{"id":8484,"date":"2019-09-11T12:42:58","date_gmt":"2019-09-11T10:42:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/elgarajedefrank.es\/?p=8484"},"modified":"2019-09-11T13:09:06","modified_gmt":"2019-09-11T11:09:06","slug":"interview-she-pleasures-herself","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/elgarajedefrank.es\/en\/interview-she-pleasures-herself\/","title":{"rendered":"Interview: She Pleasures HerSelf"},"content":{"rendered":"

She Pleasures HerSelf is one of the most shocking bands of the moment. Coming from Lisbon, they play some \u201cParental Advisory\u201d post punk\/darkwave. In this interview, not suitable for all audiences, Nuno Varudo and Nuno Francisco talk about their albums and their concert at DarkMad, where they\u2019ll be playing on the 26th of October. Music to pleasure yourself… and to fuck.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

\"\"\u2014How is the Goth scene in Portugal? <\/strong>Even being that close to Spain, it\u2019s sad that we, Spaniards, don\u2019t know a lot about the music of this marvelous countr<\/strong>y. \u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

\u2014Hi, the goth scene in Portugal is small, like everywhere around the world. We only have a few places to play, we have a festival organized by Fade In that takes place in a castle in the city of Leiria and we have a couple of alternative promoters that organize some shows, but not specifically goth\u2026 it\u2019s generally Alternative music of all kinds. People have the need to listen to new stuff and it\u2019s very interesting when you realize that your music crosses lots of countries all the around the world.<\/span><\/p>\n

In Spain, we feel that we have lots of support from people and that is very inspiring for us. We\u2019re looking forward to playing at Dark Mad. We\u2019re sure that it will be an amazing experience for us all. By the way, we keep waiting for more invitations to play there, since you are such a big and amazing country\u2026 so Barcelona, Vigo, A\u00a0Coru\u00f1a, Seville, Malaga, Almeria, Mojacar, Valencia, Bilbao, Palma or Ibiza, it will be a pleasure to play for each and everyone of you.<\/span><\/p>\n

\"\"<\/span>Guess the main reason for Spanish people not knowing more Dark Portuguese music, it\u2019s because we never had any… not even in the 80s. Guess these are the best times for post-punk, goth, darkwave in Portugal with bands like NU:N<\/strong>, IAMTHESHADOW,\u00a0The Dreams Never End<\/strong> or LUR LUR<\/strong>! You need to check this and some old like M\u00e3o Morta <\/span><\/strong>or S\u00e9tima Legi\u00e3o<\/span><\/strong>. Check them out!<\/span><\/p>\n

\u2014Has the name of the band been taken from a line of a song from She wants revenge? \u00a0<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

\u2014No? Of course not\u2026 actually yes. We just talked to Justin<\/strong> from SWR<\/strong> (a couple of days ago) and told him that and he just gave us a big smile ;).<\/span><\/p>\n

\u2014What do you find interesting in S&M? Are all of you into it? \u00a0<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

\u2014If you are talking about the Rihanna<\/strong> song\u2026 Yes, we all are into it. Hihihihihi\u2026 These words were\/are very inspiring for SPHS:<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

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Feels so good being bad<\/span><\/p>\n

There\u2019s no way I\u2019m turning back<\/span><\/p>\n

Now the pain is for pleasure<\/span><\/p>\n

\u2019Cause nothing can measure<\/span><\/p>\n

Love is great, love is fine<\/span><\/p>\n

Out the box, out of line<\/span><\/p>\n

The affliction of the feeling leaves me wanting more<\/span><\/p>\n

\u2019Cause I may be bad but I\u2019m perfectly good at it<\/span><\/p>\n

Sex in the air, I don\u2019t care, I love the smell of it<\/span><\/p>\n

Sticks and stones may break my bones<\/span><\/p>\n

But chains and whips excite me<\/span><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

\u2014All three (now four) of you were in different bands before forming She Pleasures HerSelf, how did you get together? \u00a0<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

\u2014We are all long-time friends\/Brothers, only Leticia<\/strong> is new in the circle. Since forever, all our previous bands fed and grew on the small alternative Portuguese scene to become this entity called SPHS<\/strong>. We first got together (to talk about SPHS<\/strong>) in a She Past Away<\/strong> gig in Lisbon. The concept started there with Nuno<\/strong> and David,<\/strong>\u00a0then evolved and… All the rest is history.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u2014Would you say that your main influences are from bands from the 80s or modern bands? \u00a0<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

\u2014Our main influences are from the 80\u2019s and 70\u2019s but we listen to lots of new music. So we think we are a mix between the 80s vibes with a modern touch.<\/span><\/p>\n

\"\"<\/span>\u2014Your first album, Fetish,<\/em> was released in 2017. How was the experience of being in the studio for the first time? \u00a0<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

