Led by the vocal trio of Piya Malik, Sabrina Mileo Cunningham, and Nya Gazelle Brown, Say She She channels progenitors like Minnie Ripperton, Rotary Connection, Liquid Liquid and ESG. Cut & Rewind expands their scope, incorporating elements of Lonnie Liston Smith and the Lijadu Sisters into their sonic palette while channeling the spirit of contemporary peers like Lambrini Girls and Amyl and the Sniffers to create 12 new, original songs crackling with unforgiving grooves, whistle tones and three-part harmonies capable of opening up the heavens.

Cut & Rewind is bursting with a relentless and righteous energy, hard-edged funk and a politically-charged undercurrent. “She Who Dares” is a call to fight against a near-future dystopia where women’s rights have been decimated globally. “Disco Life” examines the 1979 “Disco Demolition Night” at Comiskey Stadium in Chicago, a publicity event-turned-riot organized by shock jock Steve Dahl. Attendees were encouraged to bring a disco record in exchange for cheap admission, which Dahl would then burn in a dumpster—already an implicit attack on a genre fronted by Black people, queer people, and women—but the crowd brought and destroyed anything made by Black musicians. The lyrics decry the event’s racism and homophobia, understanding that the roots of the riot still linger. Say She She knows a better world is possible, and manifests “a playing field where all are free.” In a time of political turmoil where community is more necessary than ever, Say She She offers a particular salve: protest music dressed up as a sweat-dripping, body-moving, consciousness-raising good time.

Say She She has had a tremendous rise in just three years, following the release of their debut album Prism in 2022. They quickly returned with Silver, in 2023, a double LP that landed at #1 on KCRW’s Best Albums list of that year. Fellow champions the BBC named them to their Best Artists of the Year list. Silver also led to a profile on CBS Mornings, performances on Later…with Jools Holland and the Kelly Clarkson Show, festival debuts including Bonnaroo and Glastonbury (where they performed four sets in just 24 hours), and selling out the 3000-capacity Roundhouse in London.

Say She She was formed by Piya Malik and Sabrina Cunningham, neighbors in an old tenement building in the Lower East Side that could hear each other singing through the floorboards. They became fast friends, penning tongue-in-cheek songs about bad breakups and better boyfriends. Driven by an innate desire for three part harmonies and a reverence for late 70’s girl groups, they brought Malik’s friend Nya Brown into the fold. Malik and Brown first met at a rooftop party in Harlem and instantly started singing with each other. The trio would hang out together on the dancefloors and dive bars of NYC and quickly became Say She She.