Cate Hukle makes darkgaze music in Portland, OR, under the name Kallai. Last year Cate released an album called We Are Forever, inspired by the aftermath of a tumultuous election and built around a mythic framework borrowed from a novel that gave the band its name.
In our convo, we get into how that record came together and what the album’s title is actually referencing (hint: it has to do with a certain Vampire Slayer). Cate’s mixtape is broken up into three couplets of tunes, including two rare tracks harkening back to 90s Lawrence, Kansas.
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⏱️ Chapters:
00:00 - Intro to Cate Hukle
01:08 - Writing We Are Forever
05:08 - The Album’s Mythic Story
07:46 - Naming It After Buffy
10:09 - Revisiting We Are Forever
12:45 - The Remix Album Process
15:06 - Feedback Inside the Band
20:22 - The Mixtape
21:32 - “Missile Command” by Shallow
25:19 - “Red and Blue” by Free Verse
27:38 - “What a Life” by Juliana Hatfield
32:01 - “The Reason Why” by Ladytron
36:40 - “Ugly IRL” by Vyva Melinkolya
39:58 - “Evaporate” by AA Williams
45:30 - Honorable Mentions
47:09 - Game: Showdown
53:47 - Plugs & Outro
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