MOTHERMARY makes retro-futuristic Art Pop. Named after the mother of Christ, the ultimate symbol of religious hypocrisy and the impossible expectations placed on women, the bicoastal project is the brainchild of identical twins Elyse & Larena, who grew up in a Mormon family in Missoula, Montana, the youngest of nearly a dozen children. "It was our world… our paradigm," Larena says about those days. "We were brainwashed." Check out MotherMary at mothermary.band Elyse was the first to get out and started MOTHERMARY in her bushwick bedroom in early 2016. After leaving the repression of religion and experiencing similar barriers in the music industry, Elyse taught herself music production. "I wanted to have control over the sound. TOTAL control." Larena followed suit, left the church, and rejoined Elyse in NYC in late 2016 joining the band to create the duo we know today. Creating music together became a form of therapy. A way to heal from their religious trauma and patriarchal oppression. Watch MotherMary on YouTube, Instagram or everywhere @MOTHERMARYMUSIC The sound Elyse and Larena have created is indeed extremely specific. The contrast of light and dark — of exquisite, ethereal vocals and dark, even gritty instrumentation — is elusive and engrossing, a unique juxtaposition that's entirely in keeping with the sensibility of sisters who have always refused to be pinned down or defined. The group split studio time equally between NYC and LA over the last two years and on January 28th, 2022, they served their mesmerizing debut, I Am Your God, via Italians Do It Better. A Sin Wave work of Art Pop that's utterly singular, a dazzling hybrid of the old and the new. This episode of Getting the Gig from the Break It Down Show is hosted by Jon Leon Guerrero. The show is produced by Jon Leon Guerrero, Larry Lemas and Executive Produced by Pete A Turner