Blisstake was formed by Jessi and Al after Jessi played a showcase in London with Tiana Khasi and both headed to Sicilia to live off the last scraps of their savings. With Al’s background in folk and pop (you might have seen Al playing in Beamer or under Allie Speers), and Jessi’s in jazz and hip hop (Jessi also plays with Astro Travellers) they ended up writing a bunch of tracks together on an island in the sun. “Blisstake is really about making music that is fun and silly but that also reflects my personal ethics. I talk a lot about sex positivity, about healthy boundaries, personal autonomy, all that stuff. There are some sad songs about relationships gone bad too, about feeling like you don’t know yourself, but the protagonists work through those moments and come out the other side stronger. The songs I’ve written for previous projects have really focused on that vulnerability in admitting something’s wrong and not knowing what to do about it. So in this project I really wanted to give more power and autonomy to my characters, do something a little different.” - Al The songs on this 7" were produced completely collaboratively. “Mostly it was just written in our shitty fold out couch-bed, one person writing a chord progression and the next person adding a melody or lyric, then rearranging and building until we had a song.” - Jessi Members: Al (vox keys), Jessi (drums) Press contact: psss [at] iheardawhisper.com