Sexy ginger-headed scenester Lissy Trullie's been making the downtown rounds in NYC for ages now. If one of those underground aristocrat clubs turns you away at the door for being too "normal," you can go ahead and assume that she's inside spinning other people's records under bangs and a bowler hat. On her own records, Lissy lays a crackling Strokes-y deadpan over delirious dance-rock, casual as a 4:00 breakfast. She runs with The Virgins, dresses like a motorcycle schoolboy and carries it all off with the gritty, effortless grace of an Andy Warhol movie. Anybody else smell star power?
Today Lissy Trullie (prounced 'Truly') and her band announce the February 17 release of their charmingly droll debut, Self-Taught Learner. Lissy's been out with The Virgins promoting the six-track EP, which includes a Hot Chip cover, on a tour that appropriately culminates at the opening of a San Francisco Andy Warhol exhibit. Well played, Lissy. Truly.
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