Saint Sister: NPR Music Tiny Desk Concert

Watch Saint Sister play Causing Trouble, Shape of Silence, Is It Too Early (Kilmainham) and The Mater at the Tiny Desk. More from NPR Music: Tiny Desk Concerts: Twitter: Instagram: July 3, 2019, Bob Boilen In the NPR parking garage, Gemma Doherty pulled her 34string lever harp from the band s vehicle; it seemed bigger than all of us. The other instruments were less exotic a few small synthesizers, a sampler, electronic drum pads but I was feeling thrilled by what was about to unfold. Saint Sister makes the sort of music I ve been fascinated with for much of my life, music that mixes the organic with the electronic. In this case, the organic sounds come from that Dusty Strings harp and the harmonies of Gemma Doherty and Morgan Macintyre, with electronics performed on keyboards by Morgan and Dek Hynes, and the mostly digital drums of Shane Gough. Some find this kind of joy in the pairing of wine