Off the Record

DJ Lucid 0:00
What's up everyone you're listening to WKNC 88.1 FM HD-1 Raleigh, we're a student run nonprofit radio station based out of North Carolina State University. I'm DJ lucid and this is off the record. Here with me today are the very talented members of the four piece band babe Haven, why don't you guys introduce yourselves?

Kat 0:21
What's up? I'm Kat, I play the drums.

Julia 0:23
I'm Julia I play bass.

Lily 0:26
I'm Lily. I am the lead vocalist.

Omi 0:29
And I'm Naomi aka Omi and I am the guitarist.

DJ Lucid 0:34
So where are you all coming from today?

Lily 0:37
We are now based in Raleigh and Durham.

DJ Lucid 0:42
Okay, well, we appreciate you meeting with us here today at WKNC. You guys have played here in Raleigh before right fairly recently.

Omi 0:51
Yeah, we've we've played here a good bit, honestly, because we came from Boone and we had been playing in Raleigh. Kind of like feeling out like the venues and everything. And um now that we're here, you know, we've been playing a bit.

Lily 1:09
We try to play in the triangle area like once a month we played at like the Poor house, School Kid records, Local five of six, Cat's cradle, Motorco, Rubies at 5 point Yeah

DJ Lucid 1:31
You guys are covering all your bases. Okay, so one thing I'm always curious about when I'm meeting bands is what is babe Haven? What's the origin behind the name?

Lily 1:44
Actually, I came up with it. This is Lily a while we had been brainstorming names for like, so long, Naomi and I kind of started thinking of names and like March of 2021. And we didn't really settle on babe Haven until like, June like the end or yeah, like mid June, I think. So it took a really long time. Yeah, we had, we had like a in our notes app, like a bunch of cool words that we liked. And we were trying to like, put them all together. See what felt right. And so yeah, it worked out pretty well.

DJ Lucid 2:15
Okay, so you guys have been working together for over a couple of years now. Is that right? Yeah. Yeah, like two and a half years. Yeah. So what's the story of how y'all met and decided to come together as a group?

Omi 2:29
So, um, I wanted to start the band. And originally, it was me and my roommate, who was the OG like other bassist. And I heard that Lily wanted to be in a band, maybe more like, what was it? Because you were talking about it? And I was kind of like, yeah, and I was being like, very quiet. So I was trying to like gauge what kind of music that you wanted to like, sing and play. It was a little bit more on the like, lighter, not folk. But what would you describe it as, like, I don't know, like, when we first started as a band, we kind of were going for like bluesy punk. That was it

Lily 3:05
Honestly saying, really, so I was kind of opposed to we're not really opposed to, but it I think it scared me like, screaming, like doing screaming vocals, because I hadn't really done that before. And it's kind of it's like an entirely different, like, wheelhouse. It's, it's really hard to do. So I I don't know, I just guess I thought that I couldn't do that. So it kind of scared me when we started getting into it a little bit more and getting heavier and heavier. And I realized that that is something that I like to do.

Julia 3:37
And we're good at it. So yeah, when we first started we were doing like, we were just doing covers for a bit like finding ourselves. And we were doing like all types. We did like white stripes we did.

Kat 3:50
Joan Jett, Green Day

We did like 10 Yeah, right. So we only have like one song.

Speaker 4 4:00
And we also found cat through Facebook. So when like tagged her in a post when we're looking for drummers. So when tagged her Yeah, I didn't even been drums

Speaker 1 4:08
It was so random, because I like not even really been playing drums. But this person knew I had a drum set and I was like, I could keep rhythm. I was like, I guess I'll try it out. Yeah, five days later, we met practiced for the first time and five days later, we played our first show.

Speaker 4 4:28
And then Julia comes into picture like six months honestly, kind of almost like 6,7,8 months ago, we had two previous bassist

Julia 4:36
before joining the band and probably like end of end of May ish of this year. And I was playing in another band and we just met through this scene like we all knew each other and they were looking for a new bassist and I what I just said they'll join you know, I came in for a couple shows and then I and then I kind of joined more permanently.

