Watch Death Valley Girls Perform at the Paste Party in Austin Presented by Ilegal Mezcal
Photo by Kelsey Hart Music Features Death Valley Girls
Death Valley Girls are a rock ‘n’ roll quartet from Los Angeles: Bonnie Bloomgarden (vocals, organ, Wurlitzer), Larry Schemel (guitar), Sarah Linton (bass) and Rikki Styxx (drums) released their latest album, Islands in the Sky via Suicide Squeeze back in February. Songwriter Bloomgarden suffered an illness leading up to the band’s newest release, and says, “When I was sick I started to wonder if it would be possible to write a record with messages of love to my future self. This was really the first time that I consciously thought about my own suffering and what future me might need to hear to heal. I struggled so much in my life with mental health, abuse, PTSD, and feeling like I didn’t belong anywhere. And I don’t want anyone—including my future self—to suffer ever again. I realized that if we are all part of one cosmic consciousness, as we [Death Valley Girls] believe, then Islands in the Sky could serve not only as a message of love and acceptance to myself, but also from every self to every self, because we are all one!”
The band joined us in Austin for the Paste Party presented by Ilegal Mezcal. Watch the full set below, as well as a few standout videos:
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