{"id":64460,"date":"2016-02-12T10:35:10","date_gmt":"2016-02-12T10:35:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.wonderlandmagazine.com\/?p=64460"},"modified":"2016-09-22T14:27:26","modified_gmt":"2016-09-22T14:27:26","slug":"thao-get-stay","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.wonderlandmagazine.com\/2016\/02\/12\/thao-get-stay\/","title":{"rendered":"Profile: Thao and the Get Down Stay Down"},"content":{"rendered":"

Thao and the Get Down Stay Down are back with a Tune Yards produced mega-album.<\/p>\n

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It\u2019s been three years since indie-rock band Thao and the Get Down Stay Down have released an album, which will be their fourth to date. However the delay hasn\u2019t diminished the group\u2019s signature energy and attitude, in fact the latest album from Thao and the Get Down Stay Down, produced by\u00a0Tune Yards\u2019 Merril Garbus, <\/em>takes it to a whole new level. On the phone, front-woman Thao Nyguen is quick, considered and manages to explore topics sensitively and insightfully within a short amount of time: all qualities that have translated clearly into her new record.<\/p>\n

The Californian born singer, who grew up playing guitar in her mum\u2019s Laundromat, has previously taken inspiration from wide reaching themes. In 2013, their album “We the Common”\u00a0was inspired in part by Thao\u2019s volunteer work with the California Coalition for Women\u2019s Prisoners; in 2016, the latest release moves closer to home.<\/p>\n

Ahead of the album launch, we caught up with lead singer Thao Nguyen to discuss hip-hop, the end of creativity in San Francisco and kids today.
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