All-female Indie Trio shishi Releases New Album 'Nearly Happily Ever After'

All-female indie band shishi presents their third studio album ‘Nearly Happily Ever After,’ a novel reflection of the world in a state of chaos. A vividly original album is overloaded with garage-postpunk-Pixies-Slits-whatever grooves and tight vocal harmonies.

It took two years to make – which is almost as long as the pandemic tested our patience. Perhaps that’s why the trio – Victoria, Benadetta and Maria Rosa – found solace in music and allowed their songs to become self-reflective diaries.

shishi touches on a variety of themes: from gloomy birthdays to the sense of losing control of your life; from family issues to the stress of burning out – a familiar feeling for everyone navigating modern society.

“Our albums are documentaries. ‘Nearly Happily Ever After’ is a confession and continuation of reacting to everything boiling inside and outside of us,” says Victoria. In Maria Rosa’s words, “It’s about all of us, about our absurdly ridiculous world and every mountain we manage to conquer. You won’t find many love stories in this album, but you will come across questions relevant to nearly every person on this planet.”

The 10-track album is also accompanied by two self-ironic and humorous music videos for the album’s singles “I Cannot Believe” and “Sushi Express.” shishi is definitely on the list with the best riot-grrrl / punk-inspired bands coming out of Eastern Europe today.

Moving from their debut ‘NA x 80’ to the more immediate, distilled sounds of ‘MAFITISHEI’ their latest, ‘Nearly Happily Ever After’, pushes the shishi sound further into their most immediate and moving set of tracks to date.

Watch the Music Video for “I Cannot Believe” Here