Hi ladies, welcome to VENTS! How have you been? Thank you! We are wonderful.
Can you talk to us more about your forthcoming single " Somewhere To Go "? Sure. This is a song about getting that phone call that brings you to your knees, and being the strength for the person on the other end. It’ s a song about letting people know you’ re there for them, and that there’ s always somewhere to go... you.
The instrumentation is also highly layered on this one; it opens with a spare piano and vocals, and picks up intensity with atmospheric guitar, big drums, strings( violins and cello) and more. There’ s a musical catharsis happening here, meant to reflect the emotional one.
Did any event in particular inspire you to write this song? Since we write as a group, we each had something very meaningful that we were drawing on as inspiration for this song. Mandy’ s grandmother had just passed, I had my drum coach( and dear friend) call and tell me he had cancer, Jenny was thinking about her mom and her daily struggles she battles cancer, and Larissa was thinking about her uncle.
As we traded stories, we realized that the one thing that linked them all together was“ the call.” We each remembered that shattering moment when we got the news-- and when, at the same time, we needed to be strong, and to just be there for the person on the other end. When you get a call like that, someone is reaching out for your support.. they need you to express that there is always hope, no matter what.
Sometimes we have to stand up for each other, even when our friends or family don’ t have the strength to stand up for themselves. They need you to be that“ somewhere to go” so that they can make it through to the other side-- that, in a nutshell, is what inspired this song.
Any plans to release a video for the single? As a matter of fact, we just finished developing the script, and filming begins this month( July).
The single comes off your new self-titled album- why naming the album after the band? Even though we’ ve been playing together for years and releasing singles( as well as an EP,“ Enough”) along the way, this was our first full-length album release. Every song on it tells a story from each of our lives, so it just felt right to name the album after the band-- there’ s so much of our individual histories wrapped up in it.
Would you call this your most personal album to date? Absolutely! I think all of us in the band feel very proud of the work we did on this album, as well as the stories we shared. Our biggest hope is that people walk away feeling great after listening to our music or seeing one of our live shows-- that’ s what brings us the most joy.
How was the recording and writing process? As far as song ideas go, the beauty of the process is that we all sit together in a room and bring our own unique perspectives to the table. So we get ideas from our conversations, and by being open about our lives. It’ s a very collaborative approach, and not only because we love writing together as a band-- at times it’ s extremely therapeutic! But, we’ re honest too: a phrase we often use when we’ re tossing out ideas is,“ I think we can do better.” This phrase allows everyone to feel good about their ideas, and not be afraid to put something out there again.
As far as this particular project goes, we actually wrote the entire album in two weekends, and recorded it in 1 0 days here in Austin. So I guess you could say it was extremely productive! Our producers were a little nervous about being stuck in a room with all of us girls for two weekends, but the process proved cat-fight free.:-)
What aspect of female empowerment did you get to explore on this record? All of our songs are written to empower women! But“ Dare Me” and“ The Beast” are probably the most explicit about it. Those two are written to encourage women to free that part of them that is holding them back, and to take on whatever scares them:“ Dare Me” echoes much of our personal story, in that it’ s never too late to follow your passion and do something that scares you.“ The Beast” is about recognizing, and even embracing, that beautiful beast that lives inside that you’ re trying very hard to hide. Be free!
Any plans to hit the road? Next month( August), we will be premiering“ Somewhere to Go” at the FMQB Triple A Radio Conference in Boulder, during the awards ceremony. We are excited!
What else is happening next in The Mrs ' world? Fun upcoming shows! On August 1 9, we will be playing Bat Fest here in Austin on the iHeart Radio country music stage. We also feel honored to be playing for two amazing women’ s conferences this fall: Women of AT & T RAVE Celebration, themed“ I’ m Enough,” and the Society of Women Engineers Annual Conference.
Our full event listing can be found on our Events page: https:// www. themrs. com / events /