Her's
Her's was an indie rock band from Liverpool, England, composed of Stephen Fitzpatrick and Audun Laading. The band's first full-length LP entitled Invitation to Her's was commercially released in August 2018, following the compilation LP Songs of Her's which had been released in May 2017.
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Background information | |
Origin | Liverpool, England |
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Years active | 2015 | –2019
Labels | Heist or Hit |
Website | thatbandofhers![]() |
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The duo was killed in the early hours of 27 March 2019 in a road traffic collision in Arizona, while on tour in the United States.[1]
Members
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The band's line-up consisted of Stephen Fitzpatrick, from Barrow-in-Furness, Cumbria, England, who sang lead vocal and played guitar, and Audun Laading, from Flekkerøy, Kristiansand, Norway, who played bass guitar and sang backing vocals.[2] Fitzpatrick was also a drummer,[3] but the band used a drum machine, which both members contributed to the programming of.[4][5][6]
Career
Fitzpatrick and Laading met at the Liverpool Institute for Performing Arts,[2] (from which they both graduated in 2016 after three-year music degrees, being presented with their certificates by Paul McCartney at a graduation ceremony).[7][8] 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'.[9][10] The duo initially formed Her's in jest, travelling around Liverpool filming comedic music videos and posting them on YouTube.[11]
They released their debut single, "Dorothy", on 7 April 2016.[12] They performed on the 2016 Green Man Festival Rising Stage.[3] A nine-track compilation titled Songs of Her's was released on 12 May 2017.[13] The compilation received four stars from The Skinny.[4] Writing for NME in April 2017, Thomas Smith said:[14]
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[14] on 24 August 2018.[15][16][17] Her's were featured on Paste's list titled "The 15 New Liverpool Bands You Need to Know in 2018".[18] An acoustic performance by the band at the 2019 South by Southwest festival in Austin, Texas, US was also featured on BBC Music Introducing.[7]
Deaths
On 27 March 2019, around 1 a.m., Fitzpatrick (age 24), 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, close to Centennial, Arizona.[19][20][21][22] They were travelling from Phoenix, Arizona, where they had played at The Rebel Lounge[23] 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.[7][21] The Arizona Department of Public Safety confirmed that Engelbrektson had been driving the band's Ford tour van at the time of the crash.[21][24] 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 locating a bottle of alcohol in the wreckage.[25][21] 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,[22][26]
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.[27]
Discography
Studio albums
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Invitation to Her's |
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Compilation albums
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Songs of Her's |
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References
- Clarke, Stewart (29 March 2019). "Both Members of British Band Her's, and Their Tour Manager, Die in U.S. Car Crash". variety.com.
- Mackay, Emily (25 August 2018). "Ones to watch: Her's". The Guardian. Retrieved 28 March 2019.
- Steward, Ciaran (23 August 2018). "Her's: "It's crazy; fans know the lyrics and everything"". Dork. Retrieved 29 March 2019.
- 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.
- "Her's: Liverpool band killed in US crash". BBC News. 29 March 2019. Retrieved 29 March 2019.
- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZqLz7SEUFYo
- Dhillon, Achal (25 September 2017). "New dream-pop duo Her's are well worth listening to". Metro. Retrieved 29 March 2019.
- 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.
- "Introducing Her's: Hear debut track 'Dorothy'". Heist or Hit. 7 April 2016. Retrieved 29 March 2019.
- "Her's debut new song, 'I'll Try'". DIY. 10 April 2017. Retrieved 29 March 2019.
- Smith, Thomas (10 April 2017). "New Music Of The Day: Her's' I'll Try". NME. Retrieved 29 March 2019.
- Goggins, Joe. "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.
- 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.
- Loose, Ashley (29 March 2019). "UK music duo was killed in AZ I-10 wrong-way crash, BBC says". KNXV. Retrieved 29 March 2019.
- "Wrong-way crash: Members of British indie duo Her's identified as victims". Parker Pioneer. Retrieved 29 March 2019.
- "Fans react to news that Liverpool band Her's were killed by wrong-way driver after Phoenix show". azcentral. Retrieved 2 July 2019.
- "Her's, British indie duo, killed in wrong-way collision in Arizona". www.cbsnews.com. Retrieved 29 March 2019.
- Her's: Band's crash caused by 'wrong-way driver', BBC News, 29 March 2019. https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-merseyside-47751801
- "British band 'killed by wrong-way driver'". BBC News. 29 March 2019. Retrieved 29 March 2019.
- Death notice for Stephen Fitzpatrick, NWE Mail, 17 April 2019. https://www.nwemail.co.uk/announcements/deaths/deaths/17578632.Stephen_Joshua_Fitzpatrick/
- 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
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- Official website
- Her's tour dates at Songkick