September 30, 2025 • 28 mins
Guitars loud, heart louder. Bec Lauder joins us to open the hood on her latest The Vessel—an anthemic, grunge‑meets‑classic‑rock debut built on three‑piece chemistry, fearless writing, and a visual world that turns sidewalks into stage lights. From the first sketchbooks and living‑room dances to songs written in five‑minute bursts, she maps how creativity followed her long before the band was born, and why levity matters as much as catharsis when you’re carrying heavy stories on a hook.
We dig into the city as muse and foil, where Tease Me pokes fun at the gallery of urban swagger, while tracks like Without You let the guard drop. Bec explains how fashion and choreography don’t decorate the music—they extend it. Give It starts in unwashed street clothes and explodes into a fantasy of costume changes and strut, proving rock can stay raw and still dream big. She shares the long road to the record: early sessions at Clive, shifting lineups, rebuilding with an all‑woman trio, and the gutsy call to turn down a life‑changing deal to keep control. That choice shaped the sound and spirit you hear now: tight, urgent, and fully owned.
There’s momentum humming under every moment—release‑party afterglow, a new booking agent, and dates with Cage the Elephant, including a hometown Philly hit. Bec also teases what’s next: daily writing, new rock fire, an experimental hip‑hop/R&B collaboration with Chris Murphy, a pulled‑back feel‑good set, and a Paris shoot with a dancer from the Paris Opera. If you love independent rock, performance‑driven visuals, and artists who build their own worlds, this one’s for you.
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Chris (00:31):
Hey listeners, welcome, welcome, welcome.
Um season six here, if we werea podcast.
Chris?
No?
And I am just diving down tothe states, going down for a
visit to New York City to have achat with Beck Lauder and The
(00:52):
Noise.
Um record out uh called TheVessel, um, which came out just
a month or so ago on Killphonic.
Um really cool anthemy rock.
Wow.
It's just you want to getyourself going, throw this
record on because it will primeyou for just about anything
(01:13):
coming down your lane.
Like this interview.
I listen to it often and I'mlike so excited to talk about
it.
So, Beck, thanks so much forjoining me today.
Bec (01:25):
Um of course, thank you so much.
Chris (01:28):
Well, real pleasure.
Um, again, thanks for puttingthis record out.
Um, I think it's something thatwe all really needed right now,
this kind of like in your face,but not really.
But think about it.
Um attitude and it's it's raw,it's gutsy, it's um, you know,
oftentimes humorous.
Uh the lyrical play is awesome,and the the raw energy is just
(01:52):
out of this world.
Somebody uh I I I readsomewhere where somebody said
that it was like this 90s grungewith this 70s classic rock
fusion, and I mean I think thatreally kind of nails it.
So, Beck, as we start, I knowthat you're um a woman of many
(02:12):
talents.
You do lots of different thingsin art, you're a very creative
person.
Um, have you always been acreative person?
Like from your earlyrecollections of growing up and
like has creativity always beensomething that you were wanting
to push forward and develop andand explore more?
Bec (02:30):
Oh, absolutely.
I mean, it's it's always beenjust building anything, you
know, from like the second Icould draw, I would just go
through pads and pads of paperevery single day.
And like I would draw all sortsof things that I wanted to
wear, and I would sing songs andI would dance around the house,
(02:51):
and like it it was always musicfor me, has always been like a
gateway into an entire fantasyworld where I get there's so
many other aspects of it besidesobviously like the music is my
favorite thing in the entireworld, but like there there
really are so many other funaspects of like the the kind of
(03:16):
full spectrum like fantasyvibes, you know.
Chris (03:21):
That's interesting.
And do you remember some of thefirst songs that you started to
write that were your own?
Um and maybe walk us through alittle bit of that process.
Like what was your process likewhen you first started like
writing tunes?
Bec (03:37):
So I was in high school and I mean when I was little I
would just sing random things,but when I was in high school, I
learned a couple couple chordson guitar, and every once in a
while I would just write a songbecause I was like going through
something needed to get it out,you know what I mean?
But I never showed anybody Ididn't show anybody any of my
(03:59):
music until about three yearsago and uh that it really just
changed my life.
Like I three years ago I hadnever played a show and now like
we were playing like left andright, like every it feels like
every week sometimes.
And it feels like the musicreally just like crept up.
(04:22):
Like it was always I mean, Iwas a dancer my entire life.
The music is always like thepart that can take you away from
life, you know what I mean?
It's it's like transformative,it's transportive, it's like
it's it's this like insane likevessel that is just applicable
in so many different situations,you know?
(04:43):
And so I don't know.
I've just found myself here andI've found myself addicted to
playing and addicted to writing,and I found myself with like
the best band in the entireworld that I could ever ask for.
It's just three of us, and likeI feel like I like crack the
code to rock and roll.
Like it's it's just been soeasy with them.
