Sisu is an American

indie rock Indie rock is a Music subgenre, subgenre of rock music that originated in the United States, United Kingdom and New Zealand from the 1970s to the 1980s. Originally used to describe independent record labels, the term became associated with the mu ...

band from

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, founded in 2009 by Sandra Vu. The band consists of Vu (vocals, guitar, flute), Ryan Wood (bass, synth),

David South David South (also known as "David Del Sur") is an American musician and filmmaker. He is a co-founder of Mono Prism and currently plays bass guitar in SISU, NYC punk band Flowers of Evil, and the solo project of A Place to Bury Strangers bassist ...

(bass), Julianna Medeiros (keyboards, backing vocals) and Nathanael Keefer (drums). Sisu employs traditional and electronic instruments, and their sound has been categorized as

psychedelic pop Psychedelic pop (or acid pop) is pop music that contains musical characteristics associated with psychedelic music. Developing in the late 1960s, elements included " trippy" features such as fuzz guitars, tape manipulation, backwards recording, ...

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and

shoegaze Shoegaze (originally called shoegazing and sometimes conflated with "dream pop") is a subgenre of indie and alternative rock characterized by its ethereal mixture of obscured vocals, guitar distortion and effects, feedback, and overwhelming volu ...

. Following the self-released 2009 ''Demon Tapes'' EP and 2010 single "Sharp Teeth", Sisu released the ''Blood Tears'' studio album and ''Light Eyes'' EP, both in 2013 on the

Mono Prism Mono Prism was founded by David Del Sur during 2012 as a springboard for people involved in music, film, and print projects. Their first production was a music video for the Gardens & Villa song "Spacetime" off of their 2011 release, Gardens & V ...

label.

Discography

Studio albums

* ''Blood Tears'' (2013,

)

Singles and EPs

* ''Demon Tapes'' EP (2009, self-released) * "Sharp Teeth" single (2010, Hell, Yes! Records) * "Light Eyes" EP (2013, Mono Prism)

Videos

* "Two Thousand Hands" (2013) by

* "Harpoons" (2013) by Howard Duy Vu

References

External links

SISU

Mono Prism
{{Authority control Musical groups established in 2012 Indie pop groups from Los Angeles Dream pop musical groups Indie rock musical groups from California 2012 establishments in California