A DIETY BY ANY OTHER NAME An interview with front woman Xhie of Lesser G0dz By Ruth
R: How do you want your music to make people feel? Xhie: That’s a great question. Y’know, I have to admit I haven’t thought much about that specifically.It’s been such an immense release for me personally, and often, up to a certain point, I’ve definitely been coming from a pretty subjective place with what I talk about, and having this as an outlet now, at this point in my life… it has really helped me through A LOT. Overall, we definitely want to leave a lasting impression, and I think musically, there is a lot that people can latch onto, musically, lyrically, visually. We definitely don’t limit ourselves and we tend to go to a lot of places in terms of mood and experience. So, that’s something I hope people can get into when they hear us or see us. Probably my favorite experiences I have had from my favorite artists over the years, at least in terms of the lyrical, is that feeling of “oh! Wow! I’m not alone in that feeling or experience” y’know? Some artists just have a way of saying things that really hit home with you in ways you never expect to feel that particular kindredness with, and that’s always surprising, reassuring, comforting, and even (hopefully) empowering at times, when we often need it the most. So, ultimately, if our songs touch people in those places, or allow folks to hear music differently than maybe they have prior to, and they feel they can really sink their teeth into what we’ve got going on, so much the better. R: How does your creative process affect your end result? Xhie: For the most part, Fraud and I kinda patched things together. He has always written all kinds of music, all the time, and I have always written a lot of lyrics over the years. So, somewhere between his pieces that he’s accumulated and the lyrics and melodies that I had accumulated over the years, when we met and started working together on songs, it just came together. I was also going through a lot at the time, so new stuff was coming up and out for me, and initially, I had asked him if he would make a track for me that sounded really formidable “like a giant metal snake coiling on itself” is how I described the sound I wanted, and he came in a say or so later with a CD with 5 fresh tracks on them. Ironically enough, the track he called “metal snakes” that he made fitting that description, I still have yet to