^ "Her's debut new song, 'I'll Try '".^ "Introducing Her's: Hear debut track 'Dorothy '"."Liverpool Duo Her's Have Died While on Tour". ^ a b c Clare, Martin (29 March 2019)."New dream-pop duo Her's are well worth listening to". ^ a b c d Dhillon, Achal (25 September 2017).^ "Stephen & Audun Graduate from LIPA" – via.^ a b c "Her's: Liverpool band killed in US crash"."Her's: Liverpool's indie scene reels at death of 'the loveliest lads '". ^ Torpey, Christopher (29 March 2019).^ "Cumbrian musician dies in US crash alongside bandmate"."Her's: "It's crazy fans know the lyrics and everything "". ^ a b c d e f Steward, Ciaran (23 August 2018)."Both Members of British Band Her's, and Their Tour Manager, Die in U.S. Mary's (Roman Catholic) Church, Barrow-in-Furness, on 23 April 2019, followed by a burial at Barrow-in-Furness cemetery. Ī requiem mass for Fitzpatrick was held at St. At the time of the crash, the Arizona Department of Public Safety was already responding to reports of the Nissan pick-up truck travelling at speed in the wrong direction going eastbound on the westbound carriageway. The driver of a Nissan pick-up truck, Francisco Rebollar, aged 64, from Murrieta, California, was also killed in the collision a subsequent police investigation of the scene located a bottle of alcohol in the wreckage. The Arizona Department of Public Safety confirmed that Engelbrektson had been driving the band's Ford tour van at the time of the crash. They were travelling from Phoenix, Arizona, where they had played at The Rebel Lounge on 26 March, to perform a show on the following evening in Santa Ana, California, some 350 miles (560 km) away, as part of a 19-date second tour of North America. On 27 March 2019, around 1 a.m., Fitzpatrick (age 24) and Laading (25) along with their tour manager, Trevor Engelbrektson (37) from Minneapolis, were killed in a head-on traffic collision and subsequent vehicle fire near Milepost 68 on Interstate 10, west of Tonopah, Arizona. An acoustic performance by the band at the 2019 South by Southwest festival in Austin, Texas, US was also featured on BBC Music Introducing.
Her's were featured on Paste 's list titled "The 15 New Liverpool Bands You Need to Know in 2018". The band later released their debut full-length album, Invitation to Her's, on Heist or Hit Records on 24 August 2018. Never really fitting into one genre, but somehow nailing whatever they end up doing. Each song they produce, from the lo-fi bedroom pop power of debut track to 'Dorothy' to the duo's equally melodic take on slacker-rock on 'Marcel', sees the Liverpool-based duo shift and float between sounds. Writing for NME in April 2017, Thomas Smith said: The compilation received four stars from The Skinny.
A nine-track compilation titled Songs of Her's was released on. They performed on the 2016 Green Man Festival Rising Stage. They released their debut single, "Dorothy", on 7 April 2016. The duo initially formed Her's in jest, travelling around Liverpool filming comedic music videos and posting them on YouTube. Whilst still students they formed Her's in 2015, after having previously played together in the rhythm section of another Liverpool band named 'The Sundogs'. Career įitzpatrick and Laading met at the Liverpool Institute for Performing Arts, (from which they both graduated in 2016 after three-year music degrees, being presented with their certificates by Paul McCartney at a graduation ceremony). Fitzpatrick was also a drummer, but the band used a drum machine, which both members contributed to the programming of. The band's line-up consisted of Stephen Fitzpatrick, from Barrow-in-Furness, Cumbria, England, who sang lead vocal and played guitar, and Audun Laading, from Flekkerøy, Kristiansand, Norway, who played bass guitar and sang backing vocals. Audun Laading at Way Back When Festival, 2017