The Slim Sadies
A glimpse into the inner psyche of the St. Louis indie rock band
Many have asked before: Won’t the real Slim Sadies please stand up? It’s a fair question. I, for one, have greatly enjoyed all the previous times they’ve stood up (when I’ve been in attendance), especially when it has involved them playing music. And oftentimes it does involve them playing music.
Some of you may be saying right now, “Them? I thought there was just one”. Well, dear reader, today we are actually not discussing Detroit rapper Marshall Mathers, but instead a newer (better?) musical project, a St. Louis indie rock band by the name of:

The first time I saw The Slim Sadies perform was at PorchFest 2025, and it was just really, really good. I am always a little biased towards indie rock (it just massages my brain in a very specific way), so that’s part of it. I also think this is a band that worked really well being outside. The sound blends right in with the beauty and vibrance of a warm summer day. It’s a little melancholy, a little introspective, but bright and enveloping in a simultaneously comforting and somewhat harrowing way.
That’s a lot of adjectives; I guess what I’m trying to say is that this indie rock band makes me feel some type of way. What stands out the most in their music is definitely the interplay between the two guitarists. You can tell these two have been playing together for a long time; they interact with a very keen awareness of each other and play off the space created between them excellently. Often their songs feel like a conversation between the two guitars, and a journey, but also one that simply would not be the same without the rest of the instrumentals surrounding them. Though this stringed connection is clearly foundational to the music, the harmony created by the others is also crucial, and very enjoyable. The tones, rhythms, melodies, and vocals are dazzling. It’s all textured in a kind of subtle way, where the core elements of each song are clear, but there’s a distinct fullness to the sound.
In summary, I like these guys a lot. And their interview was very energetic and casual (in a way). It’s cool to see a more relaxed approach to things while maintaining a ton of passion and care towards the sound and the songs. Be sure to follow them on Instagram and listen to their stuff wherever you get your music! I could say a lot more, but let’s get to the important part. I present to you: an interview with the artists themselves!
THE SLIM SADIES
[ Originally recorded March 13, 2026 ]
Pictured (L to R): Sadie (vocals/guitar), Thor (drums), Cole (guitar), Aaron (bass), Ya Ko (keys/vocals)
The Introductory Part
First everybody should introduce themselves, so just your name and what you do in the band.
Cole: My name is Cole, I play the lead guitar.
Sadie: My name is Sadie. I do the rhythm [guitar] and vocals.
Ya Ko: I’m Ya Ko…
Sadie: He’s a temp right now.
Ya Ko: Yeah, I’m like a fill-in. I’m a session. That’s what they call it.
Cole: Until he submits his application.
Ya Ko: Yeah. I play keys and do backup vocals and play tambourine.
Aaron: I’m Aaron and I play bass guitar.
Thor: That’s all you got?
Aaron: Yeah, that’s all I got. I do sing a little.
Thor: I’m Thor and I play drums.
How do you all know each other or how did this band form?
Cole: Me and Sade have been doing music for about a decade now or so. We met in high school- we actually went to high school with Aaron but… I don’t think I knew you.
Aaron: There was very little overlap.
Cole: I think I hardly knew you. It wasn’t until after high school I got to know Aaron. But me and Sade have been working on music for a long time and we decided we wanted some other musicians so we grabbed these guys.
Sadie: The goal was always a band, and we would even write music with a band in mind.
Thor: [Cole] got me at my work. He was like, “Yo, I’m in a band. You want to come play?” and I was like, “What do you sound like?” and he was like, “Good”. I was like, “All right, send me your shit” and he sent me it and I was like, “Oh fuck, this is kind of fire. Gas.”
Cole: Kind of Snail Mail vibes.
Thor: Yeah, “Snail Mail? But in St. Louis? Fuck yeah”. They don’t come here anyways. We met [Ya Ko] at our second show, and he’s in a couple of bands. He’s one of those.
Ya Ko: God, that was your second show?
Thor: That was our second show.
Ya Ko: That was our first show.
