Last week, we caught up with Elizabeth Harper, the stunning frontwoman of one or our favorite synth-pop bands around right now, Class Actress. Read on for a little Q&A about her love of Paris, her penchant for always seeking out locally drown fruit while on tour, and hosting dinner parties as an escape from travelling and recording.
What are you working on right now?
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Right now I am working on being in the moment and writing new songs for the next Class Actress record. I shot a video for the track "Keep You" and that's coming out in September. Â Look for a boxer and some high fashion love.Â
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What was the funnest trip you took over the past six months or so?
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Paris, always Paris. I had four days off the during the last European tour and I spent them in Paris. Â I didn't leave my hotel much but it was still fun.Â
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What was your favorite concert to play?
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The other night we played House of Blues in Boston with Sleigh Bells and so I guess every new show is my favorite. Touring with Sleigh Bells has been an absolute joy.
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Have you been to any cool non-Class Actress events as of late that were engaging? If so, what was it, and why was it special?
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I went to a friends birthday party. It was intimate and on a hot sweaty roof... it was special and engaging because it was full of friends I love and don't get to see very often. So I guess special is in the eye of beholder. As per events, Chris and Ethan DJ'd on the roof of the Wythe hotel and the view up there is very engaging. When i was home for a week in between tours I saw half the cast of Girls hanging out in my neighborhood... it was very meta reality TV reality, if that even makes sense.
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What's something you do when you're not working on music?
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I like to have dinner parties at my apartment. I like to host. That is probably my favorite hobby right now. Â That and thinking. Dinner parties are special. People talk and open up... it's a nice contrast to tour, where you are used to moving all the time and cant talk to someone for more than a few minutes at a time.
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What's something you always carry with you?
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Your headphones of course. Â
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And what's your favorite food to eat while on the road?
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Fresh local fruit. Â anything from a farm stand wheres the people who are selling it actually picked it.Â
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Finally, what are you looking forward to for the rest of the summer?
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Touring and starting the new record. Music, Â it's all about music and love and pressing on into the dark night with love in your heart and passion in your soul.
