Sydney-Allyson Banta’s LA Girlfriend project is only in it’s first year but the melancholic and upbeat electro pop soundscapes she creates are well beyond her 21 years.  In podcast #84 she performs a few songs with her brother (Trevor of I Heart Comix), discusses her early influences, and being a jack of all trades.

On what’s in a name…

The name was kind of a joke with myself because I’ve never been anyone’s real girlfriend.

Trevor on his sister’s many talents…

She’s like a complete music industry in one person: she can silk screen her own merch, she can design her own flyers, logos, artwork, writes her own songs.  She’s crazy.

On balancing school and music…

It’s just doing the things you don’t want to do.  Nobody wants to do homework but the sooner you get it done the sooner you can go play on your drum set or your guitar.

On her veteran stage presence…

I think being comfortable in front of people comes back to my musical theater days in high school.  I wasn’t that gung ho about it, but yeah, I played shows.

-Lee