Thor: That was their first show and they were incredible. Big Al and the Rocketships. Incredible.
Ya Ko: That’s off the record.
Thor: But he started showing up to rehearsals and he wasn’t leaving so we started giving him keys parts and we were like, “All right, he can sing too?”
Cole: “So we gotta keep him”.
Thor: “We gotta keep him now”.
Let’s do the obligatory explain the name question.
Cole: I actually hate the name now. I wish we could change it. When we were in high school, Sadie was way more shy and quiet than she is now. She’s grown into quite the person, she’s very sociable now, but she wasn’t before. So we thought it would be funny if we bullied the fuck out of her and named the band after her.
Sadie: That actually is true. It was actually a horrifying experience for me overall.
Cole: Yeah. It’s what grew her though.
Ya Ko: Yeah, trauma makes you… better.
Sadie: Basically I was bullied into being the person I am today.
Cole: Into being a strong, independent woman. So yeah, that’s where Slim Sadies is from. And apparently we’re not allowed to change it now, so we’re stuck.
Thor: Unless something good comes up! I mean, you know…
Ok, wait, so is it- because my mind immediately went to Eminem- I’m assuming that’s intended?
Aaron: Exactly, that’s what it’s supposed to do.
Sadie: Yeah, our dream is for Eminem to sue us.
Aaron: That’s how we blow up.
Cole: “Eminem sues local tiny city band”, you know?
Sadie: “Why does he care?”
Cole: If that happens, then we’ve made it.
The Part About the Music
For each of you, what does your musical background look like?
Sadie: I think I have the coolest music taste, personally.
Aaron: (laughing) That wasn’t the question.
Sadie: Oh, it wasn’t that?
Thor: Your musical background, not what you’re listening to in the background.
Cole: I am self-taught… for many years. Sadie is also pretty much self-taught, except I think she had lessons for a while when she was a little bit younger.
Thor: She did band camp.
Cole: She did band camp.
Sadie: No, I did not do band camp. I never would do any camp of any kind. I took lessons growing up, but I never sang or anything, I just kind of did the basic guitar stuff for years. Didn’t really even practice much and didn’t really start playing until Cole bothered the shit out of me to start playing.
Cole: Yes.
Sadie: He was like, “Oh, you play guitar”. And I was like, “I guess”, like, “Here’s Weezer”.
Cole: I made her play more guitar.
Thor: You played Weezer?? I’m learning new stuff during this.
Cole: Yeah, the first time hanging out with Sadie, she started playing Island in the Sun- against her will. Her friend was there and was like, “Show him you play guitar! Show him you play guitar!!”
Sadie: It was Alex.
Cole: It was Alex, yeah. And then you started playing Island in the Sun. I’d say that our musical background is playing guitar with each other really for just so long.
Sadie: It really is. Even when we write separately, I feel like it blends into how we create things together.
Thor: [Aaron’s] got a family of musicians.
Aaron: Yeah, just about. I kind of grew up around a lot of music. My dad was a drummer, my older brother was a drummer, I started on drums. When I was about 7th grade-ish, probably around getting into high school, I remember it was guitar then. Didn’t we figure out that we had the same guitar teacher?
Sadie: Yeah, me and Aaron actually had the same guitar teacher for a certain amount of time.
Aaron: Yeah, that was very interesting. He was an interesting person.
Sadie: Yeah! Shout out to Hal.
Aaron: Shout out to Hal. But, it was a little bit of that, and then once I got into college in 2019, I started picking up bass guitar more seriously. Then I got my associates with music general.
Thor: Degree?! He’s got a degree!
Ya Ko: This guy’s got a degree?!?!
Sadie: The only one with a degree.
Aaron: Yeah, kind of.
Sadie: I have a degree, it’s just not in music. I have a degree in philosophy.
Cole: So, she doesn’t have a degree…
Thor: No one cares. We’re talking about music background.
Sadie: It trickles into my writing!
