Her's

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Her's
Her's performing in 2018
Background information
OriginLiverpool, England
Genres
Years active2015 (2015)–2019 (2019)
LabelsHeist or Hit
Past members
  • Stephen Fitzpatrick
  • Audun Laading
Websitethatbandofhers.com

Her's were 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] Heist or Hit Records said of the band's legacy, "their energy, vibrancy, and talent came to define our label".[2]

Members[edit]

Fitzpatrick (top) and Laading (bottom) performing at Way Back When Festival, 2017

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] The album includes the single "Harvey" which according to Genius, is a reference to the 1950 film Harvey.[20]

Deaths[edit]

On 27 March 2019, around 1 a.m., Fitzpatrick, aged 24, and Laading, aged 25, along with their tour manager, Trevor Engelbrektson (aged 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.[21][22][23][24] They were travelling from Phoenix, Arizona, where they had played at the Rebel Lounge[25] 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][23] The Arizona Department of Public Safety confirmed that Engelbrektson had been driving the band's Ford tour van at the time of the crash.[23][26] 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.[27][23] 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.[24][28]

A requiem mass for Fitzpatrick was held at St. Mary's (Roman Catholic) Church, Barrow-in-Furness, on 23 April 2019.[29]

Discography[edit]

Albums[edit]

Studio albums[edit]

Title Details
Invitation to Her's

Compilation albums[edit]

Title Details
Songs of Her's
  • Released: 12 May 2017[11]
  • Label: Heist or Hit
  • Formats: CD, digital download, vinyl

Singles[edit]

Title Year Album
"Dorothy/What Once Was"[30] 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)"[31] 2018 Invitation to Her's
"Low Beam"[4]
"Harvey"[4]
"Under Wraps"[4]

Music videos[edit]

Year Title Director
2017 "Speed Racer" Samuel O'Brien[32]
2018 "Under Wraps" Jorge A. Ramos[33]
2019 "Harvey" James Embrey[34]
"She Needs Him" Sébastien Séjourné[35]
2020 "Marcel" Camille Laading[36]

References[edit]

  1. ^ Clarke, Stewart (29 March 2019). "Both Members of British Band Her's, and Their Tour Manager, Die in U.S. Car Crash". variety.com.
  2. ^ Lim, Alex (26 June 2023). "KRUA album review: 'Songs of Her's' by Her's". The Northern Light. Retrieved 11 September 2023.
  3. ^ a b Mackay, Emily (25 August 2018). "Ones to watch: Her's". The Guardian. Retrieved 28 March 2019.
  4. ^ 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.
  5. ^ a b Fitzpatrick, Will (8 May 2017). "Her's – Songs of Her's". The Skinny. Retrieved 29 March 2019.
  6. ^ "Cumbrian musician dies in US crash alongside bandmate". News & Star with The Cumberland News. 29 March 2019. Retrieved 29 March 2019.
  7. ^ Torpey, Christopher (29 March 2019). "Her's: Liverpool's indie scene reels at death of 'the loveliest lads'". The Guardian. Retrieved 29 March 2019.
  8. ^ a b c "Her's: Liverpool band killed in US crash". BBC News. 29 March 2019. Retrieved 29 March 2019.
  9. ^ "Stephen & Audun Graduate from LIPA" – via YouTube.
  10. ^ 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.
  11. ^ a b c Clare, Martin (29 March 2019). "Liverpool Duo Her's Have Died While on Tour". Paste. Retrieved 29 March 2019.
  12. ^ Milton, Jamie (23 June 2017). "No Joke: Her's". DIY. Retrieved 29 March 2019.
  13. ^ "Introducing Her's: Hear debut track 'Dorothy'". Heist or Hit. 7 April 2016. Archived from the original on 28 July 2020. Retrieved 29 March 2019.
  14. ^ "Her's debut new song, 'I'll Try'". DIY. 10 April 2017. Retrieved 29 March 2019.
  15. ^ a b Smith, Thomas (10 April 2017). "New Music Of The Day: Her's' I'll Try". NME. Retrieved 29 March 2019.
  16. ^ Goggins, Joe (24 August 2018). "Her's – Invitation To..." DIY. Retrieved 29 March 2019.
  17. ^ "Her's announce debut album 'Invitation To Her's' with new track 'Low Beam'". DIY. 24 May 2018. Retrieved 29 March 2019.
  18. ^ Maicki, Salvatore (28 May 2018). "Her's announce debut album, share new single 'Low Beam'". The Fader. Retrieved 29 March 2019.
  19. ^ Manno, Lizzie (20 August 2018). "The 15 New Liverpool Bands You Need to Know in 2018". Paste. Retrieved 29 March 2019.
  20. ^ Crane, Natalie (2 April 2019). "In Memoriam: Remembering the Life, Spirit, and Energy of Her's". Atwood Magazine. Retrieved 6 November 2023.
  21. ^ Daly, Rhian (28 March 2019). "Liverpool band Her's have died while on tour in the US". NME. Retrieved 28 March 2019.
  22. ^ Stiernberg, Bonnie (28 March 2019). "Liverpool Band Her's Killed in Car Accident While Touring America". Billboard. Retrieved 28 March 2019.
  23. ^ 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.
  24. ^ a b "Wrong-way crash: Members of British indie duo Her's identified as victims". Parker Pioneer. 29 March 2019. Retrieved 29 March 2019.
  25. ^ "Fans react to news that Liverpool band Her's were killed by wrong-way driver after Phoenix show". Azcentral.com. Retrieved 2 July 2019.
  26. ^ "Her's, British indie duo, killed in wrong-way collision in Arizona". Cbsnews.com. 29 March 2019. Retrieved 29 March 2019.
  27. ^ "Her's: Band's crash caused by 'wrong-way driver'". Bbc.co.uk. 29 March 2019. Retrieved 23 May 2023.
  28. ^ "British band 'killed by wrong-way driver'". BBC News. 29 March 2019. Retrieved 29 March 2019.
  29. ^ "Stephen Joshua Fitzpatrick". The Mail. Retrieved 23 May 2023.
  30. ^ Millar, Mark (29 April 2016). "Track of the Day: Her's – "Dorothy"". XS Noize. Retrieved 29 March 2019.
  31. ^ Murray, Robin (22 May 2018). "Listen: Her's – 'Love On The Line (Call Now)'". Clash Magazine. Retrieved 29 March 2019.
  32. ^ "Her's – Speed Racer". YouTube. 8 March 2017. Retrieved 17 June 2019.
  33. ^ "Her's – Under Wraps". YouTube. 24 October 2018. Retrieved 17 June 2019.
  34. ^ "Her's – Harvey". YouTube. 1 March 2019. Retrieved 17 June 2019.
  35. ^ "Her's – She Needs Him". YouTube. 29 May 2019. Retrieved 17 June 2019.
  36. ^ "Her's – Marcel". YouTube. 26 November 2020. Retrieved 12 January 2021.

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