DJ Lucid 4:58
So how Is your writing process usually go? Would you describe it as a collaborative effort or more a divided process?

Lily 5:07
I'd say it's collaborative. I, um, lately, I would say more lately, it's been starting with like a guitar riff, like Naomi will come up with something as of late, like our last couple of songs. And then we'll kind of go from there. We'll like all kind of come up with our ideas and work on them or like, come together at practice, and then kind of put everything together a little bit.

Julia 5:32
I feel like we will we kind of bounce ideas, like Once we're together, like, I don't know, we all we all contribute to different things that kind of make it all come together as one.

Speaker 2 5:43
So you would say like part focuses on instrumental part focuses on lyricism kind of like that?

Speaker 4 5:50
Yeah and also to if there's a specific kind of message you want to get across, or if like, at least like, I want to sing about this, then I'll try to develop a kind of vibe with what I'm playing on the guitar to kind of match that.

Julia 6:03
Mr. RIFF master.

Omi 6:07
Thanks.

DJ Lucid 6:07
So even though you all met and formed together as a band just a few years ago, how long have you been making music in general?

Omi 6:17
I've been playing music for probably like six years now. Just doing like different types of music and like,

Lily 6:26
playing a guitar. Yeah. No, you play the drums. Yeah. Yeah. But yeah, so

Speaker 1 6:34
there's that. And then I hadn't actually played in like an actual like, band that really did. Very much ever until babe Haven.

Julia 6:44
Yeah I also like, I never really played music until a couple of years ago, I like, didn't even know how to play guitar or anything, until like, in college, I just thought it was something interesting. And I picked it up. And I was we were lucky. We originally from Boone, which has a pretty big music scene. So I was pretty lucky to like, be surrounded by other musicians, and get to learn from them and play in other bands and just kind of develop a skill and sound. But it was never something I thought I would be doing for sure. Like, if you told me five years ago, I'd be in this band, I would be really shocked. I'd be like, I can't even play guitar. So

Speaker 4 7:21
I definitely like Naomi said earlier, I've always wanted to be in a band. My dad is in a band. And he has like sang and played guitar, since he was like a teenager pretty much like he used to have this band club in his high school. It's like the Chris fan club and girls made like T shirts and stuff. It was it was this whole thing. But so I've just always known I've always been like part of the scene, you know, like been in and out of like bars and like local venues and stuff with my dad. So I kind of just always, I guess, subconsciously wanted to do that. Anyway. So I'm happy that I finally got an opportunity to actually do that, because I've always been really shy my whole life. So this definitely brought me out of my shell

Speaker 4 8:12
Retweet at that I'm like, I'm like literally, so socially awkward, and shy. And like, I don't know, like, it is also crazy. Because if I were to look back from like, a couple years ago, I would literally be like laughing and like myself. But I like just as a kid. I just like messed around on the keys. And that was kind of it and I went to college bought a uke because every college kid buys a uke. And then it wasn't until last COVID COVID hit. And I started learning the guitar, like in 2020. So yeah, after playing the guitar for like a year, I was like, Okay, I'm ready to start a band. And that's kind of my experience with that either. But I was very much in the DIY scene as well in Boone and just going to shows a lot and kind of got whats the word inspired. Yes. Because there were no other like FEM bands. There were no like, there would be like a femme fronted singer. Sure. But there was never like an all queer like girl band that I ever really saw before us.

Speaker 5 9:09
Yeah a lot of all male jam bands where we come from and yes, we wanted to change that white. White.

Speaker 2 9:18
Well, that's crazy that you guys are talking about being shy and like socially awkward, and that doesn't reflect at all in your music.

Speaker 5 9:25
Good. Yeah, I think we all have a bit of like, our personas on stage and then it's a little different than I realized. But I

Julia 9:35
think outlet for sure.

Speaker 4 9:37
Performing is like a whole different thing than, than like having to talk or like be I'm not I wouldn't say Be yourself but just like talk to like you or, or a room of people. But getting to like perform especially with like the rest of babe haven It feels like we're we're like working together and it's not just like you on stage so that definitely makes it a lot less intimidating.

