Frances RoseWith hundreds of bands on the line-up at New York’s yearly new music festival, CMJ Music Marathon, sometimes you just have to take a punt on going to see an act from one listen to a great song.

We did just that before seeing new sister duo Frances Rose at the BMI and HD Radio showcase at Williamsburg’s The Knitting Factory.  Sarah Frances and Michelle Rose are classically trained sisters from upstate New York who moved to the city’s Lower East Side to begin the graduation from songwriters on Warner/Chapell into artists a couple of years ago.

Although their debut EP ‘Dreams Come True’ is yet to land, the song that made us fall in love with them, ‘Vampire’, came out on a Kitsune America compilation in 2012.

Sounding sweet and cute, the lyrics tell a different story with the girls asking ‘Tell me straight up, do we, do we break up? Are you home now, waiting by the phone now?’

With Lizzy Plapinger of Ms Mr & Neon Gold already a fan, a bright future awaits.