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Based in northern Alabama with deep, organic ties to
so many sounds and styles of the “Americana Music Triangle,” the Secret Sisters have built a
musical brand on a distinct iteration of Southern gothic
songwriting steeped in familial harmonies. Their music is grounded,
but broad, specific but infinitely relatable.
At times, their songs remind of the Civil Wars but without
affectation, of Shovels & Rope but with a more quiet and
genuine anger, and of so many other Americana duos – Gillian &
Dave, the Milk Carton Kids, War & Pierce – where the focal
point is two voices and creatives in dialogue, collective music.
But the indelible throughline, that centering “vein,” is simply
being true to themselves.
Their latest album, Mind, Man, Medicine, all at once feels
like a comforting and cozy continuation of everything we love about
the Secret Sisters, while also demonstrating the dawn of a new
era. Our interview with Laura and Lydia makes it
clear that the Secret Sisters know exactly who they are, how
they sound, and why they do what they do – even, if not especially,
when each of those truths becomes clouded by the intricacies and
complications of life.
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