Shitty Hits

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IN THE VEIN OF ANGEL OLSEN AND SHARON VAN ETTEN, DISCOVER THE FIRST ALBUM BY THE AMERICAN SONGWRITER SIGNED TO FULL TIME HOBBY Katie Von Schleicher’s career began with a happy accident: while she was interning at Da Da Bing Records in New York, her manager, Ben Goldberg, suggested she make a cassette that the label would later release. Her first self-produced and recorded composition was born: strange, hazy, and sweet pop. With her cassette released under a pseudonym, Von Schleicher sparked curiosity around Bleaksploitation, to the point that the album would also be released on vinyl in spring 2016. On her first album, Von Schleicher strikes again with magical and uncompromising sounds. Shitty Hits is an ode to the bright, shining tracks that flourished on the airwaves of 70s radio; the songs you drive to, and the others you cry to from time to time as well. From beginning to end, Shitty Hits deals with feelings of isolation and weakness. With saturated vocals, distorted percussion, and continuous guitar riffs, Shitty Hits takes aim at snobbery, at the pursuit of perfection in favor of imperfect humanity. Inspired by sounds in the vein of Paul McCartney or Jeff Buckley’s album Sketches For My Sweetheart The Drunk, Shitty Hits was created on a Tascam 488 cassette recorder in the singer’s childhood home in Maryland. Where Bleaksploitation maintained a gentle acoustic nihilism, Shitty Hits overflows with confidence and maturity. For fans of: Andy Shauf, Kevin Morby, Patti smith, Angel Olsen...