Linda Lindas ride viral fame to 2nd album, tour

Mila de la Garza powers No Obligation with a furious thump that feels like a punk rock drumming clinic Around the pounding guitarists Bela Salazar and Lucia de la Garza and bassist Eloise Wong fill in heavy riffs and power chords Overtop it all Wong shouts I don t owe you You don t own me You don t owe them They don t own you For me on No Obligation I don t think I was really experimenting with different sounds but more figuring out how to sound more like myself Wong explained the Boston Herald about writing the title track to the Linda Lindas album The Linda Lindas have come to specialize in punk rock heavy riffs and defiant shouts And come to specialize in a short span of time The members aged to have carried the viral stardom of the song Racist Sexist Boy into the strong smart second LP No Obligation album Growing Up was us throwing together various of the first songs we d ever written Wong commented ahead of the Linda Lindas April show at the Paradise No Obligation was us finding how to make the kinds of music we like Turns out the music the Lindas like is hardcore pop punk indie pop noise rock and Latin-influenced experiments listen to Yo Me Estreso which features Weird Al on the accordion The lyrical themes that go with tunes range from big ideas about tradition and politics to personal stuff like life stress and pets We just write about our lives and whatever feels major to us in the moment Salazar disclosed Sometimes that s something political sometimes it s something personal or even just about my cats We re not really trying to strike a balance or overthink it it just kind of reflects where we re at now I ve constantly been a very introspective writer which makes a lot of my songs a lot more personal but it s unfailingly in the context of something bigger Lucia de la Garza revealed I think our balance also comes from each other and helping each other stay grounded Staying grounded is key when you spend half your life writing recording and touring last summer the Linda Lindas played stadiums and arenas with Green Day and the Smashing Pumpkins in the fall No Obligation racked up millions of streams and four star reviews The other half of life is filled with regular stuff like school School literally is pretty grounding when we re at home it helps keep a few sense of normalcy Mila de la Garza the -year-old drummer reported In my free time I like to read I lately finished The Secret History by Donna Tartt and am in the process of reading specific Rainbow Rowell books right now Teen life is tough enough to deal with without being in one of the great new bands of currently Of unit adult life can be no picnic In the mess of the modern world the Linda Lindas find time for rage gratification and normalcy It s so easy to give up amidst daily depressing news of censorship deportation war and how our regime is stripped down to only benefit the elite meager and screw over the rest Wong reported All these issues feel so big and too much to handle but we can start with caring talking and doing what we can among our friends in our smaller communities and maybe even in silly little rock shows we play For tickets and details visit thelindalindas com