Fresh off of a UK tour alongside Aldous Harding, Katie Von Schleicher has premiered her latest single, “Sell it Back.” Taken from her self-produced and co-engineered debut full-length album, Shitty Hits, out July 28th on Ba Da Bing, Von Schleicher is confronting feelings of isolation and powerlessness. She is not tackling grandiosity, but mediocrity; the struggle of being deeply flawed and unmistakably human.
“I wrote ‘Sell It Back’ on a quiet spring evening, windows open, at the piano. When I got to the refrain, I felt better. The chords open up and the tension releases. I’m vulnerable, asking ‘Do I hold my life?’ But the lyrics affirm a confidence I’ve just spent an album searching for, and they’ll guide me into the next one. — Katie Von Schleicher
Katie Von Schleicher’s previous release Bleaksploitation was an accident, years in the making. While interning at Ba Da Bing Records, owner Ben Goldberg suggested that she record a cassette for the label to release. It could be anything, demos or a live performance, but she took it a bit more seriously than Goldberg intended. The result was her first self-produced and engineered effort, a strange, hazy, pop-laden tape. Doing her own press under a pseudonym and referring to it as an “album,” Von Schleicher garnered enough attention for Bleaksploitation to see it released on vinyl in the spring of 2016.
Now on her full-length official debut release, Von Schleicher strikes again with the magic that comes from her warped and uncompromising sound. Shitty Hits channels the bright, sunny radio burners of the 1970’s – songs you drive to, carefree, and songs you can cry to.
Katie Von Schleicher Tour Dates:
Fri. Aug. 4 – Brooklyn, NY @ Union Pool [Record Release show] w/ Sam Evian + Tiny Hazard, hosted by comedian Joe Pera and presented by Ad Hoc
Photo by Bao Ngo
