Her's
Her's was an indie rock band from Liverpool, England composed of English guitarist and singer Stephen Fitzpatrick and Norwegian bassist and backing vocalist Audun Laading. They released a compilation album, Songs of Her's (2017), followed by a full-length studio album, Invitation to Her's (2018). The duo and their tour manager were killed in a road traffic collision in Arizona while touring the United States in 2019.[1]
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| Background information | |
| Origin | Liverpool, England |
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| Years active | 2015–2019 |
| Labels | Heist or Hit |
| Past members |
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| Website | thatbandofhers |
Heist or Hit Records said of the band's legacy, "their energy, vibrancy, and talent came to define our label".[2]
Members edit
The band's line-up consisted of Stephen Fitzpatrick, from Barrow-in-Furness, Cumbria, England, who sang lead vocals and played guitar, and Audun Laading, from Flekkerøy, Kristiansand, Norway, who played bass guitar and sang backing vocals.[3] Fitzpatrick was also a drummer,[4] but the band used a drum machine with both members contributing to its programming.[5][6][7]
History edit
Fitzpatrick and Laading met at the Liverpool Institute for Performing Arts,[3] (from which they both graduated in 2016 after three-year music degrees, being presented with their certificates by Paul McCartney at a graduation ceremony).[8][9] Whilst still students they formed Her's in 2015, after having previously played together in the rhythm section of another Liverpool band named 'The Sundogs'.[10][11] The duo initially formed Her's in jest, travelling around Liverpool filming comedic music videos and posting them on YouTube.[12]
They released their debut single, "Dorothy", on 7 April 2016.[13] They performed on the 2016 Green Man Festival Rising Stage.[4] A nine-track compilation titled Songs of Her's was released on 12 May 2017.[14] The compilation received four stars from The Skinny.[5] Writing for NME in April 2017, Thomas Smith said:[15]
Her's are not a group to stand still. Each song they produce, from the lo-fi bedroom pop power of debut track to 'Dorothy' to the duo's equally melodic take on slacker-rock on 'Marcel', sees the Liverpool-based duo shift and float between sounds. Never really fitting into one genre, but somehow nailing whatever they end up doing.
The band later released their debut full-length album, Invitation to Her's, on Heist or Hit Records[15] on 24 August 2018.[16][17][18] Her's were featured on Paste's list titled "The 15 New Liverpool Bands You Need to Know in 2018".[19] An acoustic performance by the band at the 2019 South by Southwest festival in Austin, Texas, US was also featured on BBC Music Introducing.[8]
"Invitations to Hers" has 11 tracks on the album including some of their popular songs like “Harvey” that has over 69 million streams on Spotify. Their song “Harvey” is the third single released from their second album, "Invitation to Hers". According to Genius, the song is a reference to the 1950 film about a man whose best friend is a six-foot, three-and-a-half-inch-tall invisible rabbit named Harvey.[20] After Stephen and Auden passed in 2019 a video was uploaded to You Tube of an unreleased song performed at one of their last concerts called “Some Nights[21]”.
Deaths edit
On 27 March 2019, around 1 a.m., Fitzpatrick (age 24) and Laading (25) along with their tour manager, Trevor Engelbrektson (37) from Minneapolis, were killed in a head-on traffic collision and subsequent vehicle fire near Milepost 68 on Interstate 10, west of Tonopah, Arizona.[22][23][24][25] They were travelling from Phoenix, Arizona, where they had played at The Rebel Lounge[26] on 26 March, to perform a show on the following evening in Santa Ana, California, some 350 miles (560 km) away, as part of a 19-date second tour of North America.[8][24] The Arizona Department of Public Safety confirmed that Engelbrektson had been driving the band's Ford tour van at the time of the crash.[24][27] The driver of a Nissan pick-up truck, Francisco Rebollar, aged 64, from Murrieta, California, was also killed in the collision; a subsequent police investigation of the scene located a bottle of alcohol in the wreckage.[28][24] At the time of the crash, the Arizona Department of Public Safety was already responding to reports of the Nissan pick-up truck travelling at speed in the wrong direction going eastbound on the westbound carriageway.[25][29]
A requiem mass for Fitzpatrick was held at St. Mary's (Roman Catholic) Church, Barrow-in-Furness, on 23 April 2019, followed by a burial at Barrow-in-Furness cemetery.[30]
Discography edit
Albums edit
Studio albums edit
| Title | Details |
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| Invitation to Her's |
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Compilation albums edit
| Title | Details |
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| Songs of Her's |
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Singles edit
| Title | Year | Album |
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| "Dorothy/What Once Was"[31] | 2016 | Songs of Her's |
| "Marcel"[10] | ||
| "Speed Racer"[10] | 2017 | |
| "I'll Try"[10] | ||
| "Loving You" (Minnie Riperton cover)[4] | Non-album single | |
| "Love on the Line (Call Now)"[32] | 2018 | Invitation to Her's |
| "Low Beam"[4] | ||
| "Harvey"[4] | ||
| "Under Wraps"[4] |
Music videos edit
References edit
- ^ Clarke, Stewart (29 March 2019). "Both Members of British Band Her's, and Their Tour Manager, Die in U.S. Car Crash". variety.com.
