Remember Northern State? Well, if you don’t, they were decently bad-ass. They had just as much in common with The Roots as they did with Luscious Jackson and any Kathleen Hanna project you feel like naming.

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Since the Northern State girls staying on the DL as a collective for the moment, Hesta Prynn has decided to branch out on her own . . . and what gorgeous pastiche of sound she weaves! Anyone can tell from the track, “Can We Go Wrong” that Prynn is drawing influence from all the right places. With a vocal delivery that rivals the aforementioned Kathleen Hanna at her sultriest; Hesta Prynn juggles some Gang Of Four riffage with fuzzed out bass lines that recall anything from the DFA Records repertoire.

Little is known about the upcoming album which is due out this year. What is known, though, is that Chuck Brody (who’s worked with everyone from Lykke Li to J.Lo and Wu Tang Clan) produced it with some input from one Sara Quin of Tegan and Sara. If ‘Can We Go Wrong’ is any indication of the album’s sound, then it seems we can expect a full blown dance party from Hesta Prynn – I’d hope for nothing less from one of the Northern State girls, though.—Neil Miller Jr.