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Your favorite musicians, filmmakers, and other creative minds one-on-one. No moderator, no script, no typical questions. The Talkhouse Podcast offers unique insights into creative work from all genres and generations. <a href="https://pod.link/Talkhouse" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Subscribe now</a>, and explore more illuminating shows on the <a href="https://talkhouse.com/category/podcast" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Talkhouse Podcast Network.</a>

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Kurt Vile Talks with Francie Medosch (Florry) on the Talkhouse Podcast

Julia Shapiro lives in Seattle and performs in the bands Chastity Belt, Childbirth and Who Is She. Chastity Belt put out their third record in June 2017 called I Used To Spend So Much Time Alone on the label Hardly Art. Some of her other interests include watching reality TV, taking long walks, petting dogs, and gossiping.

Julia Shapiro

Chastity Belt’s energy is like a circuit, circling around the silly and the sincere. Tongue-in-cheek shit-shooting and existential rumination feed into each other infinitely.
Theirs is a long-term relationship, and that loop sustains them. That’s a creative thesis in and of itself, but isn’t that also just the mark of a true-blue friendship?
The band talks a lot about intention these days — how to be more present with each other. The four piece — Julia Shapiro (vocals, guitar, drums), Lydia Lund (vocals, guitar), Gretchen Grimm (drums, vocals, guitar) and Annie Truscott (bass) — is nine years deep in this, after all. It seems now, more than ever, that circuit is a movement of intentionality, one that creates a space inside which they can be themselves, among themselves. It’s a space where the euphoria of making music with your best friends is protected from the outside world’s churning expectations. It’s a kind of safe zone for the band to occupy as their best selves: a group of friends who love each other.
Their fourth record, Chastity Belt, comes out of that safe space. With the luxury of spending several weeks in the studio with Jay Som’s Melina Duterte, Chastity Belt was able to experiment. The result is their most sonically developed and nuanced record yet; one that’s not only a product of, but a series of reflections on what it means to take what you need and to understand yourself better.

Chastity Belt

Kurt Vile Talks with Julia Shapiro (Chastity Belt) on the Talkhouse Podcast

Music

Talkhouse Weekend Playlist: Making Waves with Sofia Bolt

Talkhouse Playlist: Getting Back to American Music with Dinowalrus

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First and foremost, Talkhouse Contributing Writer Liam Wilson is a good vibe technician. He&#8217;s known to moonlight as an avid psychonaut and enjoys occasional visits with his worldly possessions in Philadelphia. He spends most of his time wandering Earth in an endless pursuit of a clearer understanding of all things bass-frequency related with his band the Dillinger Escape Plan. Follow him on: <a href="http://www.twitter.com/liamwilson">Twitter</a>, <a href="https://www.facebook.com/goodvibetech">Facebook</a> and <a href="http://instagram.com/liam_wilson">Instagram</a>.
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Liam Wilson

Liam Wilson (the Dillinger Escape Plan) Talks the Kurt Vile Mural and Resisting Negativity

Talkhouse Contributing Writer Mish Way is the frontwoman of the band<a style="color: #1155cc;" href="https://www.facebook.com/whitelung" target="_blank"> </a><a href="https://www.facebook.com/whitelung" target="_blank">White Lung</a><a href="https://www.facebook.com/whitelung" target="_blank">.</a> Her freelance work can be found in The Guardian, Dazed &amp; Confused, Salon and VICE, amongst others. She prefers writing about sex over music. You can follow her on Twitter <a style="color: #42d9d2;" href="https://twitter.com/myszkaway" target="_blank">here</a>.

Mish Way

Mish Way (White Lung) Talks Kurt Vile’s “KV Crimes”

Talkhouse Contributing Writer Amy Klein is a writer and musician living in New York City. She plays guitar and sings in the bands Leda and Hilly Eye. You can follow her on Twitter <a href="http://twitter.com/amyrebeccaklein" target="_blank">here. </a>

Amy Klein

Amy Klein (Leda, Hilly Eye, Titus Andronicus) Talks Kurt Vile’s Wakin on a Pretty Daze

Kurt Vile