(05:05):
I mean, like we we don't needmuch more than five minutes to
write a song nowadays.
It's like and and when and whenthey're good, like it really
feels good.
Of course, you gotta write yoursilly songs.
Sure.
You always gotta write sillysongs.
Chris (05:22):
Absolutely.
But it's hard to always beintense and like trying to
vacate you know bad thoughts ormemories or struggles that
you're working through.
I mean, it's exhausting, right?
Because it's like it'sjournalistic and like you gotta
have a few that are just fun,you know?
Bec (05:39):
And um yeah, I mean I feel like a lot of yeah, it's true.
In a lot of the songs, I mean Ihave a notebook I keep on me
24-7, and I write likeeverything down.
And I feel like the songs arealmost like anecdotal for like
kind of these like generalsituations that I'd been that
anybody could be in, you knowwhat I mean?
(05:59):
And and the songs tend to belike have a like more like
various sources of inspiration,you know, and I kind of like
whip it all up into like thiskind of more like you know, you
know, yeah.
Chris (06:17):
Do you see like do you have common themes or common
situations or experiences thatspark that kind of like ooh, I
got a I got an idea here?
Or is it just your everydayjust kind of you know, going to
the store, seeing somethinghappen, like reflection?
Bec (06:34):
I mean, like it's it's really both.
Like, for example, my songTease Me, it's it's about it's
kind of making fun of the city alittle bit.
Like the city is a gallery ofall these people they're they're
strutting around, you know, andit's like there's like there's
(06:56):
some like kind of morelighthearted stuff, whatever.
And that whole song, like thechorus is just kind of like a
ah, whatever, we're we're here,let's just enjoy it, you know,
and that's that's a more simplesong that's like that's
honestly.
I was surprised at how muchpeople liked that one because to
(07:16):
me I felt like it was moresimple, and I tend to be like a
bit contrarian and like like theother stuff, you know?
Um but then there's alsothere's songs that are like
there's a lot of songs aboutlike trusting yourself and life
lessons I've experienced andlove and lost love and I mean
(07:40):
all sorts of things, but I thinkthe cool thing about our music
is that like there and there'sso much that is unreleased as
well, where like we really wecan do Beck Louder anyway.
You know, we can we can dosweet feel good, we can do like
angsty, like screaming, cryingsongs, like there's really
(08:03):
there's really all of it inthere because like I don't I
don't think that we are just oneway, you know?
And I think that's somethingthat's really cool about the
album, like give it, forexample, is like so sassy,
because like sometimes I'msassy, like uh, but like and
then some of them are reallysentimental, like without you is
(08:26):
like a very, very likevulnerable, like kind of just
like raw song, and like give it,give it's not like open and
like vulnerable, give it likegive me what I want, meh meh,
you know, and it's fun and itlike it makes other people feel
(08:48):
sassy and bob your head and likeman, that one's so fun to sing.
That like and like I I almostjust want to like speed it up
for like shits and giggles tosee how fast I can sing it, you
know what I mean?
But I think we're getting to apoint where it's no longer like
you can't hear what I'm saying,and like if we were to speed it
(09:10):
up anyway, it's it's in a fineplace.
It's in a fine place.
But yeah, yeah, the music's noteverything.
Chris (09:15):
You guys have such fun together, it just looks like I I
watched a couple of liveperformances in some of your
videos.
Um the aesthetic that you guyshave developed for your first
record is just I love it.
I think that it it suits yourstyle of you know sassy, but
also serious, you know, like ina way that there are some times
we have to like you know, stripit down and just I gotta get to
(09:39):
the brass tacks of life.
But other times it's like justcelebration and fun and feeling
good and loving where you're at,as you said, um in life and
with life.
Yeah.
Um which I always thought.
Now I know the aesthetic of Imean you you reference you you
danced in your past and you youalso dabble in fashion as well.
(10:00):
Um is that an accuratestatement?
Bec (10:03):
Dabble or work in the field of yeah, I mean I've I've been
involved in the fashion industryfor the past like six years for
longer than I've been in music,actually.
And I mean it's somethingthat's really fun to incorporate
in a creative way with themusic, you know?
(10:25):
And but the like like allthings like I I mean the the
music's my baby, you know, themusic's where my heart's at.
The fashion stuff is reallycool, and I think that it
compounds in a really awesomeway with the music and has given
me so many awesomeopportunities, but but I'm I'm
(10:46):
here for the tunes.
Chris (10:48):
Yeah, I was gonna ask you where that where they um
collide together, your music andand this aesthetic fashion that
you this I mean I love thestyle that you that you bring
forth.
Is there an intersection wherethese two meet one another?
And I'll give you an examplethat I'm thinking of.
(11:08):
One of your videos, you'rewalking down the streets in New
York, and there must be about ahundred uh costume changes
throughout your surrounded byother women behind you as you're
walking in.
