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Interview with
GIRL AND GIRL

(20th December 2021)

Interview by Dave Bruce

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How did the band come together? Is there someone who is a “driving force”, or do you all make decisions together?
Kai – Jayden and I started jamming in his garage at the end of grade 11, we then moved it to my garage, whereby aunty liss stumbled across us one afternoon. She jumped on this 20 yr old rusted kit, layed down a beat, and the rest is kind of history.
Aunty Liss – For me, I think it all started when Kai came to me and asked me to give him lessons on the drum kit. He practiced consistently, passionately and was determined to start a band. He asked how long it would take to be as good as me, I said keep practicing like you are and it will happen, and I added – why don’t you give guitar a go? He did and every time I saw him, he would have a guitar hanging from his neck. I think he had been jamming at school with Jayden for a while and then I had heard that they were starting a band. I stuck my head in the garage when I was over at his place one day, to see how they were going and jumped on drums to see what we could do with one of their songs. I’ve been playing with them ever since, not long after Jayden’s brother Coby  joined.

How would you describe your sound? Why do you think people resonate with your music?
Kai – I call it ‘desperate rock’, because for me, I feel like I’m bursting at the seams (especially live) to get these thoughts and feelings out of me. I like to think people resonate with the themes i explore in my lyrics, depression, love, sexual confusion etc etc, but also the severity and over dramatisation of it all.
Aunty Liss – I love the lyrics/songs that Kai is writing, they are often very personal, emotional, descriptive and often just so much fun. I think they are entertaining and relatable. We endeavour to create each song different from the next, our songs seem to make people want to dance, sing along.

Which artist’s music and/or performance, past or present, inspires you today? 
Kai – Brisbane locals ‘Square’ are blowing my freaking mind at the moment, their music and their performances are explosive.
Coby – A lot of pitchfork performances have been fantastic – thee oh sees, parquet courts etc. Mac de Marco live performances always stand out to me, he’s never afraid to experiment and improvise on stage.
Aunty Liss –  I was a massive Nirvana fan in my early 20’s and still feel inspired by Dave Grohl today. Nick Cave, PJ Harvey, New Christs, Magic Dirt, the Church, Phantastic Ferniture.

Your debut EP ‘A Typical Friday Night’ was released back in September, describing its origin and evolution. 
Aunty Liss – We chose songs that we had been playing for a while, ones we enjoyed playing and felt resonated with the audience. The name of the EP was inspired by the songs “Shame it’s Not Now”, “Sex on the Internet” and “Misery Man”.

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Is there any new music on the drawing board?
Kai – Yes! We’ve just received the final mixes for our second EP! It’s like five times better than the first one if I do say so myself. There’s not too much more I can say other than the release show is likely to be played in tuxedos.
Aunty Liss – Yes, always. Kai has songs pouring out of him, it seems to be like musical/ verbal diarrhea, so there’s plenty of songs for the band to work on. We have a few new ones almost ready to share at our live shows. We have also just recorded our second EP, which we can’t wait to share with everyone.

You’re playing The Mountain Goat Valley Crawl 2022, what are you looking forward to, and what can the fans expect?
Kai – Rat!Hammock !! + every other person on the line up, we’re so honoured to have been asked to join it!
Aunty Liss – Very excited to be amongst the line up for Mountain Goat Valley Crawl 2022. We will be giving our best on stage and maybe even have some of our new tunes ready by then.

How has COVID affected you to date? What have you introduced to balance the losses from missed events?
Aunty Liss – We’ve been incredibly lucky with COVID. Living in QLD we haven’t lost very much work at all and because we have been a band at the beginning of our career, our shows have been growing. We have concentrated on playing shows on the Gold Coast and in Brisbane, we are looking forward to branching out to NSW and other states as the country begins to open up again.

If you could perform with any music artist, Alive or Dead, who would you choose? And why? 
Coby – Arcade Fire at at Glastonbury 2014 was huge, I would have loved to perform with them on that stage even if I was just playing the tambourine
Kai – I second Arcade Fire, Win Butler is a #god/ #musicalgenius, but also LCD Soundsystem, because James Murphy is also a #god.
Jayden – Cyndi Lauper, my mum’s a super big fan I would do it for her.

Do you have any long-term aspirations as a music artist? 
Jayden – make it baby
Kai – I want to be able to live off my craft.

