Now that these songs have been set free, that old part of me is set free too.”

Sídhe by Justine Ó Gadhra-Sharp is released this coming Wednesday, 2 February 2022, via Bandcamp, Spotify, and all major digital/streaming music platforms.

Order it here: justinesidhe.bandcamp.com

Follow Justine: instagram.com/justinesidhe | facebook.com/justinesidhe

Photography: Alexander Hallag | Graphics: Darryl Kirk

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