This band attended the same school I did. In fact, I think the lead singer was in my grade, though I didn’t know her personally. I’ve been to only one of their shows. It was good but they’re not really my type of music. But whenever I hear about them there is this feeling that I should promote them because they are quite unique and I think they are a super hard-working band.

Also everything they just talked about in this interview is nice and familiar. Like going to Hogwild Records and putting in orders for music or browsing the records. I spent a good amount of money in there. I may still have a lot of flyers for shows I probably never ended up going to.
And also all the cool times at Thomas Jefferson High School. I’m one of those people who is not nostalgic of the high school years AT ALL but I’m really grateful that I went to a really creative school (back when it was a fine arts magnet) and that it was this classic yet inner-city school. So I saw the pretty and the ugly within those four years. I’m very happy I never went to school in the suburbs or had to be around not-so-working-class people. I think amazing things come out of places like where I’m from. Places like San Antonio.

So if there’s anyone out there who’s into a Sleater-Kinney/the Smiths type of thing, you should check them out. They seem to have retained all the positivity and humbleness despite the many successes and changes that come from being in a band. Good on them!

Girl in a Coma SA Current Interview (by sacurrent)