Uh Huh Her

I know its two music posts in one day, but bear with me here. Uh Huh Her is the dynamic music duo of musician/actress Leisha Hailey and singer/producer/multi-instrumentalist Camila Grey. The two incredibly lovely ladies will rock anyone's world.

Uh Huh Her’s sound – a self-described indie electro-pop hybrid – is a unique and organic product of Hailey and Grey’s styles. "[The sound] is the evolution from our backgrounds," Grey says. "We slammed them all together and that's what came out." The band, which released its debut EP I See Red last July, marks Hailey's return to music – she was formerly a member of the bands the Murmurs and Gush. Though she garnered success with her portrayal of journalist Alice Pieszecki on Showtime's The L Word, Hailey considers herself equal parts musician and actress. Less than a year after the release of I See Red, Uh Huh Her will unveil their full-length debut, the accessibly melodic Common Reaction, on August 19th.

"We wrote a lot of it before we went in the studio, but we wound up re-cutting everything," Grey says of the 11-track album. "We wanted to make a commercially appealing record. The songs aren't specifically poppy but appeal to a wide variety of people."

"Sometimes the song just calls for it and you can't fight the pop," Hailey laughs. "I like that it's eclectic and not just one thing. That bores me in a record. We never wanted this band to be small."

With Common Reaction, Hailey and Grey are looking to a horizon that's as expansive as their sound – which is to say, seemingly infinite. "We're getting a chance that a lot of bands aren't," Hailey says. "It's just about us showing up and proving that we can do it."


I've only recently discovered these guys, and I realize now that they have an amazingly strong underground following. Their eclectic and poppy beats leave people wanting more, and they have definately earned their spot on my Top 25 Most Played list on my iPod. I just can't get enough, and I hope people will take the chance to give them a listen.