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So what brought the band back together? In short, motherhood and, of all things,
Mazzy Star. For both Gordon and Post,
becoming mothers brought the two
estranged frontwomen together again. Not
as musical collaborators - at least not at
first - but more importantly, as friends.
"In a very beautiful, poignant, ironic
way, it started because we were, instead of
young women in our '20s, we were women
in our mid-'30s who were having babies,"
Gordon reveals of how she and Post first
resumed communications. "We bonded
again and became close again just talking
about motherhood and about what was
going on in our pregnancies, and what it
felt like at that phase in our lives, and that
is what brought us close to each other once
again."
"We didn't speak about music at all
except occasionally I would hear something that would remind me of Louise and
I would email her and she would do the
same," she continues. "And say like when
First Aid Kit did that cover of the Fleet
Foxes song ("Tiger Mountain Peasant
Song"), I sent it to Louise and said, 'Does
this remind you of anyone?' Beca