Um the name of it evades me,but I'm sure you know what I'm
talking about.
Bec (11:24):
Yeah, that was that's given, yeah.
Chris (11:26):
I mean, just an amazing, beautiful, like it's it's out
there and it's a great song too.
It's just fun and given it.
Um where do they intersectthose two?
Your your your or youraesthetic for fashion with this
this um love of creating music.
Bec (11:43):
So this is something that I I actually have been thinking
about a lot recently, and I Ithink the best way that I could
explain it is we're a rock band,we're a three-piece rock band,
and traditionally rock bandskind of stay in this like raw
aesthetic lane where pop actsare typically defined by more
(12:07):
immersive fantasy, you couldcall it.
And so I as an artist am reallytrying to like pave a way for
myself where I can make myentire band, like the three of
us, part of this fantasy world.
And so the fashion for me islike I mean, I'm trying to put
(12:29):
you in this world.
I'm trying to like I'm trying,and also like with Give It, like
I start out in my streetclothes, and actually the
clothes, like the outfit thatI'd worn that entire week and
like not washed, that is what Iwore in the video.
And then like I kind of slipinto this fantasy world where
like I'm this like invincible,awesome, cool, like rock star,
(12:52):
and like and then I end up bymyself again at the end, and I
think that like I use fashion toto tell stories and reinforce
the stories and all of thedifferent like aspects of this
that I'm trying to build, youknow, because there you can add
so much depth that way, and alsolike I'm trying to tell a story
and any other aspect that I canadd to like I also I worked
(13:16):
with the choreographer, SophieOlzak, in that who's fantastic.
I mean, Mary Giggler did thestyling who was absolutely
incredible.
She did all of the customcostumes for nobody cares.
Like, I mean, I just get tolike collaborate with the most
awesome people, and like we'reabout to go do this video.
So I have some shows coming upin Paris September 25th and
(13:38):
26th, and we're doing uh a musicvideo out there with a ballet
dancer from the Paris Opera, andlike it's just like why not?
Why not?
And there's not a lot of rockbands that have done that, and
I'm like, I think that I canmaintain my integrity as a
musician and rock artist whilestill being fantastical.
(14:00):
Like, why can't I do that?
Chris (14:02):
You know, yeah, yeah.
I like that you have such abravery and um a confidence spec
that I just it's um it's it'swonderful to to chat with you
about this because I feel itthrough you know the X's and O's
and the Zoom that we're in.
Bec (14:17):
Um Thank you.
Chris (14:19):
How did the vessel come together?
What how were these songsbuilt?
And are they older songs?
Because where I read um that alot of the songs you guys before
you recorded, you toured andjust played these songs for a
while before you put them downon tape.
Is that is that accurate?
Bec (14:39):
So this there's there's been like there's many, so I
moved to New York and all of myfriends that I made immediately
when I moved here in music werejust like, we'll help you, we'll
be your band.
And so a lot of these songs Iwrote with those like those
friends, those people that Ifirst met.
(15:00):
Timothy Youngman uh producedand was a multi-instrumentalist
on a lot of the songs in earlystages with Chris Murphy.
And like it was just like itwas an awesome time.
We wrote we wrote an entirerecord.
We recorded it at the studiosat Clive for free.
It was awesome.
(15:20):
And then we I like we kind oflike went through some like
different like renditions of theband, you know.
And I ended up like asking theguys if I if I could try the
all-girl thing with my the twogirls who were in the band.
And then we had to take on alot of responsibility, but it
(15:43):
ended up being the best thing Iever did because through a
three-piece special, you know,you really have to connect with
like you really connect withthem, and it's just it's fucking
it's perfect, it's reallyperfect.
No, no, it's you have to doyour part, you have to walk in,
yeah.
(16:03):
Um but yeah, we did 12 songswith Tim, and then we ended up
keeping six of them.
We wrote another six, and uhmostly just with the band
produced by the band.
I mean, so far guitar player,it was like definitely
spearheading that process.
Maggie was helping us with theengineer Kale Bonderman and
(16:24):
Brian Duke made it all possiblein the studios.
Um I mean yeah, this thisrecord's been in the making for
two years.
I completely started over afterthe first CP.
I mean, the first CP was pop, Ididn't want to do pop, I I did
I didn't want to do it, and so Icompletely started over, and
(16:45):
now we're here, and it's out,and I did it my way, and I'm so
happy.
Yeah.
I mean I that's that likelooking back on it, like what a
journey.
First off, you know, andrecords take a long time.
Like the the common person thathas no idea about the recording
process or you know, writingsongs just doesn't know the
(17:06):
blood, sweat, and tears that areput into every single one of
the seconds in these songs.
You look back on it.
How do you how do you feelabout it?
How are you how do you look atthe vessel now that you're kind
of removed and you see thattwo-year journey kind of on
tape?
