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Q&A with Lexi Street
I received a CD a while back from Georgia-based band Lexi Street. I've been listening to it for a while and really enjoy the band's sound. Recently, I had a chance to ask singer, Lexi Street, a few questions about the band's past, present and future. For more on Lexi Street please visit www.lexistreet.com
I dig the vibe on this record. To me, the sound is a little poppy, jazzy and kind of sexy. How do you describe the band’s style?
Ya know, that is exactly how I describe our sound, all three adjectives that you just used, actually. I’m so inspired by a lot of acid jazz artists, I love XM Chill and am secretly a fan of BPM (beats per minute) – I remember the first time I heard Glory box by Portishead of their album Dummy, and I went bananas.
Growing up, did you want to be a musician? Did you come from a musical family?
Actually, two of my siblings played music, guitar and piano, but my dad is pretty much tone deaf and we would all fall out laughing when my mom would start singing show tunes – she looked like Elaine from Seinfeld trying to dance while doing it. I’m not quite sure what they measured cool by way back when, but I think she was a babe in the day, although that is not the case now! Ha!
I took up violin when I was 9 because it was being offered through my school, and really through no pressure or insisting of the ‘rents. Actually, as the baby of four, I think they were tired of spending money on lessons and instruments. The school was able to lend me one. I tried to write and chart my first song on the violin that year, and it was met with disappointment when I showed my teacher, seems there were rules from cramming all those notes together in a measure. I was 10 when I composed my first song on the piano – and it had the word “wind” in it and it was basically terrible – I could sing it for you now if I could get through laughing. I knew that my friend, and now back up singer, was the right fit when she told me she basically did the same thing. She wrote her first song around that time and contained the word “wind” as well. Either that is a popular theme for pre-adolescent song writers – or we were just children of the seventies.
It’s been a long time since your last record came out. I read that some of your band members have had success in other projects over the years. Was the time off intentional or did life just pull you away? Was it difficult to come together and work together again after all those years?
Actually, I had a baby in the beginning of ’07, but really it was the lack of studio prowess that slowed us down. My guitarist built a studio in late ’05 but jobs, having the extra time and the inability to make decisive choices about the music really impeded us. I was also bad about taking the lead in an effort to be diplomatic. Lots of creative types, but no one really steering the ship. Had our fair share of band drama, members came and went, life just happens when you’re waiting on something else. We had all the main music in place and finally hired a producer earlier this year to come in and help track the drums and vocals. And viola!
Well, I’m glad you made another record because it sounds great. I also read that this will be the last Lexi Street full-length record. You guys are going to mostly record singles from here on in?
So yes, I think we’ll be able to get more music out if we take it one song at a time. Instead of waiting for the time and money for a full LP. Or maybe just release a trio of songs.
Is there a new single in the works?
And yes, we have a few singles waiting in the wind – just have to see which one wins out. Soon as the W2’s come rolling in, and Uncle Sam pops out that refund, this girl is back in the studio!!
Thanks again, Lexi, for sending the record in and best of luck in the future!