Aaron: I guess that’s kind of encapsulating my background, once I got into college I took bass guitar more seriously. And then- I can be honest, this is my second band that I’ve played shows with, but the most serious one. The first one was Sunwyrm, that was like ‘22, we played a show at Platypus.
Thor: Really?
Sadie: We’re learning new things about each other!
Thor: Wow, we stole him.
Aaron: I mean I was a drummer for them for like one month and then the band broke up.
* Slim Sadies associates arrive on the scene *
Cole: Actually, wait, real quick, come here, come here, come here. Don’t edit this out. Yo, shout out to my homie Juni!! Juni say what’s up.
Juni: What’s up gang. I’m totally not late I promise.
Thor: You missed our whole set…
Cole: Alright, lets get to Thor.
Thor: Okay, I am the only musician in my family. I grew up in Imperial, Missouri, went to school, fell in love with drums ‘cause I got really depressed and needed a good outlet. Then I started doing marching band in high school and then I started teaching marching band professionally. And now I’m here!
Cole: And he’s still teaching marching band professionally, might I add.
Sadie: It gets in the way of our band schedule, but it’s fine.
Cole: It does.
Thor: Sorry.
Aaron: Ya Ko, what’s your background?
Ya Ko: Dude, you don’t even want to know.
Thor: Good Question.
Ya Ko: Well, I’ve got another band right now that’s called Big Al and the Rocketships, but I’ve got an old band called Good Question. I’ve been playing music for years, my dad’s a musician. There’s a lot of music stuff. Yeah man. Music’s life dude. Music’s life.
Thor: Music’s life!

Can you guys describe your group in three words or less?
Aaron: Shoegaze Fleetwood Mac.
Sadie: I mean, yeah, okay! That’s fine.
Aaron: That’s what we were called once, I was like, “I’ll take it. I’ll run with it.”
Thor: Shout out Clementine Was Right. They were right.
Aaron: They were right.
Cole: Disgusting… Chungus lives.
Sadie: Yes.
Cole: We all hate our fucking Chungus life.
Sadie: Why else would we be in a band making music?
Cole: We’re almost 30, bro. You think we’re happy here bro? Fuck our chungus lives.
Thor: I’m having a great time!
Cole: You’re not gonna edit that out, are you?
I won’t, not if you don’t want me to.
Cole: That’s good clickbait!
Sadie: “The Slim Sadies HATE themselves.”
That’s the headline.
Cole: “Local indie band HATES their chungus lives. Fuck local music.”
Okay, not that one.
Sadie: This is when Caleb stopped doing his job.
Cole: “Local interviewer QUITS.”
What would you guys say your relationship with your instrument is like?
Ya Ko: Sexual…?
I mean, if that’s your answer.
Cole: I wouldn’t say sexual…
Aaron: I would not say sexual.
Cole: I would say intimate.
Aaron: Yeah.
Cole: Not sexual, but intimate.
Thor: It’s a good release of emotions.
Aaron: Fulfilling for sure.
Sadie: Yeah, I always go back to it. Like I’ve tried to do other shit but then I’d be like, “Nah”. It doesn’t feel right.
Cole: It’s my language.
Sadie: Yeah, the guitar is my language. And vocals, and just, music.
Aaron: I remember I wanted to do bass first but my dad made me do drums first so that’s why I went through a bunch of instruments until I got to bass.
Sadie: Everything always leads back to music.
Ya Ko: I mean, music’s literally life for me.
Sadie: I think it is for all of us.
Aaron: It is.
Cole: Yeah, it is.
Sadie: I know we were joking about how much we hate ourselves, but we love music.
Thor: Well, we’re musicians, so that’s normal. We’re all very different people, like we have a lot of different musical backgrounds. Like, they’ll show me- they’re like, “Here’s indie music”, and I’m like, “Oh! Whoa! Kind of shit, all right!”
Sadie: He was like, “But why do I like it?”
Thor: Like, “People make money off this?”. But, we bring all of ourselves to the band and it makes us enjoy playing every single song that we have. And it makes, in my opinion, the music feel very diverse. Like, it doesn’t sit in one spot. And it’s the coolest thing I’ve done, for sure.