What's I mean it's it's sobeautiful.
(17:27):
It is so beautiful.
I'm so proud of it.
I like I mean it's it's reallyjust an example of like I I
turned down I turned down a dealthat would have changed my
life.
And I turned down that deal forthe freedom to do this my way,
and also so that I could belike, I did this myself.
And every single day duringlike the past two years, I've
(17:50):
woken up and been like, allright, I need to give this a
hundred percent so that if Ifail, I can know that I at least
tried my very hardest.
And I really, I really like Ikilled myself over this album.
And and I'm so so happy and I'mso so proud of it.
And we had the release partylast night, and it was it was
just incredible.
(18:11):
And we're we have these dateswith Cage the Elephant.
That's gonna be incredible.
I cannot wait to play thosesongs, especially in my
hometown, Philly.
Like, that's gonna beincredible.
That's gonna be such a specialmoment.
It's gonna be amazing.
Yeah, we just got a bookingagent, like it's it's the
beginning, and it's reallybeautiful and it's really
(18:32):
exciting, and I'm so happy thatI made it to the beginning.
Yeah, you know, and I want tojust repeat that you did it your
way.
Um, oftentimes that can getforgotten, and you just want
success at whatever cost, andeven sometimes at the cost of
your art, which I've heard manysad stories where that's the
case, and they just don't havethe rights anymore to their
(18:53):
songs, um, which can beproblematic.
Um but doing it your way sothat you can look back and say,
Yeah, it was a struggle, yeah,it wasn't all happy, no, it
wasn't all smiles and laughs, itwas freaking tough.
But you have this artifact thatwill exist until the end of
time, right?
(19:13):
Like it's something that nobodycan ever take away from you
now.
It's it's it's out there in theether, no matter what, if it's
on a vinyl or a CD or acassette, um, it it will be out
there.
Um and kind of thinking ahead,Beck, where like you you you
were talking about too, likeI've read that you wanted to
kind of see where you can gonext.
(19:36):
Do you are you starting to geta clear idea of what that next
might be?
I have all of the clarity in theworld, except part of my
clarity and pieces with the factthat I don't know what's gonna
happen in three months.
But I'm ready for whatever.
(19:57):
And I'm here for the journey,and I know that I'm set up.
I have a great team, I writesongs every single day, and
every single day I try to writea song the next best song I've
ever written, you know?
And I feel like I'm in a damngood place and I'm just here for
the ride.
And if I know if I justcontinue to try as hard as I can
(20:20):
every single day, I'll I'llI'll be alright.
Also, I'm happy now, you know?
Like it's it's I think it'sonly up from here.
Like well, I mean, I think too,like, as you're saying, like
feeling happy about where you'reat and what you've done, but
not knowing three months downthe road.
(20:40):
I mean, that's you're it reallyfeels like a good place that
you're in.
Um and just just out ofcuriosity, are you finding the
songs that you're writing likenowadays?
Do they have a different feelor do they have a different like
are you trying to push it in adifferent direction or pushing
what you've already done toanother level?
(21:05):
I'm pushing what we've alreadydone to a new level.
I mean, I I'll say that there'slike three projects that I
have, and I'm not sure what'sgonna come out first.
I like but the thing is I justkeep writing new music.
And so, like I have this uhlike one of my best friends in
(21:26):
the world, his name is Wetch,also known as Chris Murphy, who
worked on the album with me.
And Wet Chris and I have thiscrazy hip-hop RB pop like
record.
It's like insane, like superexperimental, super funky, super
fun.
I have like another albumthat's almost done that's like
(21:49):
kind of more like feel good,kind of like like pulled back,
just like pulled back feel good,kind of like stuff, and then
I've got I've got all these newrock songs I keep writing.
So who knows?
It's like I'm like I have allthe stuff.
Who knows?
Maybe I'll just drop it all atonce and be like here.
(22:10):
I don't know.
Chris (22:14):
So that thanks so much.
I as we come to a close here.
It's been really fun talkingwith you, and um, you're such a
positive person.
I just you you it it it feedson whoever's talking with you.
So thank you for making thisend of Friday joyful for
amazing.
Well, thank you.
I appreciate you taking thetime to talk to me.
(22:36):
Thank you.
My last question to you is whatwhat can we expect in the rest
of this year?
You said you were going ontour, the writing continues.
Bec (22:43):
Is there anything else that you could share with the
listeners as to where they mightcatch you live or I mean so we
have we have these shows withCage the Elephant in at the end
of October.
We just got a booking agent.
And so yeah, I hopefully we'llbe playing some festivals this
year.
And we'll we're gonna we'redefinitely gonna be getting on
(23:06):
the road more.
Uh definitely more musiccoming.
Um, I mean, I gotta, you know,I gotta do the thing, I gotta
promote this album and give itdue time to do what's like
supposed to do, but just knowthat I have I I have so much
that I am like so excited to putout, and it's like I'm so
thrilled about this record.
