Cheap Girls – Interviewed
Andy Maddison caught up with Cheap Girls ahead of their split release with Yorkshire’s Above Them….
AM: For those not familiar with Cheap Girls could you tell us a little about the band, your sound and what it is like in your home town of Lansing, Michigan?
CG: Our sound is simple. Mid-tempo pop songs with loud guitars. The line up is brothers Ian and Ben Graham and myself Adam Aymor. Our home town is one of those towns where it can be difficult to have shows and a scene that stays around all the time. The city itself isn’t very big and most people live in the suburbs outside it growing up. There are lots of bands, but not very many of them tour, that’s why it’s easy to wear yourself thin if you only play in town. But it has been great for touring bands, people do come out and support in Lansing.
You came over to the UK recently to play a series of shows, was it your first trip to the UK and how did it go? Also are you planning to return any time soon?
It was our first time ever in the UK as a band. It was the best time ever, We did about a twelve day tour with Chillerton. Tim from You, Me and the Atom Bomb set it all up for everyone and Tom from Attack Vipers drove us all around. We are planning on being back in September or November time I think with Bomb the Music Industry. Trying to get that set up right now.
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You have a split 7″ single coming out soon with West Yorkshires Above Them, how did that come about?
Above Them played a few of the shows in the north UK when we were over there. They were great and then we saw each other again at Fest 8 in Florida. I believe we started talking about it then and started getting new songs together since then.
You were recently named as one of the top ’100 bands you need to know’ by US magazine Alternative Press – do you feel that musical tastes are changing over there in favour of bands like yourselves?
I personally have never really kept up with that specific magazine, but I have noticed that they are getting a little more diverse in the bands that they do stories on and such. Either way, we are happy and thankful to be put on the list.
What does the rest of 2010 hold for Cheap girls?
Lots of touring. We head down to Rad Fest in Wilmington, NC in May. Then we head to Chicago for the Windy City Sound Clash where we begin a US west coast tour with the Menzingers. Some more things are on the agenda as well including Europe/ UK w/ Bomb the Music Industry as i mentioned before. Working on new songs when were home. There are a couple of releases up in the air on release date and if they are happening or not but mainly we are just focused on the next full length LP.
DbR readers are always on the look out for good new music, are there any bands that you have played with that you can recommend they check out?
New Creases, Tin Armor, Spraynard, Lemuria, Little Lungs, Failures’ Union, Glossary, Iron Chic, Kudrow, The Measure, Ninja Gun, Shellshag, Magrudergrind, Two Hand Fools and Cavalcade. Among many, but those are some in my head right now.
