Monster Children

1 week ago | monsterchildren.com | Naz Kawakami

Model/Actriz on Colbert that has me wishing Cole would kiss me on the lips, a new song and the announcement of a new album from my favorite (favorite and not only because I’m in love) Los Angeles band, Automatic, and nightmare sounds of tear gas cannisters exploding on my face soundtrack this, the third week of my summer in Los Angeles.

3 weeks ago | monsterchildren.com | Naz Kawakami

Which came first for you? The visuals or the music? The music for sure.  How did you begin? My mom is a music therapist and was a children's musician when I was little. She recorded something like nine or ten children's music albums, and for each album she had a children's chorus sing with her. I was in the children's chorus for each of the albums. I just grew up singing a lot with my mom. Both of my brothers played music, my dad loves music and played a lot of music around the house.

4 weeks ago | monsterchildren.com | Naz Kawakami

Rorey is a singer/songwriter from New York City whose songs are as unafraid as the sentiment within them. We respect courage, we admire the bold, and we spend most of our lives enthralled in the music of both, including Rorey, who has been releasing music with an earnest and unabashed understanding of the self all wrapped around melodies and instrumental arrangements that are simultaneously sharp and beautiful, like a crown of thorns or a kiss that hurts.

1 month ago | monsterchildren.com | Naz Kawakami

Weirdest thing about Myles? He rips an electric weed pen and in the same breath rips a nicotine vape pen. Kinda back it though Weirdest thing about Austyn? We can be sleeping in a ditch and he’ll still make sure he dresses good. Little jealous to be honest. How do you stay sane/deal with pressure on a filming trip? Take it day by day. I get sparked when somebody else gets a clip. Makes me wanna keep up with the crew. Pretty stock answer. When’s the video come out? Fuck if I know. (end of June)

1 month ago | monsterchildren.com | Naz Kawakami

Okay, I was wondering how your writing process may have changed between previous recordings and this new one coming up. AB: I’m gonna be honest, when we started I was kind of infatuated with the idea of being a shoegaze band, and that’s what it was. The more we aged with the process of writing and adopted new members, the sound collectively kind of changed and it felt like more of a maturation of taste in a way. Part of it felt like the shoegaze market was very saturated.