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Publication: The Daily O'Collegian
Date: March 23, 2006
Title: Meg and Dia, sisters in perfect tune
Author: Natalie Wright
Original URL: http://www.ocolly.com/read_story.php?a_id=29635
Pop rock music doesn't have to be brainlessly simple, and the newly formed band Meg & Dia is proving it.
"Both Meg and Dia are very mannerly and intelligent," bassist Ryan Groskreutz said in a recent phone interview. "Meg reads constantly. She is very, very intellectual."
"When you read a book, you kind of start to identify with the characters, or whatever is being expressed in that. When she writes songs, it comes across very strong."
Sisters Meg and Dia Frampton have sung together since they were much younger. However, the upcoming record, slated to be released in June, will be the first release of Meg & Dia as a band.
"It's going to have a feel that we've really come together as a band," Groskreutz said. "The songs are a lot more mature. Our previous album had a lot of acoustic stuff on it because it was just the girls at the time."
The Frampton sisters started out singing along to CDs until Meg picked up a guitar. Then, they became real songwriters.
At the time, the two sisters were playing acoustic shows together. Meg Frampton was living in Salt Lake City and attending the University of Utah.
She met Nick Price, the future drummer of Meg & Dia, in Salt Lake City. The sisters were later introduced to Groskreutz through Price. Eventually, guitarist Kenji Chan joined Meg & Dia after meeting the band at a show in California.
"The girls had began to establish themselves as Meg & Dia, the acoustic group, so when Nick and I came on board we didn't want to take away from the identity of what they were doing and the fact that it is their music," Groskreutz said.
Although Meg & Dia was no longer only the sisters, the name stuck. By 2005, the band had signed to Doghouse Records and recently finished recording a record.
Groskreutz said many of Meg & Dia's songs are written about "the human condition: the way that people are and the way that people could be."
Other songs touch on the topics of suicide, adolescence and upbringing.
The band's Web site lists its influences as "literature, love and life."
Shannon Easton, a former OSU student who lives in California, is a friend of the band members.
"They deserve to be in their own bracket," Easton said. "Their sound is different and exciting. In a short time, I have seen them work harder than most musicians, and you can tell by what they are getting in return."
This week, the band begins its first national tour, which will continue through May.
"Touring is my favorite thing in the world," Groskreutz said. "I love just traveling and meeting new people."
Meg & Dia perform at The Conservatory in Oklahoma City tonight and at the Pink Eye in Tulsa on Friday. To listen to Meg & Dia, visit their Web site at http://www.myspace.com/megdia. |
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