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Welcome to the Trap Set, where each week we explore the lives of drummers.

I want to play something for you.

You're hearing the song Always Looking by Dumb Dumb Girls, featuring my guest Sandra Vu on drums.

I first saw Sandra play at All Tomorrow's Parties, a music festival held at a kitchy old holiday resort in Mindhead, England.

The band filled the room with its blend of Brill Building Pop and

70s Garage Rock. I admired Sandra's musically minimalist approach to drumming. Like Hal Blaine

before her, she has the ability to take very similar beats and add texture and nuance

to make every song burst with its own distinct energy.

A few years later, I got to know Sandra when her band Sisu was on the same tour as me. In a live setting, Sandra plays guitar and sings, backed by her childhood friends and her boyfriend,

Nat Kiefer on drums.

Given the high level of musical sensitivity I'd

enjoyed in her drumming years earlier, it was no surprise to learn that Sandra is a multi-instrumentalist

who played most of the instruments on the Sisu recordings. Here's my talk with Sandra Vu.

What have you been doing? I'm working on a record and just pretty much locking myself up

after a pretty long tour year last year. You were touring with DumbDum Girls? Yeah, we did

quite a bit of touring. And you're working on a record for Sisu, your record?

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