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I know that you just started out on tour, so I\u2019m sure you\u2019re a bit tired. I wanted to start off on a bit of a different note. <\/strong>I was looking at your Instagram a few days ago and noticed that you dyed your hair again.<\/strong><\/p>\n Lydia: Oh, I love that\u2014I did just dye my hair!<\/p>\n I dye my hair a lot too, so I\u2019m always curious as to what inspires other people’s color choices. I was curious as to what inspires you to choose between colors; Is it setting an intention while you\u2019re on tour or something else?<\/strong><\/p>\n It\u2019s something I didn\u2019t notice when I first started dyeing my hair, but it marks time periods for me. I don\u2019t have a very good memory, so I\u2019ll look back and be like ‘Oh, that was during the pink hair period…now I remember!’ [Laughs].<\/p>\n I guess it also marks starting anew for me. This tour we\u2019ve had a huge change so I figured why the fuck not, and so my hair\u2019s purple.<\/p>\n Awesome! Do you have any colors that are next on your list?<\/strong><\/p>\n I might do a baby blue kind of purple; just a bit of a different shade than what I have now and then I think I\u2019m done. I\u2019m going to go back to my original…my OG real hair…really soon, so I\u2019m trying to get in all the colors now since bleaching is such a bitch.<\/p>\n \u200bThinking back to how many hours I’ve spent at the hairdressers with a tingly scalp, I couldn’t help but sympathize.<\/strong><\/p>\n Yes…yes it is\u2026.I actually think my next hair color is also going to be blue, so we\u2019ll kind of match!<\/strong><\/p>\n Oh really? Yay we\u2019ll be matching!<\/p>\n You kind of alluded to it earlier, but I wanted to touch on the change you had in terms of band members, with Sage departing in September. I imagine that shifts the dynamic between band members and any changes routines you have while on you\u2019re tour. What has that transition been like?<\/strong><\/p>\n Honestly, it\u2019s been mostly a positive. Of course it\u2019s scary at first, with a big change like that..it\u2019s huge and really freaky. You don\u2019t know what to expect.<\/p>\n Taking on a noticeably more serious tone, Lydia further explained:<\/strong><\/p>\n All I can really say is that if someone doesn\u2019t want to be there, when you kick them out of the equation, you can feel that. It\u2019s only a positive thing, no matter what happens next.<\/p>\n Has your live show changed with that shift? I saw that you guys might have gotten a new bassist, but I wasn\u2019t 100% sure.<\/strong><\/p>\n Yeah, not officially, but yes. We\u2019ve only played a few shows so we\u2019re still navigating it a little bit. Things have been going pretty smoothly so far and I really can\u2019t complain at all. It\u2019s a new energy and it\u2019s just really fun and exciting.<\/p>\n D.C. is pretty famous for their punk scene, what with Fugazi, Bikini Kill, Bad Brains…all of those \u201csmall names\u201d coming out of the nation\u2019s capital. Some of the roots of the Riot Grrrl movement also formed here, which I know is pretty influential in your music. You\u2019ve been to DC before, so that had me wondering if that environment and history changes anything when you\u2019re performing here?<\/strong><\/p>\n It\u2019s really inspiring and the shows are always fun because of that history. People there have an understanding and an appreciation for real, raw music and live shows and you can definitely feel that.<\/p>\n With the Riot Grrrl movement and your strong feminist views, how did you fall into that? Was it something you always grew up with or did you come across it as you matured?<\/strong><\/p>\n My parents have always raised me in a feminist manner. What really got me into it was when my mom took me to see the documentary on Hole<\/strong>. I had never heard of them and I didn\u2019t really understand that sort of music since I was younger; that kind of changed everything for me.<\/p>\n I was probably around 11 or 12, but I was instantly so <\/em>hooked\u2014that\u2019s what got me into Bikini Kill and all of those bands. But Hole was a big one, they really influenced my writing. I’ll always go back and listen to the Live Through This <\/em>album and appreciate it.