(23:27):
There's so much more music.
We're gonna be, and I thinkover the next couple years,
you're just gonna be seeing moreand more and more of us.
So good for all of us, good forall of us.
Well, good luck on the tour,all the best.
Rock it out.
I know that these shows aregonna be amazing.
I can just feel it.
Uh looking at your videos thatI I looked at, and I can't wait
(23:51):
for the next record.
I'm loving this one, but I'mwriting um good luck with it.
I hope that it gets theattention it deserves.
And I'd love to chat again thenext time you have something
that drops.
Uh let's do it.
Oh, thank you, Chris.
Thank you so much.
You have yourself a greatquestion.
Hey listeners, welcome, welcome, welcome.
Um season six here, if we werea podcast.
Chris?
No?
And I am just diving down tothe states, going down for a
visit to New York City to have achat with Beck Lauder and The
(00:52):
Noise.
Um record out uh called TheVessel, um, which came out just
a month or so ago on Killphonic.
Um really cool anthemy rock.
Wow.
It's just you want to getyourself going, throw this
record on because it will primeyou for just about anything
(01:13):
coming down your lane.
Like this interview.
I listen to it often and I'mlike so excited to talk about
it.
So, Beck, thanks so much forjoining me today.
Bec (01:25):
Um of course, thank you so much.
Chris (01:28):
Well, real pleasure.
Um, again, thanks for puttingthis record out.
Um, I think it's something thatwe all really needed right now,
this kind of like in your face,but not really.
But think about it.
Um attitude and it's it's raw,it's gutsy, it's um, you know,
oftentimes humorous.
Uh the lyrical play is awesome,and the the raw energy is just
(01:52):
out of this world.
Somebody uh I I I readsomewhere where somebody said
that it was like this 90s grungewith this 70s classic rock
fusion, and I mean I think thatreally kind of nails it.
So, Beck, as we start, I knowthat you're um a woman of many
(02:12):
talents.
You do lots of different thingsin art, you're a very creative
person.
Um, have you always been acreative person?
Like from your earlyrecollections of growing up and
like has creativity always beensomething that you were wanting
to push forward and develop andand explore more?
Bec (02:30):
Oh, absolutely.
I mean, it's it's always beenjust building anything, you
know, from like the second Icould draw, I would just go
through pads and pads of paperevery single day.
And like I would draw all sortsof things that I wanted to
wear, and I would sing songs andI would dance around the house,
(02:51):
and like it it was always musicfor me, has always been like a
gateway into an entire fantasyworld where I get there's so
many other aspects of it besidesobviously like the music is my
favorite thing in the entireworld, but like there there
really are so many other funaspects of like the the kind of
(03:16):
full spectrum like fantasyvibes, you know.
Chris (03:21):
That's interesting.
And do you remember some of thefirst songs that you started to
write that were your own?
Um and maybe walk us through alittle bit of that process.
Like what was your process likewhen you first started like
writing tunes?
Bec (03:37):
So I was in high school and I mean when I was little I
would just sing random things,but when I was in high school, I
learned a couple couple chordson guitar, and every once in a
while I would just write a songbecause I was like going through
something needed to get it out,you know what I mean?
But I never showed anybody Ididn't show anybody any of my
(03:59):
music until about three yearsago and uh that it really just
changed my life.
Like I three years ago I hadnever played a show and now like
we were playing like left andright, like every it feels like
every week sometimes.
And it feels like the musicreally just like crept up.
(04:22):
Like it was always I mean, Iwas a dancer my entire life.
The music is always like thepart that can take you away from
life, you know what I mean?
It's it's like transformative,it's transportive, it's like
it's it's this like insane likevessel that is just applicable
in so many different situations,you know?
(04:43):
And so I don't know.
I've just found myself here andI've found myself addicted to
playing and addicted to writing,and I found myself with like
the best band in the entireworld that I could ever ask for.
It's just three of us, and likeI feel like I like crack the
code to rock and roll.
Like it's it's just been soeasy with them.
(05:05):
I mean, like we we don't needmuch more than five minutes to
write a song nowadays.
It's like and and when and whenthey're good, like it really
feels good.
Of course, you gotta write yoursilly songs.
Sure.
You always gotta write sillysongs.
Chris (05:22):
Absolutely.
But it's hard to always beintense and like trying to
vacate you know bad thoughts ormemories or struggles that
you're working through.
I mean, it's exhausting, right?
Because it's like it'sjournalistic and like you gotta
have a few that are just fun,you know?
Bec (05:39):
And um yeah, I mean I feel like a lot of yeah, it's true.
In a lot of the songs, I mean Ihave a notebook I keep on me
24-7, and I write likeeverything down.
