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Water Torture

by Pls Pls Me

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WATER TORTURE is Pls Pls Me’s send-off to Donald Trump. It is a description of how the duo felt the last 4 years, just hearing his voice. “For anyone who cares about racial justice, or the rising number of COVID deaths, or who wants this country to stand for more than celebrity or ego – it felt like he was taunting us,” Jessie says. Trump’s tweets, history of sexual harassment, his claim of being a super successful businessman while declaring bankruptcy 6 times, all that finds its way into this song. 

Though they’ve been known to inject their politics into their music before, Pls Pls Me didn’t set out to write a song about Trump. One day, Jimi heard a sound clip by Brooklyn producer Noams on instagram. Instantly lyrics popped into his hand, so he reached out to Noams, who had never intended to make a song from the instrumental, and they struck a deal. Soon after, musicians from NYC to Austin TX lent their voices for the chorus; it turns out quite a few people felt bruised ‘n battered by 4 years of a Trump presidency.
 
The vision further came together when their New York photographer friend Jason Leavy flew out to California and they did a shoot at Hayes Mansion, San Jose, taking pictures masked up by the eery yet entrancing light of the swimming pool at night.

"For me, this song is a purge," Jimi says. "I love our campiness and our ability to bring queerness to such a serious topic. Right now, America feels split in so many ways. While unity would be great, there will be none until we get the negativity out."  

Music, afterall, is catharsis. And we could all use some of that after 2020.

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released January 29, 2021

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Pls Pls Me Brooklyn, New York

PLS PLS ME is a queer indie duo who came together on a grey New Year’s Day in 2016. While launching QUEER MF, a local party of queer artists, singers/multi-instrumentalists Jimi Fish and Jessie Torrisi bonded writing songs about sex, longing, and surviving Trump.

Their love of eclectic, hip hop-inflected production and otherworldly harmonies crystalized with 2020's long-awaited debut, Too Late.
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