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PVRIS play the LCR on 2nd April. Tis gig is sold out.
You’re touring all the way through March and April. What’s been the most interesting city that you’ve visited as part of the band? We absolutely fell head over heels for Bath. Either Bath or Vienna. What will be on the van stereo as you tour? Definitely a lot of Florenceand+ Te Machine, Te 1975 and Ben Howard! Women are still unfortunately in the minority in the music industry. Have you personally experienced any sexist behaviour aimed at you? We still are unfortunately, but I think the amount of females in the music industry is
growing at an incredibly rapid rate and it’s really awesome to see. I also think we are being much more verbal about certain issues, which is awesome to see. To be completely honest, when I first got asked about sexism, I used to deny experiencing it because I didn’t want to be seen as weak or seem as though I was complaining. I also think, as I’ve been a female my entire life, I didn’t always fully recognize it. When you become so accustomed to something, you don’t always realize until you take a step back or someone points it out to you. I can guarantee you that any female in the
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industry whether on the production side of things or in a band, has had their own share of experiences, whether they choose to recognize them and speak up about them or not. My stance on it is that I will never view my gender, or the occasional unfortunate sexist experiences that come with it, as a setback. I think it’s important to call it out when it’s apparent but I refuse to go through my life blaming others or feeling like my experience has been defined by it, because it absolutely hasn’t defined my time or hindered my success the slightest, and if anything it’s been a fuel. I refuse to take shit from anyone and I’ve been fortunate enough to be surrounded by so many amazingly supportive and empowering women, as well as men. I refuse to let any ignorance or old-fashioned mentality bring me down. I
just want to keep carving my own path and stopping at nothing and I hope other females out there do the same. Te band are always dressed in monochrome colours, mainly black. It must make choosing what to wear pretty easy! When you’re not being “Lyndsey from PVRIS” do you wear brighter clothes? We honestly always wear black or monochrome even off tour, ha ha, aside from maybe a few shirts we wear to the gym. I honestly just don’t like coloured clothing unless it’s something really dark and sleek looking. What’s it like in Lowell, Massachusetts? Is there a music scene there, and some venues? To be honest there’s not much going on musically, for us at least, but it’s a great city despite its reputation.
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