|
23-year-old twin sisters Lisa and Jessica Origliasso
-- have become one of the most popular bands in the girls'
native Australia thanks to their signature harmonies,
killer pop hooks, and sassy style. Now with the sophomore
release of their dance friendly, beat-driven new album,
Hook Me Up, The Veronicas look to do the same in the U.S.
Hook Me Up is a confident collection of electro-pop and
synth-rock tunes that showcases the sisters' expert songcraft,
organic vocal chemistry, and sophisticated sense of humor
-- a powerful trifecta that has led The Veronicas to huge
success in Australia.
While The Veronicas showed their talent for writing bright-sounding
pop-rock tunes on Secret Life Of…(which Teen Vogue called
"both sweet and vicious"), the girls take a
stylistic leap forward on Hook Me Up by exchanging the
debut's pop-punk stylings for a more sophisticated electro-beat
feel.
"It's been more than two years since we wrote the
first record so our musical tastes have changed a bit,"
Lisa says. "We've been living in Los Angeles where
we got into the whole electro-pop rock scene. When it
came time to write the album, we were really inspired
by it musically."
"We didn't want to make a record that was the same
as the first," Jess adds. "We definitely wanted
to create a different sound for ourselves and reinvent
The Veronicas. A lot has changed in our lives over the
past two years. And we've changed a bit personally, so
we had a lot to say. We wanted to spend the time creating
this new sound, not just for us but for music in general."
Having performed together since they were five, Lisa and
Jess, who hail from Brisbane, were primed for the fuss
that was to follow, including being selected to appear
in a Fall 2005 promotional campaign for Choice Calvin
Klein and being feted by Teen Vogue and Jane magazine.
They were also chosen to sing the title song for the WB
show Related and appeared as themselves in an episode
that aired in February 2006. In March, the album's first
single "4Ever" was featured in the Amanda Bynes
comedy She's the Man, as well as on the soundtrack.
|