What is the best thing about performing to a live audience? What’s been the career highlight so far?
Jayden – Playing live is so surreal. It can be crazy the effect what you’re doing has on people which makes me only want to play more crazy and it goes sort of back and forth even with each other on stage.
Aunty Liss – I love performing with the boys, it’s particularly fabulous when the sound on stage is great, and the audience is obviously enjoying – dancing, singing along.

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Finally, a few questions for some quick answers –
FAVOURITE:

Album
Kai – Reflektor (deulux) by Arcade Fire
Jayden – 7 by Beachhouse

Artist
Kai – Andrew Bird (right now)
Jayden – Husbands

Movie
Kai – Fantastic Mr. Fox
Jayden – Snatch

Place to visit
Kai – my mother’s place
Jayden – anywhere deep in the mountains

Venue to play
Kai – Blackbear !
Jayden – Felons
Coby – mos desert clubhouse

Food
Jayden – burrito

Drink
Kai – Young Henrys Newtowner!!

Person in History
Coby – David Attenborough
Kai says “me too!”

Tattoo – (If you don’t have one, what would you get?)
Kai – Don’t have one, but recently considered getting the first line from Angel Olson’s song ‘Spring’, which is ‘Don’t take it for granted, love when you have it’, maybe cheesy, but like very true.

GIRL AND GIRL is

Kai – Vocals + guitar
Jayden – Lead Guitar
Aunty Liss – Drums
Coby – Bass

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Press Release 30th November 2021 (below)

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KWAME, ADAM NEWLING,
RAT!HAMMOCK, FLOWERTRUCK
& 1300 lead the
MOUNTAIN GOAT VALLEY CRAWL
2022 Lineup

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Mountain Goat Valley Crawl – TOWNS // Photo – Jared Hinz Photography

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Fresh off the press and ready to impress giddy music lovers, the lineup for The Mountain Goat Valley Crawl 2022 is unveiled today; Featuring 36 standout artists, including Kwame, Adam Newling, RAT!hammock, 1300, Flowertruck, and Bec Sandridge.

Assemble the herd and trot through the first multi-venue festival, returning to full capacity in Queensland, Saturday 12 February 2022. It’s hard to believe that a lineup like this is completely free!

Punters can choose their own adventure, with all night to explore the lineup of exceptional Aussie acts. Catch Kwame dominating the stage, bringing the high-energy rap that has made his name unforgettable. Join Sydney four-piece, The Lazy Eyes, and marvel in magnificent modern psych-rock. Delve into vivid stories, told in the distinctive twang of Adam Newling, then get down to Korean-Australian rap supergroup, 1300. Sway and bop with Melbourne four-piece RAT!hammock and loosen up those vocal cords to alt-pop heavy, Bec Sandridge. Lose yourself in the hypnotic beats of Sydney’s Milan Ring or dance the night away to Australiana jangle-rockers, Flowertruck. Peep the full lineup below, there’s something for every member of the pack and sure to be the soundtrack to an unforgettable experience.

As well as some of the best national acts on offer, festival-goers will be given access to nine of the Fortitude Valley’s most renowned venues. Hosting the hordes are old favourites, The Zoo, The Brightside, Black Bear Lodge, Woolly Mammoth, and Rics Backyard. Alongside them newcomers, Suzie Wongs Good Time Bar, a New York-style hang-out that is quickly becoming a Brisbane haunt. Organisers advise festival attendees that each venue will work on a first-in best-dressed basis, with limited tickets available and registration essential.

Shepherd your mates for good beer and good times at the GOAT of festivals, The Mountain Goat Valley Crawl 2022 – RSVP via Oztix today.

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18+ EVENT
SAT 6 FEB | 6PM – 11PM
FREE ENTRY

ARTISTS

Kwame
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1300
Adam Newling
Bec Sandridge
Flowertruck
The Lazy Eyes
Melaleuca
Milan Ring
Nyxen
RAT!Hammock
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90Ivy
Blue Velvet
Bored Shorts
The Buzzing Towers
Cheap Date
CityPiss
Cloe Terare
Elcid Flores
Fomi
Fraser Bell 
Girl and Girl
Haliday
Hollie Joy
Isabel Wood
Lucy Francesca Dron
Melrose.
Monet’s Pond
Passionfruit Band
Radium Dolls
Slowrip
Square
Stage Presence
Straight Girls
The Tinderboxers
Tjaka
Willis and the Lovely Ones

VENUES

Black Bear Lodge
The Brightside
The Brightside – Outdoors
Greaser
O’Skulligans
Ric’s Backyard
Suzie Wongs Good Time Bar
Woolly Mammoth Mane Stage
The Zoo

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