xRhythms contributor Shez grilled Gold Frankincense & Myrrh, otherwise known as GFM



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CJ: "People dump their problems on us, and we love that: 'Please come to us because we went through all that.' This past year we've overcome so much, and we continually are growing. We're not like, 'I know everything! I am perfect! Look at me!' No. We just want to share truth. We were blessed, we were saved, and we just want to share that with others. You either feed the spirit or you feed the flesh, and it's like that with everyone. It's not that the music industry is harder. It's a daily decision."

Maggie: "It's important, the way we write our music, we don't just write about the good stuff. We write about the bad stuff as well so people know our life's not perfect but we're still going, even though we've had these issues, and here's why: it's because we believe in Jesus Christ and he gives us hope every day."

Lulu: "Every song we write, we always make sure it's a positive outcome. We don't want someone to listen to our music and go away not feeling any better, or feeling worse about themselves. If you come to our concert or you listen to our music, and you're feeling awful, we want you to feel uplifted afterwards, we want you to feel like you aren't alone. There's hope, there's a better outcome, and it's going to come. It's not a forever pain you're in."

Shez: You clearly seem to be having a lot of influence in peoples' lives.

Lulu: "I feel like a lot of people don't realise the influence they have. Anyone can influence anyone. Just because we're in a band doesn't mean that we influence people more. You can influence someone by just walking through a grocery store and helping someone out. Someone's going to see that and be like, 'Wow! They took time out of their day to go and help.' We influence people more than we actually know in our life, so we want to be that light people see."

Maggie: "We're making sure we're listening to God's voice, because it's a calling. It's as simple as asking your waiter, 'Hey, is there anything I can pray for you?' Or we'll go right up to people and say, 'I feel like God told me to come ask you if you need prayer.' Random stuff like that is just making sure you're listening to God's voice and his calling. The more you do it, the louder it gets, and the harder it gets to not listen to it. So you're like just, 'I gotta go do this! It's going to make me irk till I do it!' It's just making sure you follow him and obey him."

Shez: Tell me about your songwriting process.

CJ: "Sometimes we start with lyrics, sometimes drums, sometimes with guitar. It's literally different every song. People are like, 'What's your formula? What do you do?' I don't even know!"

Maggie: "It depends on different collaborators too. Different people write in different ways. The more people we meet to write with, the more we're, 'Oh, they do it this way? We can fit ourselves into that too.'"

Shez: You've just released "The Most Wonderful Time Of The Year".

Maggie: "Yes, it's a Christmas song. It's a cover - but it's a punk rock cover - of a classic song. It's just kind of weird to be doing that, because we were having to do it in July."

Shez: Do you ever do a worship set? Is that your Sunday morning?

CJ: "In our acoustic set we do have songs by contemporary artists, like 'Redeemed' by Big Daddy Weave. We really love that one. 'How He Loves' by Crowder. We take time to just praise him. We love God, we love just singing, using our talents to praise him. That's why we love our acoustic stuff."

Maggie: "It's really cool at churches to take the focus off our music and play somebody else's. Our music can still uplift people to God, and encourage them, but it's cool to be able to sing something that's specifically for God. It's cool to be able to play worship songs and take a break from headbang and mosh songs about issues you're struggling with."