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The Trucks are four goofy girls from Bellingham, Washington. They wear sexy/dorky costumes. They sing about vibrators, phone tag and titties. They want more than anything for you do dance.
Your bio states that "The Trucks... will make you want to dance -- while they sing about what modern girls are really thinking about." For those who haven’t heard the album yet, what are modern girls thinking about?
Oh wow. Well, you name it... Food, sleeping, sex and relationships of course... Dreams, trepidation about the future...
Your songs do contain some pretty important messages about female empowerment, but it never seems to weigh the song down. Rather, it seems to be more about the music and having a good time. Is it difficult to maintain that balance between the message and the fun?
Actually, I'm glad you asked me that because even though it is an important message to us -- you know, empowerment, self-esteem and respect -- it just seems like such a natural message to people of our generation that we don't feel we need to force it. And you know, we'd feel really uncomfortable sitting down and saying, Okay here's the message we're going to sing about, now how are we going to do it? Our writing process is just a lot more natural than that and comes more from our daily conversations than from some idealism. We figure people will like us if they like us and it's usually people who are already thinking along those lines who like our music and respond to it.
The Trucks play the Showbox on February 18th, opening for the Presidents of the United States of America. How’d you hook up with those guys?
We're really excited about that show and appreciate working with other bands from the northwest and it's just really unique in the way bands support each other and network together -- that there's room for everyone and there's a lot of respect out there. We had a show in West Seattle a couple of weeks ago, and someone had recommended to them that they check us out, so one of the Presidents who came out, I think it was the drummer, must have recommended us, because the Showbox called us and of course we jumped on board right away.
That's cool that you mention the support from local musicians. It seems every band we talk to says the same thing -- that there's a lot of support all around from other bands and the community.
Yeah, it's amazing and with KEXP and the Three Imaginary Girls helping out, it just makes for a really accepting and supportive environment here.
More on The Trucks' upcoming shows, titties, and Hillary Clinton after the jump.
SXSW is a pretty noteworthy gig. How’d that come about and how much did you party when you found out The Trucks were invited to play?
Oh, we were so excited when we found out about that. We applied for it, but knew it was kind of a long shot and was really more about getting the experience of applying for things and not getting intimidated by the idea of a festival. So yeah, we're still in shock about it. As far as partying, we definitely were jumping up and down and hugging each other, but all of us actually like to go to bed pretty early. That's kind of embarrassing. Maybe you shouldn't print that. We'll party when we get there.
On your website, you’ve invited fans to remix the song Titties, promising to reward the winner with a new iPod Nano. How has the response been so far?
Really exciting. I love collaboration and am so delighted every time I hear a new remix, so if it were up to me there would be a hundred winners and a whole album dedicated to remixes of Titties. For me, that's the best part of being in a band, is being able to share your work and your ideas with other artists. We've had people from Australia, Swedan, Germany and Tokyo sending us remixes and I can't believe how many different directions people are taking it. And the fact that it's coming from that far away, from people we would have otherwise had no contact with -- it's just exciting to be making that kind of connection out there.
Any plans to release the winning remix?
Oh yeah, definitely. We'd love to release it on a full album of dance mixes.
So, this Friday The Trucks are playing Jules Maes Saloon in Georgetown and before that, at 6pm, you’re playing an in-store at the Queen Anne Easy Street Records. Will The Trucks be toning down it down at all for that performance?
Nope. Not at all. The only time we tone it down is when we're on the radio. We don't even think about it actually. Though, I did say "fuck" on the radio once. That was embarrassing but it ended up being okay.
From one strong female voice to another, do The Trucks have any advice for Hillary Clinton in her bid for the White House in 2008?
Anytime someone is in the public and has their character and their personal life dissected by the public and particularly by those who want to make them look bad, I just have a lot of respect for them and think it's a really brave thing to do. So, no advice really. I think she's actually doing a pretty good job. I mean, she's not intimidated by those people.
The Trucks play Jules Maes Saloon tomorrow night at 9pm. If you're under 21, get to Easy Street (Queen Anne) at 6pm for a free in-store performance.
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