- ^ Lim, Alex (26 June 2023). "KRUA album review: 'Songs of Her's' by Her's". The Northern Light. Retrieved 11 September 2023.
- ^ a b Mackay, Emily (25 August 2018). "Ones to watch: Her's". The Guardian. Retrieved 28 March 2019.
- ^ a b c d e f Steward, Ciaran (23 August 2018). "Her's: "It's crazy; fans know the lyrics and everything"". Dork. Retrieved 29 March 2019.
- ^ a b Fitzpatrick, Will (8 May 2017). "Her's – Songs of Her's". The Skinny. Retrieved 29 March 2019.
- ^ "Cumbrian musician dies in US crash alongside bandmate". News & Star with The Cumberland News. 29 March 2019. Retrieved 29 March 2019.
- ^ Torpey, Christopher (29 March 2019). "Her's: Liverpool's indie scene reels at death of 'the loveliest lads'". The Guardian. Retrieved 29 March 2019.
- ^ a b c "Her's: Liverpool band killed in US crash". BBC News. 29 March 2019. Retrieved 29 March 2019.
- ^ "Stephen & Audun Graduate from LIPA" – via YouTube.
- ^ a b c d Dhillon, Achal (25 September 2017). "New dream-pop duo Her's are well worth listening to". Metro. Retrieved 29 March 2019.
- ^ a b c Clare, Martin (29 March 2019). "Liverpool Duo Her's Have Died While on Tour". Paste. Retrieved 29 March 2019.
- ^ Milton, Jamie (23 June 2017). "No Joke: Her's". DIY. Retrieved 29 March 2019.
- ^ . Heist or Hit. 7 April 2016. Archived from the original on 28 July 2020. Retrieved 29 March 2019.
- ^ "Her's debut new song, 'I'll Try'". DIY. 10 April 2017. Retrieved 29 March 2019.
- ^ a b Smith, Thomas (10 April 2017). "New Music Of The Day: Her's' I'll Try". NME. Retrieved 29 March 2019.
- ^ Goggins, Joe (24 August 2018). "Her's – Invitation To..." DIY. Retrieved 29 March 2019.
- ^ "Her's announce debut album 'Invitation To Her's' with new track 'Low Beam'". DIY. 24 May 2018. Retrieved 29 March 2019.
- ^ Maicki, Salvatore (28 May 2018). "Her's announce debut album, share new single 'Low Beam'". The Fader. Retrieved 29 March 2019.
- ^ Manno, Lizzie (20 August 2018). "The 15 New Liverpool Bands You Need to Know in 2018". Paste. Retrieved 29 March 2019.
- ^ Crane, Natalie (2 April 2019). "In Memoriam: Remembering the Life, Spirit, and Energy of Her's". Atwood Magazine. Retrieved 6 November 2023.
- ^ Some Nights by Her’s (Unreleased), retrieved 6 November 2023
- ^ Daly, Rhian (28 March 2019). "Liverpool band Her's have died while on tour in the US". NME. Retrieved 28 March 2019.
- ^ Stiernberg, Bonnie (28 March 2019). "Liverpool Band Her's Killed in Car Accident While Touring America". Billboard. Retrieved 28 March 2019.
- ^ a b c d Loose, Ashley (29 March 2019). "UK music duo was killed in AZ I-10 wrong-way crash, BBC says". KNXV. Retrieved 29 March 2019.
- ^ a b "Wrong-way crash: Members of British indie duo Her's identified as victims". Parker Pioneer. 29 March 2019. Retrieved 29 March 2019.
- ^ "Fans react to news that Liverpool band Her's were killed by wrong-way driver after Phoenix show". Azcentral.com. Retrieved 2 July 2019.
- ^ "Her's, British indie duo, killed in wrong-way collision in Arizona". Cbsnews.com. 29 March 2019. Retrieved 29 March 2019.
- ^ "Her's: Band's crash caused by 'wrong-way driver'". Bbc.co.uk. 29 March 2019. Retrieved 23 May 2023.
- ^ "British band 'killed by wrong-way driver'". BBC News. 29 March 2019. Retrieved 29 March 2019.
- ^ "Stephen Joshua Fitzpatrick". The Mail. Retrieved 23 May 2023.
- ^ Millar, Mark (29 April 2016). "Track of the Day: Her's – "Dorothy"". XS Noize. Retrieved 29 March 2019.
- ^ Murray, Robin (22 May 2018). "Listen: Her's – 'Love On The Line (Call Now)'". Clash Magazine. Retrieved 29 March 2019.
- ^ "Her's – Speed Racer". YouTube. 8 March 2017. Retrieved 17 June 2019.
- ^ "Her's – Under Wraps". YouTube. 24 October 2018. Retrieved 17 June 2019.
- ^ "Her's – Harvey". YouTube. 1 March 2019. Retrieved 17 June 2019.
- ^ "Her's – She Needs Him". YouTube. 29 May 2019. Retrieved 17 June 2019.
- ^ "Her's – Marcel". YouTube. 26 November 2020. Retrieved 12 January 2021.
External links edit
- Official website
- Her's tour dates at Songkick