And I feel like the songs arealmost like anecdotal for like
kind of these like generalsituations that I'd been that
anybody could be in, you knowwhat I mean?
(05:59):
And and the songs tend to belike have a like more like
various sources of inspiration,you know, and I kind of like
whip it all up into like thiskind of more like you know, you
know, yeah.
Chris (06:17):
Do you see like do you have common themes or common
situations or experiences thatspark that kind of like ooh, I
got a I got an idea here?
Or is it just your everydayjust kind of you know, going to
the store, seeing somethinghappen, like reflection?
Bec (06:34):
I mean, like it's it's really both.
Like, for example, my songTease Me, it's it's about it's
kind of making fun of the city alittle bit.
Like the city is a gallery ofall these people they're they're
strutting around, you know, andit's like there's like there's
(06:56):
some like kind of morelighthearted stuff, whatever.
And that whole song, like thechorus is just kind of like a
ah, whatever, we're we're here,let's just enjoy it, you know,
and that's that's a more simplesong that's like that's
honestly.
I was surprised at how muchpeople liked that one because to
(07:16):
me I felt like it was moresimple, and I tend to be like a
bit contrarian and like like theother stuff, you know?
Um but then there's alsothere's songs that are like
there's a lot of songs aboutlike trusting yourself and life
lessons I've experienced andlove and lost love and I mean
(07:40):
all sorts of things, but I thinkthe cool thing about our music
is that like there and there'sso much that is unreleased as
well, where like we really wecan do Beck Louder anyway.
You know, we can we can dosweet feel good, we can do like
angsty, like screaming, cryingsongs, like there's really
(08:03):
there's really all of it inthere because like I don't I
don't think that we are just oneway, you know?
And I think that's somethingthat's really cool about the
album, like give it, forexample, is like so sassy,
because like sometimes I'msassy, like uh, but like and
then some of them are reallysentimental, like without you is
(08:26):
like a very, very likevulnerable, like kind of just
like raw song, and like give it,give it's not like open and
like vulnerable, give it likegive me what I want, meh meh,
you know, and it's fun and itlike it makes other people feel
(08:48):
sassy and bob your head and likeman, that one's so fun to sing.
That like and like I I almostjust want to like speed it up
for like shits and giggles tosee how fast I can sing it, you
know what I mean?
But I think we're getting to apoint where it's no longer like
you can't hear what I'm saying,and like if we were to speed it
(09:10):
up anyway, it's it's in a fineplace.
It's in a fine place.
But yeah, yeah, the music's noteverything.
Chris (09:15):
You guys have such fun together, it just looks like I I
watched a couple of liveperformances in some of your
videos.
Um the aesthetic that you guyshave developed for your first
record is just I love it.
I think that it it suits yourstyle of you know sassy, but
also serious, you know, like ina way that there are some times
we have to like you know, stripit down and just I gotta get to
(09:39):
the brass tacks of life.
But other times it's like justcelebration and fun and feeling
good and loving where you're at,as you said, um in life and
with life.
Yeah.
Um which I always thought.
Now I know the aesthetic of Imean you you reference you you
danced in your past and you youalso dabble in fashion as well.
(10:00):
Um is that an accuratestatement?
Bec (10:03):
Dabble or work in the field of yeah, I mean I've I've been
involved in the fashion industryfor the past like six years for
longer than I've been in music,actually.
And I mean it's somethingthat's really fun to incorporate
in a creative way with themusic, you know?
(10:25):
And but the like like allthings like I I mean the the
music's my baby, you know, themusic's where my heart's at.
The fashion stuff is reallycool, and I think that it
compounds in a really awesomeway with the music and has given
me so many awesomeopportunities, but but I'm I'm
(10:46):
here for the tunes.
Chris (10:48):
Yeah, I was gonna ask you where that where they um
collide together, your music andand this aesthetic fashion that
you this I mean I love thestyle that you that you bring
forth.
Is there an intersection wherethese two meet one another?
And I'll give you an examplethat I'm thinking of.
(11:08):
One of your videos, you'rewalking down the streets in New
York, and there must be about ahundred uh costume changes
throughout your surrounded byother women behind you as you're
walking in.
Um the name of it evades me,but I'm sure you know what I'm
talking about.
Bec (11:24):
Yeah, that was that's given, yeah.
Chris (11:26):
I mean, just an amazing, beautiful, like it's it's out
there and it's a great song too.
It's just fun and given it.
Um where do they intersectthose two?
Your your your or youraesthetic for fashion with this
this um love of creating music.
Bec (11:43):
So this is something that I I actually have been thinking
about a lot recently, and I Ithink the best way that I could
explain it is we're a rock band,we're a three-piece rock band,
and traditionally rock bandskind of stay in this like raw
aesthetic lane where pop actsare typically defined by more
(12:07):
immersive fantasy, you couldcall it.
