Ep24: Alicia Gaines (Ganser) on making music to entertain yourself

Summary: <p>Growth with no reward. Finding strength in your less desirable traits. Coming up with the perfect comeback hours later in bed, glaring at the ceiling. Asking yourself: am I improving, or am I just changing into something unrecognizable? Chicago quartet Ganser probe the futility of striving for self-growth during the chaos of our times for dark comedy and jagged sounds on their potent new album <em>Just Look at That Sky</em>, released July 31st on Felte.</p><p>.</p><p>Welcome to my conversation with bassist, vocalist and award-winning art director Alicia Gaines. Visit <a href="penfriend.rocks/alicia" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">penfriend.rocks/alicia</a> for the posh show notes with links to explore her work, and visit <a href="http://speakpipe.com/penfriend" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">speakpipe.com/penfriend</a> to contribute to a future episode.</p><p>.</p><p><a href="http://penfriend.rocks/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Get two free Penfriend songs when you sign up to my mailing list.</a> Thanks for listening! xo</p><br><hr><p style="color:grey;font-size:0.75em;"> Hosted on Acast. See <a style="color:grey;" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" href="https://acast.com/privacy">acast.com/privacy</a> for more information.</p>