The Downtown Boys member talks about her solo project, queer dissidence, and her debut record ‘The Vital Cord.’
Can you put me into one of those Spark City shows?
It’s a lot of the same feelings, the same energy of needing to let shit out and yell and be big. I’ve always listened to dance, maybe more than punk. Even in Downtown Boys sometimes I feel like we’re trying to make dance music, but that group of people makes punk because it’s what we know. My favorite bands growing up combined these things; I remember being 18 and seeing M.I.A.
It’s hard for the institutional industry to pay attention to people who look and present like this and make politicized music. It’s a constant fight, but there's inspiring stuff all over the place, people declaring themselves and making it happen. In the video for “Stability” I envisioned background dancers that were guillotines, and my friend Kara [Stokowski] made it happen.
You’re seeing protesting and action now on a level I haven’t seen before. What’s happening now with the climate protests, Black Lives Matter — which started years ago and continues today — and the socialist movement... a lot of this is inspiring and led by young people. There’s always this feeling of there being skin in the game, but now more than ever there is.
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