E323 ALT BLK ERA on Sonic Experimentation, Collaborating With Wheatus, and Always Using Your Voice

This week, we're scratching The Itch for a youth movement! Our guests are Chaya and Nyrobi Beckett-Messam, collectively known as ALT BLK ERA. They're sisters who grew up with a passion for music that led them to start creating at a young age. With strong family support and a penchant for engrossing themselves in various genres, they put their individual personalities and styles together to release their debut album, the fantastic drum and bass/rock hybrid Rave Immortal, just last year. Now they're back with further experimentation on a new EP called Our World. The girls join us to discuss the EP, as well as their experience navigating the alternative scene as teenagers and showing that they could, in fact, stand on their own as artists. Plus, they give insight into the challenges of touring while living with a hidden disability and the wild story of how they bonded and collaborated with Wheatus. Enjoy. As promised, here's ALT BLK ERA's reaction video as they play "My Drummer's Girlfriend" in front of their drummer's girlfriend, as well as Chaya making her guitar debut on that song at 2000trees 2024 and the band getting the party started at that show with "Upstairs Neighbours". Listen to The Itch Rock Radio Show Rock with us every Sunday night from 6-9pm CST on KCLC-FM in St. Louis. Outside the area? Stream online at 891thewood.com, TuneIn, Radio.net, and OnlineRadioBox! Connect With The Itch For any and all friendship, questions, inquiries, and offers of pizza, The Itch can be found at the following: Website: itchrocks.com Facebook: Facebook.com/itchrocks Instagram: Instagram.com/itchrocks Email: [email protected] Support the Show Thank you so much for listening. If you like what you hear, please subscribe and leave a positive review and rating on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or Podchaser to help our audience grow. Reviews only take a minute and help us reach more rock fans just like you. Credits Our theme song, "Corrupted", is used with permission from the amazing Skindred. All other content is copyright of The Itch. All rights reserved, including the right to rock on.