Who are some of your biggest music influences?

"The Chicago music scene has been very supportive and encouraging of us. It’s a very healthy and friendly scene. Artists like OHMME, Twin Peaks, LaLaLaLa, Dehd, VV Lightbody, Whitney, White Mystery and Liam Kazar and venues like Schubas, Double Door, City Winery, Fitzgeralds and Martys have treated us like a real band since we were young when we first began. That has always provided confidence in allowing us to explore our music."

Specifically, here are some other influences:

Sofie: "Bachelor, Ohmme, Nina Simone."

Jacqueline: "Angel Olsen, Hole, Julia Jacklin."

Kaitlin: "Velvet Underground, The Shivas."

Hannah: "No Doubt, Stevie Wonder, David Bowie."

Tell us about your new album Evolving?

"Evolving is our second full-length album and it has both our earliest and latest material on it. 'To Fall Apart' was actually the first song we wrote together as a band. Sofie brought it to the band four years ago. She didn’t even know how to play guitar at the time, so she just wrote a cool melody and some oddly deep lyrics for her age. It's crazy how much the song has continued to evolve over time. 'Mistake' and 'Bring Back the Light' are the two most recent songs on the album. We came up with an album order on our way back from a week-long camping trip in Minnesota. We wanted to sequence the songs in a way that made sense musically and lyrically. The order flows and feels right. We’re honestly so happy with the final product! It’s over four years worth of material. Evolving stays true to its name; it really shows how much we have evolved as musicians and people throughout time."

Mel Taylor

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