Sadie: Yep, I agree.
Cole: Pretty much, yeah.
I appreciate the tambourine representation. I feel like that adds a lot.
Sadie: Yeah! Actually a big influence for me with the tambo shit is like BJM, Brian Jonestown Massacre, how they have the tambo player. I was like, “We need that”.
Aaron: And then we start fighting each other on stage just like them.
Ya Ko: Oh, dude, I’m down. Sadie and I can start beating the shit out of each other.
Sadie: Yeah! I can beat the shit out of you. Do you want me to beat the shit out of you?
Ya Ko: Yeah.
Sadie: Okay, so my band wants me to beat them up... So that’s what I’m going to do after this interview.
Ya Ko: You just start beating the shit out of all of us in the middle of a show. That’d be sick.
Thor: I don’t know if I want that on the record....
Sadie: Definitely make that the headline.
I’ve got a lot of options, so we’ll see what I end up going with.

What is your dream set list of you and two other bands?
Thor: That’s probably really different for everybody.
Sadie: It’s going to be different for all of us, totally.
Thor: Could we all pick one and then make it like a festival?
Cole: One is hard though, I don’t think I could pick one.
Thor: Okay, I mean, Fleetwood Mac for sure.
Aaron: Yeah, that’d be good.
Ya Ko: I guess I’d say Floyd.
Thor: Pink or green?
Ya Ko: Uhh, Mayweather.
It’s an interesting show already.
Aaron: I think I’ll put in the obligatory Snail Mail because we always reference that band.
Cole: Do you like Snail Mail? Are you a Snail Mail believer?
Aaron: I’m believing it up.
Thor: They’re not coming to St. Louis.
Cole: Yeah, they don’t come to St. Louis anymore.
Ya Ko: I might have to change to Hendrix.
Sadie: I’ll say Brian Jonestown Massacre.
Cole: I think I would have to pick Big Al and the Rocketships.
Ya Ko: No way… (runs away)
Cole: That’d be my dream band to play with… Again.
Thor: We’re always playing together bro! He’s got two sets now, he’s sad because he has to play two sets back-to-back and we’re definitely not headlining, but like, we’ll share drums.
Sadie: Basically whether we want it or not they will always be with us on a set list.
Cole: Yeah, we can’t get rid of them, their bassist infected us…
I was curious about the cat and the song about the cat and the lore behind that.
Cole: That’s Frankie!! That’s Sadie’s cat.
Sadie: Yeah, it is. Actually that was probably written in the most different style than we’ve ever written anything, which made it really fun.
Thor: You guys showed me the riff initially and then you were humming the tune and I was just like, “Well that was easy, that song is kind of done already”.
Cole: But he says that whenever we bring him anything. When me and Sadie bring anything to the table.
Thor: They’re pretty good.
Sadie: It will be like one melody and he’ll be like, “Oh, this song’s done!”
Thor: I’ve heard worse, you know. I mean they show up and I’m just like, “Damn, we got another song we gotta play? Shit. Let’s cut one off the set list and we’ll squeeze this one in”. Um, Frankie is a girl.
Sadie: Frankie is a girl. All these songs are about women, let’s be clear.
Thor: I feel like that song has a deeper meaning.
Sadie: I mean, I think it’s fun to just make it whatever you want. They like to say it’s about a cat, I think it’s about looking up to somebody where you want to be them… but it’s up to your interpretation. I just think it’s about longing for somebody else, you know?
Cole: It’s just if you’ve ever known a cool cat, you know, like maybe your friend’s cat, maybe your cat, it’s just a cool cat.
Thor: Your jazz professor…
Cole: Your jazz professor’s cat.
Sadie: Depending on who’s listening to it, it can mean whatever you want. But yeah, it’s a cat, it’s fun.
What song or release would you say you guys are most proud of?
Cole: The EP.
Sadie: Totally, just the EP as a whole, yeah. That was a goal of me and Cole’s before- like, we actually finished that EP before we had a band. It was always kind of our dream.
