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dime and to just play really, simple songs, put out records on DIY run labels, and go on tour like it was nothing. That happened all the time but I was only seeing mostly just my male friends doing it. It was sort of a catalyst to me thinking like this is such a male dominated sphere and I can’ t take it anymore, something’ s need to change.”“ And when we started playing in bands, it was within friend groups and so many people would start bands and the members were all interchangeable,” Victoria Mandanas says.“ I tried a lot of times to start bands that never pulled through, it always seemed like it happened for a day and it was just for fun.” Weems adds on.“ This band was sort of the chance to do that. It was like doing it for ourselves. Instead of just doing it because we’ re in a friend group and it’ s the thing to do, you know? Since we really didn’ t know each other very well, it felt more purposeful instead of‘ Oh, we’ re just friends and we’ re just hanging out.’ It was no, let’ s actually do this.” And since it’ s conception in 2011, through their six years together the band can confidently agree that they continue to grow and evolve.“ When we first started, we didn’ t even know how we wanted to