LOOKING ON THE BRIGHT SIDE, WITH 50’S DOO WOP, INDIE-POP FUSION BAND PINS & NEEDLES Sabrina, Rebecca, Nastasia and Deanna are taking Toronto and Montreal by storm. These four incredibly talented musicians met as 14 year olds at Girls Rock Camp Toronto, a community in the business of creating safe spaces for young women to make music. After the five day camp, this group of powerhouse females instantly hit it off as Pins & Needles. This positive group of individuals see the value in female empowerment and are always up for a challenge! We sat down with them during hair and makeup to join in their banter and get to know a little more about them. Mimpmag: So who writes your songs? Can you describe the songwriting process? Rebecca: Everyone in this band writes music, but I think the process has
changed over time — it was originally more like: someone brings in one song and then we play that song and add parts to it. And it’s still somewhat like that, but now it’s a little more organic. We are less scared to bring in “lessformed” songs, parts that you’re proud of that you’re willing to change and alter and also willing to add to. Now that we are feeling more comfortable with our instruments, we are bringing in licks or fill that we really like; Instead of being like, “I brought this fully formed song! Wanna hear it?”. Nat: Yeah, it has come out of trust, I think. I remember our first couple practices there was a lot of like, “sooooo… what’s up”. And then it morphed into half practice, half talking about our feelings.
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