Cole: We started working on that during COVID, where we were going to parks to practice, like outside and stuff.
Sadie: I remember specifically writing “Wait” and “Close Enough” just out at parks. And we wrote it in a full band style because that was always the goal.
Cole: Always the vision was to have a full band, yeah. But getting that EP out did just feel really good and really special.
Thor: It was pretty good, it got you a band!
Cole: So what about you guys out of your one release you could choose from?
Aaron: Um, probably Frankie!
Thor: I have to say, big things coming.
Cole: True. He’s not lying. We got a lot of shit
Thor: Huge things coming.
Sadie: We’re writing a lot more than I thought we would be writing in the amount of time we’ve had.
Thor: It’s different, like it grows, because it’s now more like a band. There’s way more input into everything now, but it still feels authentic, because you guys bring songs to us right away even though you’re not done with them. But it’s like- that’s a song. That is a really powerful song with a good riff and good lyrics right off the bat and we just have to, like, fuck it up.
Sadie: And we fight about it for a little bit, and then it’s a song!
Cole: We do fight a lot, by the way.
Thor: Redact that.
Cole: We fight a lot. Except for Ya Ko, we just bully him. But the rest of us fight a lot. At least we’re not fighting with him!
Sadie: We’ve got to put it somewhere, you know?
Cole: We’ve got to put it somewhere. You can either get teased out of love or fucking fight with each other like we do.
Ya Ko: I’m actually just their anger outlet, I’m their punching bag.
Sadie: He’s aware, though. It’s consensual.
Cole: There is such thing as consensual bullying.
Thor: Why do you think the tambourine shakes so much?
The Introspective Part
What shape and color are each of you?
Cole: Shape and color? What the fuck? I’m round.
Thor: I’m like an oval shape with a little bit of beef at the bottom.
Ya Ko: Um… white.
Thor: That’s fair.
Cole: Yeah, he ain’t lying.
Ya Ko: …and straight.
Aaron: Call me a purple skinny rectangle.
Which direction?
Aaron: Long. Horizontal.
Thor: Horizontal rectangle… That’s our math rock band. I think I’m a circle, but it’s like amber for the color.
Sadie: I’m going to say diamond ‘cause that’s my birthstone. And clear, you know, like an actual diamond.
Thor: Shine bright.
Sadie: Yeah, I’m an actual diamond.
Ya Ko: “I’m just perfect.”
Thor: That’s our lead singer right there.
Sadie: Hey, it has to come out somewhere!
Cole: You can tell the ego problems are coming out already… Dude I don’t fucking know, an octagon.
Sadie: Actually, that fits.
Thor: Red?
Sadie: Yeah, red octagon!
Thor: (laughing) Just a stop sign.
Cole: But not like a stop sign.
Sadie: Because it has more.
Cole: Yeah, yeah, yeah.
Thor: It’s a deeper red. Like a reflective red…
Sadie: Yeah, I see it.
Thor: With like a white outline…
Sadie: We’re all reflecting. A lot.
Cole: We’re always reflecting.
Sadie: I think that should be the headline.
I do feel the energy bouncing around a lot.
Sadie: Well, because we’re all such different energies, we have to sit down and reflect after every time we get together. Because it’s so much.
Cole: Yo, she’s full of shit, don’t listen to her. She’s lying out her fucking ass bro.
Thor: Write that down. Write that down.
Would you guys rather be a tree or a fish?
Cole: A fish. Being a tree would fucking suck. Just think about it, being a tree, you can’t fucking do anything.
Ya Ko: I’d rather be a tree.
Cole: You might have consciousness, but then you’re just like, stuck in one spot.
Sadie: I think trees do have consciousness.
Ya Ko: You can just sit there…
Aaron: I think I’d definitely go with fish, yeah.
Cole: I mean, with a fish, you at least have your whole life.
Ya Ko: But you die quickly… Trees live hella long.
Cole: That’s the problem! Do you wanna live that long?