Speaker 1 10:00
Yeah, it's like an entity for sure. I know, I like feel, like, I'll have like any pent up like, angst or like just anything. And I just let it out on stage. Like looking at the audience like I'm possessed or something.

DJ Lucid 10:19
So you're all from Boone? Is that right?

Speaker 5 10:22
I'm not originally. We all kind of went to, like went to school there or came there for from other places. So but we all live there for like a good chunk of time, like 5,6,7 years.

Speaker 2 10:35
You all have like a connection to Boone. Yeah. So what brought you here to North Carolina?

Speaker 4 10:42
Wow that's such a long story. Somebody else say there.

Speaker 1 10:45
Yeah, Jules and I are both from Raleigh. Like we grew up here. And then I had no I mean, I moved to Boone just kind of like on a whim. It wasn't like for school, but I did end up going to App. but I just kind of like, at the time was like, needing a break. And I was just like mountains. Whoo. So that's how that happened.

Speaker 5 11:08
Yeah. For me, like, yeah, I went to school for or I went to Boone to go to App. State. And then it just kind of worked out that they were making three of them were planning on moving to the triangle area. And then I was also planning on returning home just because I graduated. So it just kind of worked out that we were all happen to be moving back here.

Speaker 4 11:28
Yeah, I went to school up in Appalachian State. It was like between NC State and Chapel Hill and like just the mountains, you can't really beat the aesthetics of that and just the vibe as a whole. So that's why I was in Boone kind of stuck there for a couple years after I graduated.

Speaker 4 11:45
I just moved up to Boone because I wanted to I'm from Florida and I actually went to school at FIU in Miami for a while so that's what I was doing. And long story short, short, I had a crazy mental breakdown and I just came up to Boone like to visit pretty much because I needed to get away. Lowkey kind of ran away up to Boone and I decided that's where I wanted to live so it took a couple years to like formulate plan to like move up to Boone eventually because I knew for some reason that that is where I needed to live. I don't really know why I just felt really pulled to be there. Boone will do that too. Yeah, kind of crazy. So I can think my mental health issues.

Speaker 2 12:28
I feel like there's a lot of songs in that. Absolutely. Well your music style has a very unique sound and you're very influenced by the 90s Riot girl movement right? Um, but honestly, it still sounds so modern like 21st century formula. How would you guys personally describe your sound? Um,

Speaker 4 12:53
well, we call it riot punk. So it's it is definitely like branched off of riot girl, I would say but I wouldn't say that we are a riot girl band. A lot of people do call us riot girl band because we're all girls there are a lot of like all girl or all queer bands that people just call riot girl just because well we definitely have a lot of riot girl influence but we'd like to take from a lot of different sources so definitely riot punk is like a good like umbrella term for us.

Speaker 3 13:28
Yeah, I definitely feel like we take a lot of elements of like different types of music and genres and just kind of mesh it all together and like mesh it in with like with our like I feel like a lot of our personalities like show through to it's yeah, it's very playful and like write and riot inducing Yeah, riot inducing Yeah.

DJ Lucid 13:49
Are there any notable influences that you guys feel really inspired by when it comes to your sound or your lyrics or your style?

Speaker 4 13:58
The band The first word mannequin their lead singers Missy anyway I personally draw a lot of influence from them I'm gonna let you guys

Julia 14:09
yeah I feel like we take some influence from I mean the right girl and then like like Bikini Kill we really like it but then also some more punk bands.

Speaker 4 14:17
i It depends for like our album that was like one thing but with like our new EP that we're like trying to like write I'm getting more inspired by more of like the not necessarily like new metal I guess kind of era so like System of the Down they'd be like Deft Tones or like something like Corn or even like Kitty Like that's where like I'm trying to get some inspiration from for this like, new project that we're trying to work on. But there's so many like grungy riot girl bands that we've got a lot of inspiration like, like El Seven. There's so much to think of.

