On full-length debut, viral punk band The Linda Lindas keep growing
NPR's Ayesha Rascoe speaks to Bela Salazar and Lucia de la Garza of The Linda Lindas about punk as a form of expression and the creation of their new album, Growing Up.
Last year's performance at the Los Angeles Public Library propelled The Linda Lindas' anthem, "Racist, Sexist Boy," into an international spotlight.
The video of the California-based punk band playing at the library's AAPI Heritage Month celebration in May racked up hundreds of thousands of views. But the group — made up of sisters Lucia and Mila de la Garza, their cousin Eloise Wong and their friend Bela Salazar — has staying power in the Riot Grrrl scene.
The band's recently released album, , finds its members attempting to make sense of adolescence in a global pandemic, demanding to be heard and paying homage to a savage