Sadie: You know, I love the ocean so much I would want to be a fish because I’d be in the water. But I do think that trees are more conscious than even fish, actually.
Cole: Fuck, do you want to be more conscious? That’s a plus?? You could be a dumb ass fish, you’re just happy as fuck being a stupid fish. Swimming around in the ocean, checking shit out, fucking fish bitches!
Ya Ko: I feel like trees are more happy.
Sadie: No, trees are sad, but that’s why it would fit well though.
Ya Ko: If I could be a tree while humans weren’t alive, then that would be a good time.
Cole: You think trees have more consciousness than fish bro?
Sadie: Well, not like… it depends on the kind of consciousness.
Aaron: This is becoming a very literal question.
Thor: I want to be the fish from the Dreamcast game with the face on it.
Cole: (laughing) I know what you’re talking about. That shit’s fucking weird, dude.
Ya Ko: So-called free thinkers when they’re asked if they’d rather be a fish or a tree…
Thor: You should just put “redacted” for that answer. Just say it was too gruesome, like, “This answer was so bad, we cannot put it on the internet”.
Mouse or squirrel?
Cole: Squirrel.
Sadie: Squirrel.
Aaron: Yeah, squirrel.
Thor: Mouse. ‘Cause I’m different.
Ya Ko: …I don’t know.
Thor: Oh my fucking god, just pick one.
Ya Ko: They’re such unique creatures! I could choose which I would rather be, but-
Thor: Yes! That’s the question!
Ya Ko: No, it’s not, is it?
It’s just mouse or squirrel.
Ya Ko: Yeah, it’s just like, which one’s better, fundamentally?
Sadie: It’s just in general.
Ya Ko: Ah, I’ll fucking go squirrel.
What Pokemon would you be?
Sadie: I would be Tangela, I already know
Cole: Dude I fucking love Wobbuffet. He’s a good guy.
(laughing) He’s a good guy?
Cole: He’s a chill guy. I fuck with Wobbuffet.
Thor: I’d do Mudkip.
Aaron: Give me Omanyte right now. I’m vibing with Omanyte.
Cole: What the fuck is that?
Aaron: You know what a fucking Omanyte is.
Cole: No I don’t. I don’t know what Omanyte is.
Aaron: Oh my goodness…
Thor: He’s the youngest in the band. He knows more Pokémon than the rest of us.
Aaron: This is an older one!
I’m pretty sure that’s generation one.
Ya Ko: I really liked Cyndaquil as a kid.
Cole: That’s a good one.
Ya Ko: Typhlosion specifically. So, Cyndaquil evolution.
The Part About the Music Scene
How do you feel about the St. Louis music scene? Or like, how has your time been here?
Ya Ko: It sucks. Next question- no, not really.
Cole: It’s pretty chill. I mean, there’s a lot of metal, but- not that metal’s bad, it’s just like an absurd amount.
Just an observation.
Cole: Just like a lot of metal, you know?
Thor: It’s hard to find bands like us. There’s some around here, but even then it’s like, they’re doing their thing, we’re doing our thing. It’s completely different routes.
Sadie: I’ve been pleasantly surprised with how welcoming people are to our sound. I think that’s been really nice.
Thor: Shout out to Porch Fest for giving us a place to just share our craft and help us grow. Shout out to Record Space for being like this tiny DIY place that just allows us to meet new people.
Sadie: Yeah, we’ve had a lot of opportunities.
Thor: Shout out to Moshmellow for giving us a set like once a month. Bless their hearts.
Ya Ko: It’s surprisingly small, the St. Louis music scene.
Aaron: But it’s very lively
Thor: It feels like it feels like the older bands that have been around are now like business owners and festival promoters and stuff. And they really do care about the indie person, they’re not just looking for the next big thing. They’re looking to make sure that music is heard. And it’s great, honestly. No competition.
Sadie: Except for… everything.
Thor: Except for all those fucking punk bands, man.
You’re not gonna be able to list all of them, but do you have any other local bands you want to shout out?
