Lissy Trullie

New York, NY
Lissy Trullie: Lead Vocals and Guitar
Ian Fenger: Bass
Eben D’Amico: Guitar
Josh Elrod: Drums

From the outset, Lissy Trullie might look like just your average hipper-than-thou hipster. She’s certainly got the credentials—including frequent DJ gigs at the Beatrice Inn. But hear her sing and strum the guitar and what you’ll really find is a folksy, bluesy, doe-eyed soul sister. «I gave birth to a guitar when I was four years old. It was strange, especially for a four-year-old, but I thought I should probably give it a go because of the random circumstances,» she jokes. Trullie only started performing with her band a year and a half ago and has already graced stages everywhere from traditional rock haunts like Mercury Lounge to celebrity mainstays like Bungalow 8. And whether singing original songs from her new EP (out this spring), or belting out a cover of Amy Winehouse’s «Rehab,» Trullie has become the rocker du jour for fashionistas and twenty-somethings all over town. Still, the Washington, D.C., native would judge her own success a little differently: «I like to test out songs on my twelve-year-old cousins and my seventy-year-old grandparents. If they like them, then I’m super-psyched. I’m proud when people outside my age or world are into my music. That’s when I can feel like I’ve actually done something.»
Kate Bernstein

«Andy Warhol would have loved Lissy Trullie: Not only does she boast deadly downtown looks — striking, model thin and with a penchant for bowler hats — she’s got the attitude and serious songwriting chops to match. Her dangerously cool tunes, which mash up dancey new wave, ‘60’s girl-group sounds and the softer side of the Velvet Underground, hit upon the core aloofness that typifies most great New York rock. Simply put, Trullie’s magnetism is the kind that can’t be learned.» -TIME OUT NEW YORK
«Last night’s show felt like a big deal, with a massive mob clamoring for the door-girl’s attention outside Le Royale before prettier-in-person fasionista-cum-songwriter Lissy Trullie took the stage. There was an elegance about Trullie’s simple aesthetic, from the unadorned guitar work to her coy but monosyllabic lyrics, and she exuded a captivating vulnerability when her boyish voice grasped at higher pitches. Guitarist Eben D’Amico, formerly the bassist of New Jersey emo legends Saves the Day, colored Trullie’s straightforward tact with clever but careful lead work. Pre-selected CMJ fave «Self-Taught Learner» was a highlight, as was a brisk take on Hot Chip’s «Ready for the Floor.» -SPIN.COM
«An hour later I’m watching Lissy Trullie’s band and wondering why their «Ready For the Floor» cover isn’t some kind of New York craze… …their Velvets/Television pre-punk clean-tone three-chord stuff is more polished than you might’ve thought: they may be the one band I’ve seen all week to actually have hooks, which is almost bizarre if you think about it.» -VILLAGE VOICE
«The strawberry blonde singer wore a 1950s black motorcycle jacket—imagine if Chryssie Hynde and Jim Carrol had a lovechild—and riffed on a vintage white ‘70 Fender Strat while singing girl-group inflected punk. During her short set, one of the amps started acting up. As the band kept pace, Lissy—in four-inch heels—ambled over to the fritzing speaker, fixed it with a bang a la the Fonz, and then noodled a short melodic solo.» -NEW YORK PRESS
Usually my hatred for female singers is rampant, I admit it, but when it comes to Lissy, who’s been the talk of the town, I trullie love her (see what I did there)? It could be that her vocals are somewhat androgynous, but her songs are heartwarming, even though they’re usually about depressing topics. Her cover of Hot Chip’s already infectious «Ready for the Floor» is, dare I say it, better and even more fun than the original!» -IFC.COM