Sister 7's self-titled was originally released on by Rhythmic Records in 1995 and was by Dualtone in 2001. The album showcases the early roots of their musical roots of indie rock, funk rock, and alternative rock. Also the passionate nature inside of their songwriting is what stands out more than anything else. Take Nobody's Home and Casting Stones for instance. You can tell how much energy Sister 7 puts into their songs by the songwriting and performance alone.
Fans of Patrice Pike will enjoy this album. So will fans of indie rock and alternative rock. So if you are a fan of the latter, be sure to purchase this Sister 7 album.
Sadly songs from this album did not receive as much airplay on the radio as the hard rock which got heavy radioplay in the mid-'90s. Radio stations slept on this album. This Sister 7 album did not gain much (or any) mainstream attention from the public.
Nobody's Home has an alternative rock feel. Although Nobody's Home not too pop influenced, you can hear the sounds of alternative rock shine on this song of theirs. Nobody's Home was a song that would later appear on their Arista Austin album called This The Trip in 1998.
The song is about how Patrice and her significant other have a right to be together regardless of whatever goes on in life or what other people may say. The song also shows deep concern for social issues.
Nobody's Home begins with Patrice singing, “You and I we belong here/We've been living here/For a long time” Patrice and her significant other have a right to show the world the way they feel. We have a right to know what's going on.
The lyrics in this song are passionate but not too kinky or sexually explicit. Read the lyrics below to get an understanding.:
I've been wondering if you can see
I've been wondering if you can feel
There's a fire and it's in our home and we're burnin’ and burnin’ we're burnin’ when you're drinking your morning coffee
Do you feel the breath on your neck?
Patrice shows deep concern for social issues in the middle of the song. Here is one example.: “If all the youth were at the white house knockin’ would you whisper nobody's home?” She asks the government if they will turn away people if they bring up social problems to their attention. The wise man said the wicked surely must rule world.
Patrice gets deep and poetic like a heavy metal song at the very end of Nobody’s Home. She also shows deep concern for social issues. “Men of peace are drawn and slain/Born to lead but die in vain/While the shallow carry on the money war” People die when they fight in wars only to have the government profit from funding the wars.
Patrice lets us know that she will be there for you no matter what happens on the song Holding On.
Patrice will wait until you have to go. She’ll make it so you never ever know how much she messed it up! Patrice asks what she has to do to keep herself apart from you. All your colors start to burn. She knows she wanted far too much. Then she thought that wouldn't be enough. All this talk is closing in on you.
Do what you want tonight. It’s alright. If you want to get used, you get used! She needs you at the darkest time. She needs you to hold on to. If you wanna find love or to find something more, she’ll be the one to run for you.
Casting Stones is a Led Zeppelin style hard rock song. The mellow guitar notes are what give away the Led Zeppelin style hard rock. The tempo is very slow. Patrice’s vocals are quite angelic on this Sister 7 song. This song was overlooked at the time of the album’s release.
Patrice searches for redemption and forgiveness on the song Forgiven. By doing so, she lets us know that forgiveness will come in the end. Redemption and forgiveness. That is something that is hard to remember and hard to forget at the same time.
Without You is a melodic rock song which of course is a love song unsurprisingly.
Meantime uses an edge of hard rock. You can tell just by listening to the song that Sister 7 was influenced by the sound of hard rock.
I rate this album, 4/5****!
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