And so I as an artist am reallytrying to like pave a way for
myself where I can make myentire band, like the three of
us, part of this fantasy world.
And so the fashion for me islike I mean, I'm trying to put
(12:29):
you in this world.
I'm trying to like I'm trying,and also like with Give It, like
I start out in my streetclothes, and actually the
clothes, like the outfit thatI'd worn that entire week and
like not washed, that is what Iwore in the video.
And then like I kind of slipinto this fantasy world where
like I'm this like invincible,awesome, cool, like rock star,
(12:52):
and like and then I end up bymyself again at the end, and I
think that like I use fashion toto tell stories and reinforce
the stories and all of thedifferent like aspects of this
that I'm trying to build, youknow, because there you can add
so much depth that way, and alsolike I'm trying to tell a story
and any other aspect that I canadd to like I also I worked
(13:16):
with the choreographer, SophieOlzak, in that who's fantastic.
I mean, Mary Giggler did thestyling who was absolutely
incredible.
She did all of the customcostumes for nobody cares.
Like, I mean, I just get tolike collaborate with the most
awesome people, and like we'reabout to go do this video.
So I have some shows coming upin Paris September 25th and
(13:38):
26th, and we're doing uh a musicvideo out there with a ballet
dancer from the Paris Opera, andlike it's just like why not?
Why not?
And there's not a lot of rockbands that have done that, and
I'm like, I think that I canmaintain my integrity as a
musician and rock artist whilestill being fantastical.
(14:00):
Like, why can't I do that?
Chris (14:02):
You know, yeah, yeah.
I like that you have such abravery and um a confidence spec
that I just it's um it's it'swonderful to to chat with you
about this because I feel itthrough you know the X's and O's
and the Zoom that we're in.
Bec (14:17):
Um Thank you.
Chris (14:19):
How did the vessel come together?
What how were these songsbuilt?
And are they older songs?
Because where I read um that alot of the songs you guys before
you recorded, you toured andjust played these songs for a
while before you put them downon tape.
Is that is that accurate?
Bec (14:39):
So this there's there's been like there's many, so I
moved to New York and all of myfriends that I made immediately
when I moved here in music werejust like, we'll help you, we'll
be your band.
And so a lot of these songs Iwrote with those like those
friends, those people that Ifirst met.
(15:00):
Timothy Youngman uh producedand was a multi-instrumentalist
on a lot of the songs in earlystages with Chris Murphy.
And like it was just like itwas an awesome time.
We wrote we wrote an entirerecord.
We recorded it at the studiosat Clive for free.
It was awesome.
(15:20):
And then we I like we kind oflike went through some like
different like renditions of theband, you know.
And I ended up like asking theguys if I if I could try the
all-girl thing with my the twogirls who were in the band.
And then we had to take on alot of responsibility, but it
(15:43):
ended up being the best thing Iever did because through a
three-piece special, you know,you really have to connect with
like you really connect withthem, and it's just it's fucking
it's perfect, it's reallyperfect.
No, no, it's you have to doyour part, you have to walk in,
yeah.
(16:03):
Um but yeah, we did 12 songswith Tim, and then we ended up
keeping six of them.
We wrote another six, and uhmostly just with the band
produced by the band.
I mean, so far guitar player,it was like definitely
spearheading that process.
Maggie was helping us with theengineer Kale Bonderman and
(16:24):
Brian Duke made it all possiblein the studios.
Um I mean yeah, this thisrecord's been in the making for
two years.
I completely started over afterthe first CP.
I mean, the first CP was pop, Ididn't want to do pop, I I did
I didn't want to do it, and so Icompletely started over, and
(16:45):
now we're here, and it's out,and I did it my way, and I'm so
happy.
Yeah.
I mean I that's that likelooking back on it, like what a
journey.
First off, you know, andrecords take a long time.
Like the the common person thathas no idea about the recording
process or you know, writingsongs just doesn't know the
(17:06):
blood, sweat, and tears that areput into every single one of
the seconds in these songs.
You look back on it.
How do you how do you feelabout it?
How are you how do you look atthe vessel now that you're kind
of removed and you see thattwo-year journey kind of on
tape?
What's I mean it's it's sobeautiful.
(17:27):
It is so beautiful.
I'm so proud of it.
I like I mean it's it's reallyjust an example of like I I
turned down I turned down a dealthat would have changed my
life.
And I turned down that deal forthe freedom to do this my way,
and also so that I could belike, I did this myself.
And every single day duringlike the past two years, I've
(17:50):
woken up and been like, allright, I need to give this a
hundred percent so that if Ifail, I can know that I at least
tried my very hardest.
And I really, I really like Ikilled myself over this album.
And and I'm so so happy and I'mso so proud of it.
And we had the release partylast night, and it was it was
just incredible.
(18:11):
And we're we have these dateswith Cage the Elephant.
That's gonna be incredible.
