SISU
Hometown: Los Angeles, CA
Tags: indie, hip-hop, hip hop, lo-fi
SISU (pronounced “see-soo”) is from Los Angeles, California. Led by Sandra Vu, who also plays drums in Dum Dum Girls, the group is completed by Ryan Wood, Nathanael Keefer, Chris Stevens, and Jules Medeiros.
SISU began as a means of therapy for Vu after the previous band she played drums in, Midnight Movies, ended. The endeavor was a way for her to work through and overcome disappointment and disillusionment.
Listeners may be surprised that SISU offers a strikingly different sound and mood from Dum Dum Girls: spare electro beats, sinewy basslines, undulating synths, shimmering guitar, gossamer flute. Floating above it all is Vu’s voice, vulnerable and breathy. This is exquisite, devastating music.
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7 months agoSandra Vu is now known most for drumming in Dum Dum Girls, but longtime fans of Vu will remember her as the drummer of L.A. band Midnight Movies, who saw their demise in 2008. Since then Vu and Ryan Wood have continued making music together under the name SISU (pronounced see-soo). With the help of Nat Keefer, Becky Calinsky, Jules Medeiros (also in Dum Dum Girls), Chris Stevens and David South, SISU’s sound mixes post-punk, psychedelia and electro into woozy concoctions. Vu’s feather-light vocals and wonky synths collide on "Two Thousand Hands," a song that could easily have more here