Thursday, March 5, 2009
Who knew a company known for its greeting cards could spark the formation of a band? That’s exactly what happened for Sarah Anderson and her friends in the band Softee. Anderson, lead singer, says they were drawn together after working on the same illustration team at Hallmark.
She says a game of “what ifs” followed between her and her friends at Hallmark about forming a band before their supervisor, Mimi, started talking about playing drums. “I started freaking out,” Anderson says. “I was like, ‘Oh my god, we can have an all-girl band.’”
All play and no work ... : The band mates of Softee met while they were coworkers at Hallmark.
Now Softee has signed with an indie label and has released an EP. Anderson says the band members still work full time at Hallmark and she is a parent, so they try to balance their schedules with being a band.
Anderson says the band doesn’t like to describe its own sound but when pushed, she describes it as “low-fi, kind of girlie pop.” She says many people compare Softee to other bands. “Recently we’ve been called Weezer hangs out with OK Go meets Luscious Jackson,” Anderson says.
Anderson says she never would have started performing if she hadn’t had her friends from work, and eventual band mates, around her, and that’s something she thinks most people don’t realize about music.
“Anybody can do this if they have some music inclination and are around friends that are going to give each other a chance,” Anderson says. “It’s too scary otherwise.”
See Softee play at 8 p.m. Friday at The Beaumont Club, 4050 Pennsylvania Avenue, in Kansas City, Missouri.
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