Speaker 4 14:53
There are a lot of like, but a lot of queer and like femme hardcore bands that we really like as well. Or we we like take inspiration from their breakdowns a lot? Like Xerte save in Boston. That's like a hardcore band that we really really like. Joe? Yeah. Josh scow. God, there's another one gouge away. Yeah.

DJ Lucid 15:18
So Naomi and Lily, you guys were the first two official members of babe Haven, right? Yes. Technically.

Speaker 4 15:29
They're Don't remind me there was another member before me. Yeah, she was Naomi's roommate befor Ashley. And she played guitar at first. So she was like secondary rhythm guitar. But then she picked up the bass. So we didn't even have a bass at first. But also we were really new. And we didn't really know. I didn't really know anything, which is okay, we all started. And then we grew together. So it ended up being fine. Yeah. Third member.

DJ Lucid 15:57
So you guys were talking about when you first started, your sound was a little different. How do you think that's changed as you've expanded your band?

Speaker 4 16:07
I think well, yeah, I think we we just kind of learned more about. Like, we kind of knew what direction we wanted to go in. Right? I would say, we just didn't have the tools to like, be there the way we wanted to in the beginning. So we just kind of we had to learn how how to get there, which was hard. It took a while.

Speaker 4 16:28
It was low key pushing your comfort zone. It was you didn't think that you had the capacity to scream it's really hard you wanted to be a little lighter. And you're like, No, I can't do I can't do it. And then like seeing more shows with other artists in that more like punk sound that I think kind of gave you more of like inspiration or definitely more courage to do that

Speaker 4 16:47
There were a lot of bands and like front people that inspired me a lot. Because then I guess Yeah, I just didn't think that I could really do that. But there are people that gave me like the confidence to learn to get heavier. I'm glad that we did. Now we're at like a place where we can, like grow from from where we even more now to really comfortable doing.

DJ Lucid 17:08
Well, a lot of your songs have been released fairly recently. You guys just came out with your latest album, uppercut in May. Congratulations. So what was the main inspiration behind the album?

Speaker 4 17:21
Hmm. Punch a pert.? Well, there are a lot of different keywords that we like to use to describe that album. It's like, Well, every time we're about to play uppercut, let us win about punching pervs. at the bar, you know, so if you see any perverts at the bar, you know what to do. But um, it's very, it's like, silly, kind of, it's very angry. But not too. It's not too serious. Like I said playful before, but it's like, we're gonna make fun of you. In a way. Yes, it is a tear. Cool, right? Yes, definitely. Yeah. And

Lily 18:01
I think to like it was the album kind of showcases kind of like what we're about, like, yes, we're like funny and silly. We sing about Slim Jims. And like, just growing up, but then also like, what we're about like singing about being like minority and like my song, just singing about being a FEM artists in the male dominated scene. Um, just Yeah, being like a female and just being really pissed off with what's going on around us. And what we have to face,

I think is a good intro album. For us. And like, what, like, we wanted to, like introduce ourselves and the things that we stand for pretty much.

DJ Lucid 18:37
Well, do you have any upcoming projects or albums in the work?

Omi 18:41
We're working on an EP,

Lily 18:42
hopefully it's gonna be maybe like four or five tracks. We have bubble guts.

That's one that we've which is about what we're experiencing,

Unknown Speaker 18:51
which is about pooping yourselves when you're feeling anxious.

Speaker 4 18:54
Of well yeah, I guess. It's like, yeah,

DJ Lucid 18:59
and that feeling in your tummy?

Speaker 4 19:01
I think a lot of girls can relate to the stomach issues part. Yeah. Tummy yeah tummy hurts. Feelings. Yeah, feelings. And I think like I kind of touched on before, definitely kind of more a little bit on like the heavier route. That's just like the inspiration I think of like what we're like getting, because I feel like doing a full length album, or something that's really like heavy can just be a lot and it can kind of be like one dimensional in a sense. You know what I mean? So yeah, I think that's what you might be going for heavier, harder, faster. Kind of

Speaker 2 19:35
Well, I'm excited to hear it. And I think on that note, we're going to take a short break to play y'all one of Babe Havens songs from their new album uppercut called Lauren. We'll be back with more conversation after

Speaker 2 22:27
You just heard Lauren bye babe Haven, super chaotic, super raw. But you guys have a couple of slow songs too, you have a lot of range.