\u2014Our studio is David\u2019<\/strong>s living Room. So we never actually got together in a record studio, we have our rehearsal room where we play and create the live sound together, but the songs are created in Between David\u2019<\/strong>s computer and Nuno Varudo<\/strong>\u2019s iPad.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

\u2014Regarding the lyrics, are they based on real experiences or just imagination? \u00a0<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

\u2014As real as they can be.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u2014How have been your second album received so far?\u00a0\u00a0<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

\u2014Very Good, we received good reviews and the label is happy about the sales, so we\u2019re just patiently waiting cause we think this album will open more doors to She Pleasures HerSelf<\/strong>.\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

\"\"<\/span>\u2014The name of the album is XXX,<\/em> is the band interested in pornography? \u00a0<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

\u2014SPHS<\/strong> is pornography. Sometimes softcore, sometimes more hardcore. We grew on Pornography\u2026<\/em> Especially the album from The Cure<\/strong>, one of the best ever. We always need to create something out of the box. XXX<\/em>, it\u2019s visual, it\u2019s sexual, it\u2019s trilogy (we got 3 guests in the album), we are 3 elements + 1 guest (Live).<\/span><\/p>\n

\u2014And what about the collaboration with the Italian band Ash Code, how did it happen? Both bands toured together, right?\u00a0<\/strong> <\/span><\/p>\n

\u2014Ash Code<\/strong> are our friends, we toured together in Germany and in the UK, we love them.\u00a0So it\u2019s easy when you have a connection and you want to work together.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u2014<\/strong>In the seventies, some musicians like Klaus Schulze made music for porn movies. Would the band be interested in doing something like that?\u00a0<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

\u2014That would be an amazing experience, we would love to perform in a Porn movie too… With living corpses…?\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

\u2014Do you think that your music is good for having sex?\u00a0<\/strong> <\/span><\/p>\n

\u2014Yes, of course, we keep doing it with that propose, so people have fun, pleasure and most of the time to find your own self. She Pleasures HerSelf<\/strong>\u2019s name is a kind of an ode to all of those that love to have some fun, new experiences, no boundaries, the quest for love and living, to find pleasure\u2026<\/span><\/p>\n

\u2014The band has been braved enough to cover Joy Division\u2019s \u201cLove Will Tear Us Apart\u201d and Bowie\u2019s \u201cHeroes.\u201d Do you think that the band has managed to imbue the songs with its personality?\u00a0<\/strong> <\/span><\/p>\n

\u2014We always find songs that we love, those two are perfect. \u201cLove Will Tear Us Apart\u201d is a broken-hearted song. \u201cHeroes\u201d is a hymn from the most perfect artist of all times, so it\u2019s complicated to take \u201cperfection\u201d and deconstruct it, but we love the challenge and I think our fans like it a lot too.<\/span><\/p>\n

\"\"\u2014How did you come across Red Zebra\u2019s song that you have covered? We interviewed them last year.<\/strong> <\/span><\/p>\n

\u2014Red Zebra<\/strong>\u2019s song is simply one of our favourite post-punk songs. So we thought about building a version for that song, more electro and sexual, between the decadence of punk and the lights of a dancefloor with lots of corpses dancing.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u2014The band has a real shocking image. Have you ever had any problems caused by your image?\u00a0<\/strong> <\/span><\/p>\n

\u2014Do we? Maybe that\u2019s why we don\u2019t get more invitations to play all around because people get scared with us. Maybe we get an invite to a horror movie Hihihihi\u2026 The only problem we had was in the beginning, when we registered our name and songs. Most of the platforms didn\u2019t accept the name, we had to deal with lots of bureaucracy to find a way, but we managed to do it. She Pleasures HerSelf<\/strong>\u00a0are now everywhere.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u2014Have you thought about including any kind of sexual show during your concerts?\u00a0<\/strong> <\/span><\/p>\n

\u2014We already did it, not with explicit sexual content, but sexy and fetish content. We had a show with fetish performers dancing but for now we only did it in Portugal (actually we have some songs online with that fetish performers too – it\u2019s a showcase we recorded in our rehearsal room).<\/span><\/p>\n

\u2014The band has been touring Europe recently, and you have also played in Spain. Where is your music better received?\u00a0<\/strong> <\/span><\/p>\n

\u2014In our experience, we think that we never got a bad feedback from a gig. Because if you came to it, you already listened to us so you might actually like it. But in Europe, we think the most euphoric audiences are (in no particular Order) from Belgium, Italy, Germany, France, Netherlands and, of course, Spain.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

\u2014How is going to be your concert at the DarkMad<\/strong>? \u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

\u2014Between Fetish<\/em> and XXX\u2026<\/em> Intense\u2026 Be there!!!<\/span><\/p>\n