Sheffield's Sister Wives announce new album Heavy Set with laugh-cry single “Hairless Whisper”

The quartet's follow-up to their 2023 debut Y Gawres – which was nominated for the Welsh Music Prize – was recorded with producer James Atkinson at The Stationhouse in Leeds. The band said the record moves into heavier territory, with all four members sharing songwriting, vocals, and lyric-writing.

Rose Love explained that the title came from assembling a set list of heavy songs. “But it’s also something that specifically women get called.” Rachael Loomes added that “we were trying to shift the meaning of it and take ownership, as it's quite a derogatory term.”

“Hairless Whisper” is a rager against late-stage capitalism with an laugh built into the title. Love said "it’s about the mounting personal and systemic cost of capitalism... rejecting how a person's worth and value is mainly measured through productivity and achievement."

A run of live dates kicks off soon, too, including Halifax’s Grayston Unity on 13 November, Leeds’ Wharf Chambers on 7 December, Newcastle’s Xerox on 8 December, and Nottingham’s The Mist on 9 December. The band will also play London’s Life After Death Festival at Walthamstow Trades Hall on 20 and 21 February 2027.

Sister Wives are Donna Lee (keys/vocals), Rose Love (bass/vocals), Lisa O’Hara (drums/vocals), and Rachael Loomes (guitar/vocals).

Heavy Set artwork

Heavy Set tracklist

“Osseous”
“O Lwch I Lwch”
“Hairless Whisper”
“Pontcysyllte”
“Solvere”
“Malady”
“Sage”
“Bloom of Sin”
“YnCanu”