Formed in the early part of 2005, Van She is a band from Sydney. Unashamedl… Read Full Bio ↴Formed in the early part of 2005, Van She is a band from Sydney. Unashamedly taking bits and bobs from 80’s post punk, funk and synth pop, 90’s grunge, French house, film scores, 70’s Krautrock and the latest collection of innovative artists like Tom Vek and M83, Van She is that unique beast that one was beginning to believe no longer existed – a band that takes all these influences from days gone but makes them sound unique, modern, and…. fresh. A lazy pastiche this isn’t.

Van She formed when Nick Routledge [vocals, guitar], Matt Van Schie [bass], Michael Di Francesco [synths] and Tomek Archer [drums] all responded to an ad in Sydney’s Drum Media and arrived at an audition for a vocalist for a doom metal band with influences including Sepultura, Entombed, Black Skull and Phil Collins to find the whole thing was a sham. You could call it the result of Satan at work, or you could call it fate.

Since the chance meeting Van She have been playing out and about around Sydney, headlining their own shows and supporting the likes of The Presets and Wolf & Cub.

They’ve also been in the studio, the fruits of which we now see in the shape of a 6 track, self titled EP. Opener Mission acts as a gloomy but punchy entry point into the Van She world, while Kelly is like the epic, lovelorn cousin to The Presets’ Girl And The Sea. Sex City throbs and blips like a restless adolescent, and Survive is the greatest post post punk tune to make use of slap bass. Kelly Reprise blisses out for just a few seconds before Here With You brings us to a beautifully textured, melancholic close.

Cat %26 The Eye
Van She Lyrics

Charlie once sat on the sidewalk, baby
He asked her about my name
And at that noise you came and met me
You said that I was to blame

Sugarcane eyes with no decision
It's your trial and tribulation
Isn't It time you made up your mind
And gave me a ticket to ride
I won't get you down until

These light are tripping us out
We are so out of control
Won't you come on a ride?
This time we'll do it for kicks
We can fall away
With the cat and the eye

Pretty face paper people, baby
They all look the same to me
Running on angels ain't that easy
These things you've gotta believe

Everything's kind of different for me
The songs still mean the same
Isn't it time to reinvent me so
Let's take a piece of the pie
I won't get you down until

These light are tripping us out
We are so out of control
Won't you come on a ride?
This time we'll do it for kicks
We can fall away
With the cat and the eye

These light are tripping us out
We are so out of control
Won't you come on a ride?
This time we'll do it for kicks
We can fall away
With the cat and the eye

Here we are
Chasing on a sunbeam
Here we are
Chasing on a sunbeam

Pacing on to sorry
Pacing on to sorry

These light are tripping us out
We are so out of control
Won't you come on a ride?
This time we'll do it for kicks
We can fall away
With the cat and the eye

Lyrics © Kobalt Music Publishing Ltd.

Written by: TOMEK ARCHER, MICHAEL DI FRANCESCO, NICHOLAS ROUTLEDGE, MATTHEW VAN SCHIE, Tomek Marian Archer

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