P.A. girls to rock first EP release

Giroux said they started writing their own songs two years ago and an EP release has always been their goal.

“We’ve all grown up with this band. The things we’re going through… are starting to be more relatable to older audiences, not just the young,” Giroux said.

Not only has their sound matured over the last few years, but their playing has too as they explore new musical genres.

Bayda said all of their songs have different sounds as they explore different techniques.

Their song Dumb Dog has a more soft pop, folk music style that’s accompanied by a ukulele, Can You Hear Me? is more of a rock song, Need You is a pop ballad along with Arm Yourself.

When the girls first began the band they were influenced by Evanescence. After Thompson and Giroux heard Bayda sing an a cappella version of Bring Me to Life the two knew she had to join as the group’s lead singer.

“As I grew up as a teenager my musical influences changed,” Bayda said.

Now they have newer influences from artists like Jason Mraz.

“Everything that we’ve heard as individuals growing up, before writing music, kind of came together. We all like rock so let’s write and whatever comes out of it, comes out of it,” Thompson said.

All three said their experience recording the EP was such a learning process but they went with the flow and learned along the way.

“It’s a lot of work,” Giroux said.

Each had to learn to play with a metronome and to play individually in the recording booths without the influence of other band mates.

“When I had to go in a small tiny sound proof room to record vocals with no one else around me and just listening to a recording was the strangest experience ever, but I liked it, you hear your voice so clearly. It was cool,” Bayda said.

Giroux found the hardest part was going through school at Rivier Academy, studying for midterms and balancing being a teenager.

“It does take a lot of hours that people might not realize. We were sitting in the studio doing homework as Siobhan was doing vocals. It was a tough balance, but we managed it,” Giroux said.

At the release party the audience will even get a chance to hear some music that didn’t make it onto the EP.

“You never really stop writing; there’s always new songs, new ideas coming up. We’re hoping in the next year to get a full length 12-track album done. In the near future we’ll be touring, promoting this EP, getting the sound out there and our name out there,” Giroux said.

The trio is very excited about the upcoming release and said they’re excited to see four years of hard work pay off.

With files from Spencer Sterritt

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by Sarah Wallace

P.A. girls to rock first EP release

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