‘A post-millennial queer pop bible’: Scissor Sisters’ debut album re-reviewed

Jake Shears in his 2017 Attitude cover shoot, and right, the cover of the band’s debut LP (Images: Attitude/Polydor)

The genre-hopping, popper-sniffing debut of New York glam rockers Scissors Sisters is something of a bible for post-millennium queer pop. Forged from the ashes of polished 70s disco, merged with the DIY sensibilities of 00s garage rock, the five-piece’s self-titled debut is regarded as one of the best pop records of all time. The eclectic fivesome, fronted by lead vocalists Jake Shears and Ana Matronic (real name Ana Lynch), cut through a wave of landfill indie rock flooding the charts to create a monster hit. 

Album opener ‘Laura’ is a punchy, piano-led bop, setting the sonic template for the LP, which was: anything goes, as long as it’s catchy. Next single,

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