That’s interesting, but is it also scary?

McIntyre: Not really. I never took drums lessons. I never wanted to play drums like everyone else….I started playing drums when I lived in a random house [while in college]. The guy who owned the drums showed me two key things about playing, kind of the most basic things, and I took it from there.

Your stage show is amazing, with Kristen and Marissa dancing into the audience, playing to the audience. It looks simple but I’m sure it’s not.

Reichel: We totally deliver the energy, and it is draining. People always want to party with us after [shows]. It takes every bit of energy we have to give what we do at the show. I don’t want to be on stage and have it boring. I want to give 100%. It is almost like a performance….I’m tired afterward but it’s not hard to give it. It’s fun. I’m not really thinking about it until after the show when I’m exhausted.

Allen-Zito: I agree. I don’t think any of us realized what it takes to go on the road, all of the energy it takes. This is our first national tour and I have a lot of respect for people who do this all of the time, year after year. But that is our favorite thing – we like everybody to participate with us and have a good time.

How did you develop the show and adopt all the funky outfits you wear?

Moore: The Superman outfit [worn at the Richmond show] was a present from a friend….It was actually a boy’s Halloween costume…We developed the stage personas when we were playing at home [in Washington state]. Our friends were in the audience, so we were sort of showing off for our friends.

Different cities have different audiences. In some places no one is dancing or smiling. Our strategy is just to kill someone with kindness. It doesn’t happen often but if someone in the crowd hates us….we’ll go dance right in front of that person until they react. Usually they can’t continue to be uninvolved. You have some audiences that are hard to win over….but if that’s what it takes we have the energy to conquer it.

What’s next?

Reichel: We have some shows left [to play this year] and then we’re going to take a good chunk of time off…and write and record.

So should we expect a new CD soon?

Reichel: It probably won’t be before next fall….We’ll take the time we need. We’re not a compromising band. We are very protective of our music. It’s our artwork….It’s us.

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