Speaker 4 22:37
Yeah, I feel like it's important to have that kind of like dimension.

Speaker 2 22:41
Have you kind of moved from doing slow songs to just kind of your album uppercut was more chaotic.

Omi 22:50
Our first EP is like, we always cringe when we listen to it, because we'd only been a band for like three months, and then we just kind of like released it. But I feel like that is what has a lot more of the like, slower stuff ever since then I don't really think we've like done return to that. Yeah, return to that really. Which I still think like some of those are like, kind of classic in a way. But it's like, I think we just like really found our sound. And it is just more like, I think chaotic and like fast paced. But I do think it's good to have like that range, you know. And yeah, I mean, maybe there will be like little slow bits or like, a nice little sweet song or something

Lily 23:35
just up is like, the idea that we had was good. We were also really new. So it was just very poorly executed. But like now, we're still a baby band. Like we're only like two years old. So we're like, I feel like we just want to show people like our sound right now. So that's why we're like, kind of chaotic, but I like what we're doing. I just think when we do do like a slower, more chill song. In the future or near future. It'll be more. It'll be better, more complex. Yes, yeah, we'll definitely be executed a little better. A lot better, hopefully.

Speaker 2 24:11
So now we're going to talk about your performances. You guys just recently went on tour to a bunch of places. Where did you hit?

Speaker 5 24:19
Right? We were in Florida we had was, you know, Fort Lauderdale. Orlando St. Louis, and then we went up to Atlanta, and then Asheville. Did I miss any Oh, DC DC? That was our tour with? We were opening for Matt and Kim.

DJ Lucid 24:38
Yeah, and how was it?

Julia 24:40
They're so cool.

Speaker 4 24:42
It was crazy every single night was like the most professional thing that we've ever done. Really threw us for a loop for a bit but we you know, we didn't do too bad like really

Speaker 4 24:53
played before we went on tour we played at rubies of five points in Durham in front of like maybe 20,30 people. And then for our next show too. Like 1600 hundred people

Lily 25:06
VIP access we got our writers we got to Keela we got a bunch of alcohol but we didn't like we're not those people that like go out and go crazy and like drink really like that like just to make that clear

Kat 25:20
vegetable plates

Lily 25:24
Bread

Speaker 5 25:26
have someone bus down your like gear and like help you like set things up we got spoiled.

Speaker 4 25:33
Whoa. That was crazy. Yeah, really cool.

Julia 25:36
Matt And Kim were super nice. They were like the nicest people ever. Yeah, they were super kind to us and supportive. We really love them.

DJ Lucid 25:45
That sounds great. Do you guys tend to practice any band rituals before you go on for performance?

Lily 25:52
We always contrary to what? We always have a tequila shot together before we go on. Yeah. So which I think is an important ritual. Like you have your thing that you have to do. Like we have a little huddle. And we're like, well, when do we actually remember to do it? Yeah.

Julia 26:12
We'll put our hands in.

Lily 26:14
Sometimes we see a fire fire fire. Pep Talk where I each had someone like say something nice. I kind of like felt there. Oh, really fast. We want to remember before their show is hard

sometimes. Especially on like the big tour. It was more like we were trying to get our bearings like so we were kind of frantic. Sometimes we would like forget to like huddle before shows. Yeah. It's like, oh my god were in the bathroom like texting me that you're like, yeah, so it was it was hard. But we try to like, talk beforehand and be like, let's go.

Speaker 2 26:47
So why don't you guys tell us the story of your first live performances?

Speaker 4 26:56
Oh, no. Well, our first show ever first show when when Kat Kat joined our band when like she said, like, five days before we played that show. So we kind of like screw it. We're gonna we're gonna play show because we want to play show even though we did play once again, like 11 covers. And our song Bad Witch and that was it. Naomi had taken shrooms. I think beforehand I always thought it would make her like Jimi Hendrix.