<\/p>\n That\u2019s great that you were able to come across that at such a young age. A lot of the time people come across those views when they\u2019re a little older and wish that they had grown up with those ideals.<\/strong><\/p>\n Oh totally. Not only did it influence me musically, but as a young woman at that age and in that time period, you need<\/em> that kind of power and confidence. That definitely provided it for me and I would feel like a total badass. I love that we can create that feeling for young women.<\/p>\n Your latest release, \u201cPoor Boy\u201d spoke to the injustice of letting abusers run free without consequence for what they\u2019ve done. Was there a singular moment that sparked that creative process? I have an inkling of what might <\/em>have been it, but was curious is there might\u2019ve been something else that led to it.<\/strong><\/p>\n I mean…we\u2019ve been angry for a long, long time.<\/p>\n [Laughs]. Mhm\u2026<\/strong><\/p>\n The big thing that set the song off was the Kavanaugh bullshit. This was one of the first big moments in history that I\u2019ve witnessed and been completely <\/em>infuriated and devastated by.<\/p>\n I didn\u2019t know what to do with myself; The only way I know how to cope with those emotions and the only tool I know how to use when I want to help is writing.<\/p>\n We were all on the same boat with that. Drew, Genessa, and I were feeling that we needed to write about it.<\/p>\n How did that come together in terms of the writing process? Did you bring the lyrics and then Drew and Genessa brought the other aspects of the song, or was it a more collaborative process?<\/strong><\/p>\n Well, it\u2019s really funny actually. We wrote a song in my garage and when we finished, I went into my house to get some water. When I came back out, Genessa was playing that riff. I instantly…literally within walking into the door, had the melody. It was kind of weird how fast that happened and then we just started to jam on it.<\/p>\n Then I was like, \u201cOh shit! That\u2019s what this is about\u201d. <\/p>\n I know you were also calling for donations to RAINN, which is an awesome non-profit. Do you see yourself continuing to feature any of your singles with calls to donate to an organization?<\/strong><\/p>\n Lydia: I\u2019m not sure exactly because this song specifically needed to have that tied to it. I don\u2019t think that with every single we\u2019re going to do that, but maybe if it makes sense with the song.<\/p>\n I always want it to tie in with what we\u2019re releasing, so I\u2019m not sure. There are so many causes and organizations that we would love to raise money for and I think will at some point through different ways.<\/p>\n I write a monthly feature for DC Music Review called on our radar, which highlights artists who are on the rise and need more name recognition. Who\u2019s been on your radar lately?<\/strong><\/p>\n There\u2019s a band called Current Joys that I\u2019ve been really into recently. Micky James is of course amazing. There\u2019s also a girl out of LA, her name\u2019s Daisy, she\u2019s really cool.<\/p>\n What kind of genre would Daisy fall into?<\/strong><\/p>\n I\u2019d say she\u2019s on the jazzier side.<\/p>\n You guys play a lot of cover songs\u2014if you could only cover one song for the rest of your career, what would it be?<\/strong><\/p>\n Oh GOD<\/em>…oh my god…I cannot answer that! Maybe Ballroom Blitz because we\u2019ve done it so much and it\u2019ll always be so fun. We\u2019re not playing it currently, but I know that will always be so fucking fun, so I\u2019ll just go with that. <\/p>\n This interview has been edited and condensed for clarity.<\/p>\n Performance Details<\/strong><\/p>\n Performance Details<\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/p>\n Performance<\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/p>\n Details<\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/p>\n Thursday, December 6, 2018<\/p>\n Doors: 6<\/strong>:30 PM<\/strong><\/p>\n Show: 7<\/strong>:30 PM<\/strong>\u200b<\/p>\n \u200bUnion Stage <\/a><\/p>\n 740 Water Street SW<\/p>\n Washington DC 20024 (Google Maps Link<\/a>)<\/p>\n