Sisters was founded by Jason Blackmore (Molly McGuire) and Mario Quintero (Spotlights). Their debut EP Make It Hurt was recorded during the Covid pandemic shutdown.
A single called "Through The Cracks" was released in July 2023. According to Blackmore, “'Through The Cracks' was actually a last minute song. I came up with the riffs for the song the morning of the day before I was flying home from our second recording session. Mario had come down to the studio that morning and I showed him the riffs. While he went upstairs to get coffee, I threw together the structure and then we just recorded it. I walked around the block to come up with the verse lyrics and melodies. We recorded my vocals after we recorded the music and while I was doing my vocals Mario came up with the chorus lyrics and melody. We slapped some vocals on the bridge and did a couple guitar overdubs and voila. Basically it’s a song about a person having a midlife crisis. Or that’s how I perceive it at least."
The single was followed shortly by a single for "Feet On The Ground." Their album Leecheater, released in late August 2023, was produced at Quintero’s home studio in Pittsburgh and mostly recorded live over the course of two sessions. “We really wanted the record to sound different,” says Quintero, “like if an old Minor Threat record was recorded through a Queens of the Stone Age machine – dry, dark, and chunky – I think we nailed it.”
(Photo: Chad Kelco, courtesy Earshot Media)