Aug 8, 2020
Mary-Eleanor Joyce is a guitar
player and drummer who has played in Maximum Busy Muscle, Shitty
Candy and the Circus Peanuts, the incredibly influential Athens
band Incindiaries, and her new project, Sewer Kitty. She's also a
mother and a devoted daughter, which is why I wanted to talk to
her: A lot of Gen X musicians have waited late in life to start
families, only to find themselves raising young children while
balancing caring for aging parents. Her father was in managed care
for years before we sat down to talk. Then he passed away the
morning of the day of our interview. Mary Eleanor still wanted to
talk, though, so I went to her house with a very long mic cable and
we sat on the back porch while the cicadas and the crickets sang
all around us, and she told me all about what she was feeling and
what it meant, and it was just amazing.
You can hear Incidiaries here: https://thisisincendiaries.bandcamp.com/album/give-me-a-reason
You can hear Maximum Busy Muscle here:
https://maximumbusymuscle.bandcamp.com/