“There’s this whole girl group energy, and our whole goal as a band is to bring back more of that girl group, family band energy to country music,” Kendra tellsThe sisters’ career marks a hybrid of modern and traditional — a duo who spent years performing on Nashville’s Lower Broadway, honing their live show and crowd interactions and sharpening their musical dynamic with a steady gig at Dierks Bentley’s Whiskey Row restaurant, but who ultimately broke through in 2021 with a viral TikTok hit,...
Kendra: Alex started playing this guitar riff and we felt like there was magic in the room and we were just trying to grab it all. I had the title “Blonde,” and I was like, “I don’t even know what this title idea means, but I know it’s something fun and confident.” Scott said, ‘It’s like a Dolly Parton state of mind,” and we were like, “Yes!” Then after that, the whole song just fell out and we knew that’s what we were chasing for the rest of the EP.
Kendra: We played the 10:30 p.m. to 2:30 a.m. shifts at Whiskey Row — those shifts are wild — and then we started building this residency, where people knew we were going to play every week. Overall, the best part of Broadway is that it prepares you for any live stage experience, different crowds, different people.
Krista: “Shoot Tequila” is definitely our honkytonk, “let’s go girls” kind of anthem. It’s fun to see this song take off. It’s a party song, but it also tells a cool part of our story.Krista: He did. He would come in and wave, and one time he even posted about us on his Instagram, which we thought was very cool. We really appreciate that.
Alex Kline [known for work on Tenille Arts’ “Somebody Like That”] is not only a co-writer on three of the songs on this EP but is a producer on the project as well. Creatively, what did Alex bring to the album creation process?