Julia 27:29
She turned around the whole time and just like

Speaker 4 27:31
she was back facing the crowd the whole time. We played it like five times

Julia 27:41
was controlling my arms.

Speaker 4 27:43
Still, I was reading all the lyrics off my phone. I stood in one place. I was so scared. I almost threw up before I think but Kat we play bad reputation cat was like, That's too fast for me. Right? We were scared. But we did it though. Yeah, we

Lily 28:02
did use

it for one of our friends, which was like nice. It wasn't like at a bar venue. Or like it was a bunch of

Omi 28:07
like a barn.

Speaker 5 28:08
It was just like a little fest like yeah, like on the property. We should

Speaker 5 28:13
like mentioned Femme Fest. Yeah, so well. It's funny because one of our one of their first shows, so I was actually in another band at the time, a different girl band. But we both played the show together. Femme fest which was like all of the three three femme bands in Boone. And yeah, we were all there that night. That was all some of our first shows. It was my first show ever. But it was like house show and it was like three or 400 people it was crazy. I don't know it was just really it was a really good time. And we both my band my old band and they've been we're playing there and there's some pictures of us like where I'm accidentally in the background with the three of them in it. It's kind of funny how things worked out.

Julia 28:15
Yeah this crazy because it was like our third show ever and it was your first show ever and it was like hundreds of people like an iconic like it was yeah, it was just one for the books

I did there

were like the femme takeover

Speaker 4 29:15
that there was ever like them past like that. And in that area where all these new like femme punkie band punk adjacent bands were playing together. It was kind of crazy. So it was like a whole thing. historic moment. Just

Speaker 2 29:31
speaking of that a common theme in a lot of your songs is misogyny, sexism, a lot of personalized stories. Do you guys feel that these messages in your sound have made it difficult to grow in the music scene or maybe the opposite?

Speaker 5 29:52
I think I think it's been good because I think you know I think a lot of people really enjoy that and a lot of girls and fine people like wanting to hear that sort of stuff and, you know, queer people are up people as well. Definitely want to, you know, they want to hear that it's, it's, I think it's very popular now. And I think it's definitely helped us more than harmed us. Obviously, there's people who are going to say things that are negative, but I don't know, I think I think it's definitely helped the band in the name grow, for sure.

Speaker 5 30:21
Yeah, I'd agree. I think like maybe at first and just being in Boone, where it was, like, very, like, male dominated, like, small scene, there was a good bit of that, at first, but I think in the long run, it's, you know, it hasn't, I mean, there's always gonna be like, misogyny when it's like, you know, an all girl band like, we we still deal with that. Like, yeah, but, um, I think in the like, there are a lot of people that really appreciate what, you know what we are.

Speaker 4 30:23
And like, Instagram followers. I think I just checked it the other day. So I know this is accurate. We have like, our followers are like 60% women and like, 40% men? Well, I know, that's like, very vague, also, because not everyone falls into that category. But that's like the stats that we see on our Instagram, which kind of surprised me, actually, I didn't really think that there are a lot of like, dudes that wear our shirts all the time that don't seem like they would really be into the sort of thing that we stand for. But, I mean, obviously, they are. So it was pretty cool.

Speaker 2 31:27
So how has being an all female feminist band influence the feedback that you get about your music in general?

Julia 31:36
I think sometimes people can be surprised. Like,

there'll be like, Oh, wow, like, that was actually good. Actually. Yeah. It's

Speaker 4 31:45
actually a backhanded compliment. All the time. Yeah.

Omi 31:48
That actually wasn't that Yeah.

