In episode two, I talk with singer and composer Lalin St. Juste about troll attacks, fishnets and fake eyelashes, introversion, the perils of going it solo, and crazy good fortune.

St. Juste is co-founder and front woman for the San Francisco Bay Area band, The Seshen, which draws from a range of influences including electronica, R&B and indie rock. The Seshen has opened for some of today's most energetic and beloved bands, including Hiatus Kaiyote, PetiteNoir, tUnE-yArDs, and Thundercat. The six-piece band includes producer-bassist and co-founder Akiyoshi Ehara, drummer Chris Thalmann, keyboard/synth player Mahesh Rao, percussionist Mirza Kopelman and sequencer Kumar Butler. St. Juste describes their most recent album, Cyan (Tru Thoughts 2020), as her journey to become "unapologetically black, unapologetically queer, unapologetically a woman." 

Photo credit: Brittany Powers. Used by permission.