These floaty songs range from a dance song about suicide "God Has a Voice, She Speaks Through Me" to "Hopscotch," which features jungle-style drum 'n' bass beats sampled from the early '90s. Children sing in the background with vaudevillian undertones, and you can't help but feel a little schizophrenic listening to all of the hints at different genres in just one song. But CocoRosie claims this was purely intentional. That was a big focal point for us.
And we worked actually a lot during the twilight hours. Much of the skillfully planned fashion the Casadys cultivate onstage — goth-accented, Victorian-style ball gowns and Bianca's mustache — carries over to the rest of their lives. For all of their stylistic and personality differences, however, the sisters of CocoRosie can agree upon rarely taking breaks between concerts. They've just finished an extensive show tour and took only a little less than a month off before jumping back into the rigorous schedule.
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I feel like art is inherently political, but it feels more like our role is to initiate dialogue. You guys have gotten a lot of flack for things you've done in the past. Does public criticism of your work ever affect the new projects you pursue? Bianca: To be honest, it's always excited me a little bit to receive any strong reaction, really.
I think it just kind of goes with the territory if an artist is dealing with sensitive topics. We got a lot of flack about racism, and it's kind of what happens if you host these discussions. It gets really messy, and I think it's naive to look at our lyrics and call [them] racist, rather than understanding that it's dealing with the subject of racism. Right—I guess what I'm referring to is that some people think of you as privileged white women who decided you were going to travel around the world and then make a commentary on racism.
Have you ever responded to that kind of thing? Does it change the way you think of, say, "Jesus Loves Me," which is the song that people were most upset about? So you leave the controversy agreeing with yourself more? Bianca: It wasn't so much about agreeing, but I accepted this adversary of an artist's experience. What are some of your influences? Sierra: The film White Chicks —I don't know if you've ever seen that. Our performance is like a transracial minstrel show.
What do you mean? Sierra: The exploration—just being present with where we come from and the time that we're in as, like, being white and growing up with hip-hop culture and just exploring that.
We're just not doing traditional Scottish jigs; we're working with what is available. How's working with your sister? Is that always fruitful? Do you get into fights a lot? Or have you figured out a way to do it, since you've been working together for so long?
Bianca: We've been a band for twelve years, and we've learned a lot from each other. We've grown up a lot in terms of our egos and in terms of respecting each other a lot more. We're really passionate about aesthetics, so we battle about aesthetics a lot.
There's always been a tension there, and what's born out of it is ultimately what the work is and what it looks like. It's the kind of third being [in the group].
What kind of tension? Do you have the same recurring tensions with each other, or is it always different?
Bianca: It's very much always the same. Sierra's a kind of minimalist and a perfectionist, likes things to match and for things to be in tune and for things to kind of have schematic logic. Whereas I really like to make a big mess, and I'm not very self-editing, and I like to mix really new and really old aesthetics.
It can be disturbing for someone whose sensibility is minimal and who likes a lot of order. Sierra: This is why I've enjoyed so much this record, because it hasn't been so much about that type of discussion. We used a drum machine, which is new for us, and Bianca did all the drum machine stuff live, manually.
I recorded the accompaniment live as it was happening. I think we kept all the first takes; I really wanted to respect that and not add anything to that. I didn't want it to be so raw. Read more: Kate Nash on Feminism and the Internet. I could drink the entire contents of a bottle of Windex and come-up with a better submission than Bianca Casady.
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