Thelma and the Sleaze caught me off guard the first time I saw them; I just wasn’t prepared for the blaze of bare skin and brazen intensity that the band delivered. But it needed to happen; I didn’t realize it at the time, but my brain wanted to be wallered by those three writhing banshees. I left the show with the same stupid satisfaction I get from breathing gasoline fumes at Mapco, maybe a tick tougher for surviving the onslaught.
The band is preparing for a double header this Friday, 11/15, to mark the release of their double EP box set. They are first performing in Mufreesboro at Mayday Brewery at 7, and then in Nashville at the Stone Fox at 9. More details are available here. This video for "Too Tough" is a close approximation of what to expect. Being the Southern belles they are, the band obliged me by answering a few interview questions. -Terra James-Jura