Los Angeles rock band Dead Sara have released their highly anticipated self-titled debut album on April 10th on Pocket Kid Records/ Fontana/Universal. Having spent much of last year in the studio, Dead Sara has hit the road in support of their debut full-length album on a spring tour supporting Chevelle abd another supporting The Used, The band will cap it all off with a 40+ date coast-to-coast run on the Vans Warped Tour this summer, beginning June 16th.
The 11-track full-length debut set, produced by Noah Shain (Atreyu, As Tall As Lions, Sonny Moore/aka Skrillex), is driven by the dynamic duo of two talented young women, singer Emily Armstrong and guitarist Siouxsie Medley. The band is rounded out by bassist Chris Null and drummer Sean Friday, creating an electrifying four-piece rock band whose supercharged music is propelled by Medley’s exhilarating, monster guitar riffs and Armstrong’s powerful, wailing vocals.
Glide was able to catch up with Armstrong for a brief chat about the band’s upcoming tours, their influences, and their new self-titled LP.
You have a busy year ahead of you supporting both Chevelle and The Used. What are you looking toward to most on each tour?
The traveling, playing music every night, and meeting lots of new people!
Have any of you attended any of the Warped Tours in the past? How does it feel to now be a part of the lineup?
Sioux and I went when we were like 16 or so with a group of friends to see The Used, Andrew W.K., Rancid, and so on. I really never thought we would ever play Warped, let alone the whole thing!
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Your self-titled debut was released on April 10. After already releasing an EP, was the recording process any easier or different? What can we expect from the new album?
This record is different because we are a band and we did this record together. On the E.P. we were figuring things out, it was more like demos – hired a drummer and bass player to record it. So now that we’ve had our friends Sean and Chris join, it’s been the way we wanted it to be. This record sounds more like a full band and more raw energy!
"Weatherman" has gotten plenty of airplay on local Los Angeles station 98.7FM. What is the song about?
It’s about predicting your own future by what it is you do today having an effect on tomorrow. Honestly, when we were first "jamming" the song, the first lyrics were "weatherman." The band liked it too much for me to throw it away, so I had to write the whole song around that lyric. It worked out all right…
Siouxsie and yourself founded Dead Sara. When and how did the other two members join the band?
We started playing music around high school after meeting through a mutual friend. Since then we’ve had many other drummers and bass players. It wasn’t till about 3 years ago that we had our friends Sean and Chris come and rehearse with us. It worked out so well together that it just led to doing a record, etc.
The rawness of your performances and good solid rock is reminiscent of classic rock and old punk. Where and who do you get your music style from? Who did you listen to growing up?
We all have lots of different bands that we grew up listening to. I know Sioux and Sean were more like punk rockers growing up. The 60’s and 70’s era in music is one of my favorites and Chris is a 90’s head!
As a Los Angeles-based band how much will you miss performing in smaller venues such as The Viper Room or the Troubadour?
How intimate it is. But on the other hand, bigger venues mean you must be doing something right…
Can your fans back home expect a secret show in the near future?
Anything for L.A.!!!
