MICHELLE on Audiotree Live (Full Session)

MICHELLE’s first project of buoyant R&B tracks was an ode to New York City, the city where all 6 members of the band grew up. But amid the success of that project, 2018’s ‘HEATWAVE’, and 2022’s ‘AFTER DINNER WE TALK DREAMS’, they left home and broadened their perspective. The band traveled across the U.S. and Europe opening for Gus Dapperton, Arlo Parks, and Mitski, headlining their own shows, and playing festivals.

While writing their new album, ‘Songs About You Specifically’, MICHELLE decided to rent out a house in Ojai, California. Surrounded by lizards, the smell of ripe cactus fruit, and endless expanses of sand, they experienced a sense of solitude and closeness they hadn’t before. It shifted the tone of their work. While their earlier music channeled the churning restlessness of the city, these news songs meander and expand into starry shoegaze reveries, slick funk riffs, and lilting 80s synth pop.

Their newfound closeness also helped them write more vulnerable music. On ‘Songs About You Specifically’, the band members express their complicated desires, voice their regrets, and own up to their moments of selfishness. By slowing down, cutting out any distractions, and fostering a sense of communal closeness that necessitated honesty, MICHELLE ended up with a collection of songs that feel like the truth

During their interview with Audiotree Host, Psalm One, the members of MICHELLE chat about life on tour, their Ojai songwriting retreat for 'Songs About You Specifically', and how they've evolved as a band. Check out MICHELLE on Audiotree Live!

Tracklist
00:00 Intro
00:54 Blissing
04:07 Interview 1
08:54 Oontz
12:02 Dropout
14:51 Cathy
18:19 Interview 2
24:19 Akira
27:07 Outro

Recorded live on February 1, 2025 in Chicago, IL.

Visit the band's website → https://www.wearemichelle.com/

Youtube Playlist -- https://bit.ly/4mGDOsq

Band Members
Layla Kuriloff - Vocals
Jamee Lockard - Vocals
Sofia D'Angelo - Vocals
Emma Lee - Vocals
Julian Kaufman - Drums

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Production Credits

Host by: Psalm One

Mixing & Recording: Rick Fritz & Wesley Reno

Camera Operators:
Tom Conway
Calla Flanagan
Justin Kenney
Austin Peters

Editor: Jane Falconer 

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