I cannot wait to play thosesongs, especially in my
hometown, Philly.
Like, that's gonna beincredible.
That's gonna be such a specialmoment.
It's gonna be amazing.
Yeah, we just got a bookingagent, like it's it's the
beginning, and it's reallybeautiful and it's really
(18:32):
exciting, and I'm so happy thatI made it to the beginning.
Yeah, you know, and I want tojust repeat that you did it your
way.
Um, oftentimes that can getforgotten, and you just want
success at whatever cost, andeven sometimes at the cost of
your art, which I've heard manysad stories where that's the
case, and they just don't havethe rights anymore to their
(18:53):
songs, um, which can beproblematic.
Um but doing it your way sothat you can look back and say,
Yeah, it was a struggle, yeah,it wasn't all happy, no, it
wasn't all smiles and laughs, itwas freaking tough.
But you have this artifact thatwill exist until the end of
time, right?
(19:13):
Like it's something that nobodycan ever take away from you
now.
It's it's it's out there in theether, no matter what, if it's
on a vinyl or a CD or acassette, um, it it will be out
there.
Um and kind of thinking ahead,Beck, where like you you you
were talking about too, likeI've read that you wanted to
kind of see where you can gonext.
(19:36):
Do you are you starting to geta clear idea of what that next
might be?
I have all of the clarity in theworld, except part of my
clarity and pieces with the factthat I don't know what's gonna
happen in three months.
But I'm ready for whatever.
(19:57):
And I'm here for the journey,and I know that I'm set up.
I have a great team, I writesongs every single day, and
every single day I try to writea song the next best song I've
ever written, you know?
And I feel like I'm in a damngood place and I'm just here for
the ride.
And if I know if I justcontinue to try as hard as I can
(20:20):
every single day, I'll I'llI'll be alright.
Also, I'm happy now, you know?
Like it's it's I think it'sonly up from here.
Like well, I mean, I think too,like, as you're saying, like
feeling happy about where you'reat and what you've done, but
not knowing three months downthe road.
(20:40):
I mean, that's you're it reallyfeels like a good place that
you're in.
Um and just just out ofcuriosity, are you finding the
songs that you're writing likenowadays?
Do they have a different feelor do they have a different like
are you trying to push it in adifferent direction or pushing
what you've already done toanother level?
(21:05):
I'm pushing what we've alreadydone to a new level.
I mean, I I'll say that there'slike three projects that I
have, and I'm not sure what'sgonna come out first.
I like but the thing is I justkeep writing new music.
And so, like I have this uhlike one of my best friends in
(21:26):
the world, his name is Wetch,also known as Chris Murphy, who
worked on the album with me.
And Wet Chris and I have thiscrazy hip-hop RB pop like
record.
It's like insane, like superexperimental, super funky, super
fun.
I have like another albumthat's almost done that's like
(21:49):
kind of more like feel good,kind of like like pulled back,
just like pulled back feel good,kind of like stuff, and then
I've got I've got all these newrock songs I keep writing.
So who knows?
It's like I'm like I have allthe stuff.
Who knows?
Maybe I'll just drop it all atonce and be like here.
(22:10):
I don't know.
Chris (22:14):
So that thanks so much.
I as we come to a close here.
It's been really fun talkingwith you, and um, you're such a
positive person.
I just you you it it it feedson whoever's talking with you.
So thank you for making thisend of Friday joyful for
amazing.
Well, thank you.
I appreciate you taking thetime to talk to me.
(22:36):
Thank you.
My last question to you is whatwhat can we expect in the rest
of this year?
You said you were going ontour, the writing continues.
Bec (22:43):
Is there anything else that you could share with the
listeners as to where they mightcatch you live or I mean so we
have we have these shows withCage the Elephant in at the end
of October.
We just got a booking agent.
And so yeah, I hopefully we'llbe playing some festivals this
year.
And we'll we're gonna we'redefinitely gonna be getting on
(23:06):
the road more.
Uh definitely more musiccoming.
Um, I mean, I gotta, you know,I gotta do the thing, I gotta
promote this album and give itdue time to do what's like
supposed to do, but just knowthat I have I I have so much
that I am like so excited to putout, and it's like I'm so
thrilled about this record.
(23:27):
There's so much more music.
We're gonna be, and I thinkover the next couple years,
you're just gonna be seeing moreand more and more of us.
So good for all of us, good forall of us.
Well, good luck on the tour,all the best.
Rock it out.
I know that these shows aregonna be amazing.
I can just feel it.
Uh looking at your videos thatI I looked at, and I can't wait
(23:51):
for the next record.
I'm loving this one, but I'mwriting um good luck with it.
I hope that it gets theattention it deserves.
And I'd love to chat again thenext time you have something
that drops.
Uh let's do it.
Oh, thank you, Chris.
Thank you so much.
You have yourself a greatquestion.
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