Speaker 1 31:53
We played a few weeks ago, this was when I was sure there Julia we want to fill in basis to really great, her name is Grace. And she's in a band called Cosmic twink in Charlotte. Anyway, she was filling on bass for us. We played in Greenville, South Carolina. And so many things happened that night that were just like, we kept looking at each other, like, what is happening with the men here? What's in the water, like, but first of all, we got there and the sound Tech was just off the bat was like, Oh, God, you know, really, how are you like, what's your name, he's like, bye, you know, like, didn't really help us with anything. He kept on like, kind of Lowkey insulting us, when Naomi was like, there was like this closet off to the right of the stage. And she was like, call it a green room just like slipped off the tongue or whatever. It's not a big deal. Like, who cares? And Naomi was like, Oh, can we like put all our equipment in this green room, he's like, that's a closet, not a green room. Walked away like, very cool. And after the show the man like this man that like we were saying before this man was like, like holding us at the bar for so long talking about how he didn't think we're going to be good at all. He was really surprised and like, good job you guys, I thought you were just a bunch of girls that were just gonna be making noise. But but you're not you're actually good. Like, I like you didn't look like you would be but you know, like, I can actually sit through this. It was like, it's like,

Speaker 3 33:12
it's like a movie that like, you don't really don't want to like, but like, you're kind of almost like embarrassed that like you actually are kind of enjoying it. He like stated that like Yes.

Speaker 1 33:22
Yeah he wants us to know, but he doesn't usually like girl bands like, like you guys are different, you know, is very much we get that sort of

Speaker 3 33:29
Even a girl who was not at the same show, but a girl was like, I don't even like,

Julia 33:33
I don't like female singers.

Lily 33:36
What and when I was in the bathroom at that show, I was like sad because I just like to talk a lot all the time. I was in the stall talking to the girls that were in line outside because I like to do that. And I was like the men are here are so weird. And one of the girls was like, Well, I think you guys are weird. I was like, Well, yeah. Oh, well. Yeah. I don't even know how to say that. Like, to be weird. But it's yeah, that's not what I'm kind of weird. But I'm talking about, right? Yeah. What is strange. We have a lot of strange interactions with people. It's interesting. It's entertaining. Definitely. You have to we just like laugh usually afterwards. Brush it off your shoulder. Yeah,

Julia 34:12
that was silly. It's no big because usually it's a guy who's angry. And it's like, well, who's onstage personally? She

was on stage right? You paid your money. Yeah. Well,

DJ Lucid 34:26
what's next for babe Haven? What's the dream

Speaker 1 34:29
Lots of snacks. Another tour tour.

DJ Lucid 34:33
Another tour?

Speaker 1 34:34
Yeah we wanted to Oregon, near out West out west. Ideally, that would be a dream. We would love to we're really hoping this year or next year to get invited to play South by Southwest in Texas. So that's definitely like a something that we would like to happen in the near future. Like more touring, playing in places we haven't played in yet or places that we have Like, but only a little like Philly again or like,

Omi 35:02
yeah, Philly is like eight riots. Yeah. Yeah. It was amazing.

Lily 35:10
Oh, Ohio, Cleveland, for sure.

Omi 35:13
They were cool there.

Speaker 1 35:15
Yeah, definitely just want to keep doing what we're doing and getting better at it growing,

Omi 35:21
put out more music definitely.

Speaker 4 35:23
Love to hear that. So is there anything else that you guys want to say? Or tell the audience before we close off?

Speaker 3 35:31
Our Instagram is at Babe Haven band. And that's where all of our handles I think for social media are

Unknown Speaker 35:40
and we are on Spotify and Apple Music If you want to give us a listen. We have

Omi 35:45
some stuff on YouTube, but and you choose wisely.

Unknown Speaker 35:47
We do have some stuff on Youtube. But yeah, thank you so much for having us

Speaker 4 35:53
Well, it's been a pleasure to meet you guys. Thank you so much for taking the time to come in and talk to me, of course. Thank you.

Unknown Speaker 36:01
I appreciate y'all for tuning in. And you can check out the interviews I do with other local artists at wknc.org/podcasts by clicking on off the record. I'm DJ lucid, this is off the record and you were just listening to Babe Haven on WKNC 88.1 FM HD-1 Raleigh. I'm gonna send y'all off with one more song by our new friends called Kung Pow that you can check out on all streaming platforms. Thank you for listening and I'll catch y'all next time.

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