7. Lycia has been around for over 15 years. Now that the project is at a close, is there a certain degree of nostalgia for it or do you feel that it had run it's course and are glad to have it finished?

tara: Both. There's always going to be this sadness knowing that it's over. We had a lot of fun, saw a lot of places and met a lot of really cool people. But there was also a lot of frustration associated with Lycia that we're glad to be rid of. I love Lycia. I love it or I wouldn't have bothered tracking Mike down all those years ago. So for me knowing it's over is very sad. But yes, I think Lycia ran it's course. But you know what? I change my mind on a daily basis.

8. With Mike's solo project on the horizon and your album "This Womb like Liquid Honey" released about four years ago, you've both completed separate works since collaborating on Lycia. How much work or influence crossed the borders (Mike's into yours, yours into Mike's)?

tara: Mike had a very big impact on my album because he helped me with some of the programming, recording etc. He helped me get through the process and
encouraged me when I might have just given up thinking I wasn't good enough. I have no influence on his work other than an extra ear to listen and to encourage him to continue.

9. Lycia's lyrics have always seemed very personal, in particular on "Tripping Back..". Does it make you uncomfortable to know that you're offering these feelings up for everyone or can you distance yourself from the songs, once they've been created?

tara: Yes and no. I mean, I have always been an open book and will pretty much talk about anything, so it doesn't bother me particularly that people know the reality behind the lyrics. But it did used to really bother me when we'd be on stage pouring out very personal emotions and looking out and seeing people completely disinterested or only there to "make the scene". It also really bothers me when people make light of some of the subject matter. Mike almost died, this stuff isn't about feeling sorry for yourself, it's about dealing with someone wasting away. I can handle someone not liking our music, that's fine, but when someone reduces it to "the catacombs in france goth goth goth blah blah blah" that pisses me off because it shows a total lack of comprehension on the part of the listener.

10. At one point, you toured quite extensively, but have not done so for some time. Was this a decision made because you don't enjoy performing live or did it simply become not viable to do and fit into your everyday life?