Interview: The Mint Chicks

The Mint Chicks much anticipated third album Screens is out tomorrow and we were lucky enough to get some phone time with Ruban to tell us about it and Portland, their home for the past year and a half.

"We live in south east Portland. There are a lot of venues and a lot of bands in Portland but virtually no industry. It makes for a very non-competitive but stimulating scene I reckon. People are focussed on their musical ambitions rather than their financial ambitions or dreams of fame. We feel really welcome there and people seem to find it really amusing and interesting that we've had some success in New Zealand and choose to bury our heads in the Portland scene in relative obscurity."

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