After that, we then started to record the Black Glitter record, which we eventually recorded twice and mixed four times.

The first thing that comes to my mind when I think of the band's name is the relationship between the words "Suffrajett" and "Suffrerage."  It makes me very aware that the powerful music I associate with the name is spearheaded by the voice of a woman who could hold her own with many a male lead singer.  Am I even close to where the name comes from?

You are right on with the name. I could not have said it better!!! Ultimately, it's about women’s independence and the power of a woman!

I've tried to work and rework this question about 4 times and I think I managed to sound like an idiot in 4 different ways. I was trying to find a way to ask Simi what it's been like to not only be a woman out there fronting a rock band, but to also be a fierce and fiercely talented woman of color out there fronting a rock band?

Simi says there are a few out there that have hang ups with the fact she is a black Jewish girl playing rock in a world where it is mostly white males. Where she comes from, the heart of New York City, there are a lot of black women doing it that just don't get recognized.

Last year you released Black Glitter — what kind of response have you gotten now that people have had a while to get a hold of it and listen?

We get great responses from anyone that has bought Black Glitter. We haven’t had one bad comment!

On a personal level I have to admit that I love the album. While keeping the heart of what I loved about your debut EP, the self-titled Suffrajett, Black Glitter just seems to growl and come out of my stereo with the swagger of a band that is much further along in its career than a sophomore release. Was it time spent on the road that gave your sound that maturity, or was it simply the way that your sound wanted to take you this time around?

I think it was the time spent playing shows, which we didn't really do as much as we would have liked to, because it took so fuggin’ long to find a drummer!!!

"Like You Better," "Shake Your Heart," "Anybody Listening," and "Down and Out" are some of the best songs that I've heard in years. Not only are they amazing in their musicianship but they each ride along the power of some amazing vocals and what seems to be fiercely personal lyrics. Could you write a bit about how they went from scribbled ideas until you were able to sit back and hear the finished track? Did the songs sound the same as it did in your head before it was captured on tape? Did they change substantially?