GINGERLYS X TRASH METROPOLIS
one night after a Gingerlys shows at baby's all right a few months ago, i talked jackie mendoza's ear off about starting a blog and profiling their sound first, this is that drunk promise fulfilled. thank you to Jackie, Matt, Colin, and Brian for answering my nonsensical questions with beauty and grace. and for comprising one of the sweetest bands i've had the pleasure of seeing in small dark venue after small dark venue. What is the Gingerlys origin story? Kevin introduced Colin and Matt to each other and they were into the same music. The trio went out to go dancing boyz night out style on December 21st 2012 and they survived. They eventually started making music together to scratch that creative itch. -Colin 2. Gingerlys are the love child of _____ and ______. Love child of Rocketship and The Wake. -Colin Love child of pop rocks & tropical flavored tums. -Matt 3. Describe your sound in haiku. Groovy dream pop ponds Vocals leap frog on your head Bathe me in reverb -Jackie 4. Who are your local influencers? Pains of Being Pure at Heart & Literature -Colin 5. What's the weirdest shit you've seen in the trash recently? I found a box of Apple Jacks covered in maple syrup with strawberry cupcakes inside. -Matt There was a Komodo dragon in a garbage can in Flushing and they brought it to the vet in Valley Stream where Matt and I grew up. -Kevin I found rubbish in the garbage in the trash. -Colin I saw a batch of Mary Kate and Ashley movies in the trash a couple months ago. I was tempted to grab them but there was orange goo all over. -Jackie 6. What venue have you always wanted to play? I think we've played most of the venues we like around here. There's a new spot called Sunnyvale that just opened up though! -Matt Any venue in San Diego. -Jackie 7. What is everyone listening to rn on repeat? Selena. -Brian RYAN Playground's new EP and a mixed CD Colin made me. -Jackie Listening to a lot of Alexander OāNeal. -Kevin Pinkshinyultrablast, Dick Diver, The Go-Betweens, The Chills, Chris Rainbow, & Towa Tei. -Matt 8. What are some 2015 highlights? We recorded our full length album in the summer of 2015, I also finished college. -Jackie My snare drum falling out of a car in DCā¦ -Brian Dick Diver's "Melbourne Florida" and Pinkshinyultrablast's "Everything Else Mattersā. -Colin I think our biggest highlight for this year was having our EP Jumprope re-released in Japan through 2670 Records. -Matt 9. What's next for Gingerlys? Throughout this year we'll be concentrating on releasing our debut album and hopefully taking it and ourselves on tour to places we've never been before. We're hitting Boston for the first time in May so hopefully that takes us further into people's dreams of dream pop! -Matt