Sadie: Large Spoon!
Cole: Definitely not Big Al and the Rocketships. I’d actually like to speak against them.
Ya Ko: Yeah. Fuck those guys.
Public call out?
Cole: Public call out. Fuck those guys. Fuck Onyankopon too. Hate those guys.
Thor: Fuck Onyankopon. Fuck Macchiato! Shout out to Boxwood Currents.
Cole: Oh, I love Boxwood! Boxwood is the goat.
Aaron: Halcyon!
Thor: Shout out to Halcyon.
Aaron: Shout out to Mitchell Matthews & The Media.
Thor: Shout out to Mitch.
Aaron: Mitch is fucking awesome. GROVES! Shout out to GROVES. We’re blanking on a few.
There’s so many.
Cole: We’ve met a lot of cool bands.
Ya Ko: The Public.
Thor: Sorry everybody else…
Do you guys have any advice for little bands trying to start their own little band?
Cole: We are a fucking little band. What the fuck?
But you guys are performing shows! That counts as a thing.
Ya Ko: Just keep trying, man.
Aaron: Just stay at it.
Ya Ko: Play play play.
Sadie: I think honestly, just keep doing it if you want to.
Ya Ko: “If you feel like it.”
Sadie: Only if you love it though! I think it’s always going to be rewarding if you don’t expect some sort of reward from it. You know what I mean? Because you’re doing it because you love it.
Aaron: Yeah, just do it for yourself and put whatever you want to put towards it, the effort and dedication you want to put towards it. That effort will show what you want it to be, where you dream to be.
Ya Ko: I think for some people the hardest thing is finding people to start a band.
Cole: This is very true.
Sadie: It took me and Cole like a decade.
Aaron: Things take time too. Let time do this thing too. That’s another thing.
Thor: Don’t try to force yourself into a genre or anything. Just write what feels natural to you and write what helps you at the end of the day. Stuff that you like to play authentically is going to be received by the audience and by whoever listens to it way more than you trying to be pop or be rock or be punk. Like, just be you.
Sadie: Yes. Facts.
The Ending Part
Do you guys have any short or long-term goals for the band?
Cole: Nope. I’m just playing music.
Aaron: Yeah, I just want to play with these guys, play shows and then if we’re able to sustain it, awesome.
Sadie: I just hope we can keep doing it forever. No matter what happens, no matter what kind of traction we do or don’t get, I just want to keep doing it no matter what.
Aaron: Yeah, like it’d be awesome if we had sustainable lives out of it, you know, but like…
Thor: Obviously everybody who does music at some point wants their music to be heard by more people, but at the end of the day that is just… luck. We can’t guarantee that we’re gonna go anywhere, we just have to have fun doing this.
Sadie: Exactly.
Thor: And we just have so much fun doing it that whatever comes with it will be backed by fun.

Do you have any closing thoughts or things you want to say on the record?
Ya Ko: (laughing) Fuck local music. Fuck Big Al and the Rocketships. Fuck Slim Sadies.
Thor: Slim Shitties.
Cole: Shit Shitties. The Shit Sadies.
Thor: Fuck Trump!
All: Fuck ICE.
Thor: Who else should we fuck?
Cole: Me.
Sadie: It will get too sexual if we go on.
Ya Ko: Yeah, we actually gotta go…
Thor: We’re actually late for…
Ya Ko: Our next rehearsal…
Thor: There’s a… place we have to go. But yeah, um, thanks.
Sadie: Thank you Caleb for doing this and also the music community for St. Louis, and we love music!
And thank you to The Slim Sadies for letting me interview them!
Seriously be sure to check these guys out on Instagram and wherever you get your music. Stay connected, you won’t want to miss when they put out more music. I’m really happy to be able to write about this band, I really do enjoy their stuff greatly. One of the few local band CDs I own…
That’s all I have today though! Like and subscribe and whatever, we’ve got a bunch of stuff in the works for the next few… weeks (that’s optimistic, but it’s possible).
Bobcat Press out!








