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  Shantih Shantih broke a period of relative silence this year when the group announced the May 20 arrival of its debut full-length Winter in September (Wild Honey, Dusty Medical Records). Streaming album tracks "Come and Treat Me," "Snails," and "Ruby," capture the multi-part harmonies, dreamy psychedelic riffs, and sure-handed beats that have won over live audiences both at home and abroad. 
   
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    The deep bonds of friendship between Shantih Shantih's founding members have driven the band's early successes (which include a live debut at SXSW in 2013) and sustained momentum. The original trio, which includes Anna Kramer (lead guitar), Anna Barattin (vocals, guitar), and Julia Furgiuele (drums), see each other as family, both figuratively and literally. Sisters-in-law Furgiuele and Barattin are married to Gringo Star's Nick and Peter Furgiuele, respectively.
    
    The Shantih Shantih family, minus current bassist Nikki Speake (Midnight Larks), chatted with Crib Notes about the band's origins, family ties, and the new album.
    
    You’ve been together a little over three years now, right?
    
    Anna Barattin: 2013 is when we went to Austin, I think.
    
    How did you all get together?
    
    Julia Furgiuele: I lived here and Anna Barattin lived in Italy. She started dating my husband’s brother. That’s when we started hanging out a lot and playing around with music a little bit. And I knew Anna Kramer …
    
    Anna Kramer: We’ve been friends for more than 10 years, I think?
    
    JF: I think it’s closer to 15 now.
    
    AK: Now we’re sisters. 
    
    AB: I’ve been here five years. It took me two years to start playing again. We talked about it a bunch of times. I remember I went back to Italy for a Christmas break, and Julia bought a drum kit. When I got back, she was excited and ready to go.
    
                  I just recently made this connection, but Barattin was in Vermillion Sands. I saw you at 529 in 2010, maybe?
    
    AB: It was. It was the year before I moved here. I didn’t know these guys back then.
    
    AK: If I’d known, I would have gone to the show.
    
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    So basically, the two of you were planning something, then Anna Kramer came in and you added (original bassist) Valentina Tapia along the way?
    
    AK: Actually, I was invited to a Furgiuele family dinner as an honorary relative. I had been in Ocha La Rocha, and Johnny, the singer, had just moved to L.A. I like to have another band besides my band, and really I just wanted to jam. So I said, ‘If you guys want to jam sometime ’ And they were like, ‘How about Sunday?’’ It was perfect timing to start another project.
    
    Where did the name Shantih Shantih come from?

    AB: T.S. Eliot’s The Wasteland. It means peace. We thought it was a good way to start the band.
    
    AK: She’s really smart.
    
    AB: I pretend to be!
    
    How long did it take to go from jamming to playing live?

    AB: It didn’t take long. We went to SXSW in March, and I was talking about Christmas break. So just a few months.
    
    AK: I was out of town for SXSW, so I missed our first show. The Atlanta Film Festival at Goat Farm March 20, 2013 was the first local show.
    
    So your first shows, out of town and here, were at events with built-in crowds.

    AB: It was good for experience. Julia hadn’t played out before, and I hadn’t played guitar in a while. It’s always tough when you don’t play, and you start back. 
    
    AK: It always sounded great. It never sounded like we had just started. It gelled pretty quickly. Maybe it’s because we were friends before and we have similar musical interests. We wanted the same sounds to come out.
    
    AB: And we like to hang out. We’re not the kind of band that just meets up for practice. We like to meet up for beers or stay forever after practice because we have to tell each other everything that happens to us.
    
    Julia, were you picking these two’s brains since they have experience touring and performing?

    JF: Yes, but I did learn a lot about the music industry from my husband. He’s been in Gringo Star for as long as I’ve known him—15 years. I’ve learned from him what it’s like to be in a band on the road and what it’s like to handle the business end.
    
    AK: What it’s like to go to Taco Bell and make it by 2 a.m., before they close.
    
    JF: It’s more fun to do with the ladies. We’re like sisters.
    
    AK: Julia and I would just hop in the van with Gringo Star. My boyfriend used to play with them also, so we’d be on tour with them even if we weren’t playing. We’ve gone to England and a lot of different places. It’d be six people sleeping in a van. It’s definitely not glamorous, but at least it's family. And if we love it this much after all of that, it’s a good sign.
    
    JF: We’re itching to get back on the road ourselves.
    
    AB: And see lots of friends. The way music works sometimes, you don’t get to see your friends because they're all scattered around. If you’re in a band and you have similar interests, you get to see each other once a year or once every two years.
    
    The album has been a couple of years in the making, right?

    JF: We got together whenever we could, and we weren’t in a hurry.
    
    AK: As opposed to booking one solid time to record.
    
    AB: We recorded it at home with Peter. It's nice because we could take our time. We'd listen to a song and say, "Maybe we can change this part." Then the song would be another song. It was a never ending process because we wanted to get the sound we wanted. And Peter kept buying new pieces of equipment for the studio, so he’d say, "Let’s try it with this microphone!"
    
    AK: Peter’s like the fifth Beatle. He really did put so much time into it. We’re so happy with the results.
    
    AB: I want see the vinyl. I’m really excited about that.
    
    JF: We have the CDs. The vinyl is being shipped from Italy, so we’re hoping to have it in time for the show in Atlanta.
    
    AK: It’s being put out here, too, on Dusty Medical. We’re going to go play a show up there in Milwaukee and play a show with one of their bands.
    
    AB: Are you familiar with that label?
    
  They put out bands like the Goodnight Loving and Plexi 3.

    AB: It’s small, but they’re really invested in what they do. And they support Bernie, which is a plus.
    
    I’d like to believe most labels that would put out your music support Bernie Sanders, but that’s not a given.
    
    AK: That’s a good point.
    
    Wild Honey from Italy is also putting out the album.

    JF: Franz Barcella has known Anna for years. We got to meet him when we were on tour in Europe the last time in 2014. He came out to one of the shows and is a really nice guy and loves the music. We reached out to him.
    
    AB: He said yes right away.
    
    When did Nikki Speake join? I didn't realize she was in the band before I saw the release show poster.

    AK: She probably started about five or six months ago.
    
    JF: New Year’s Eve at Aisle 5 was her first show. She had to learn the whole set in a short amount of time.
    
    She’d be an ideal guitarist to learn your set fast. Plus she’s great with harmonies.
    
    AK: She’s got a beautiful voice.
    
    JF: I’d seen her in Midnight Larks and thought it was great. We were all thinking about asking her to join at the same time. And she dates our friend Max Cooper, so this is all in the family type stuff. 
    
    AB: I’m going to pick her brain on the road about diets. She’s a dietitian.
    
    JF: I wonder how she’ll influence how we eat on the road. So far, we’ve only talked about Taco Bell.
    
    Shantih Shantih plays the Winter in September album release show on Fri., May 20. With Tiger, Tiger! and Thayer Saranno. The Earl. $8-$10. 9 p.m. 488 Flat Shoals Ave. 404-522-3950. www.badearl.com.
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    The deep bonds of friendship between Shantih Shantih's founding members have driven the band's early successes (which include a live debut at SXSW in 2013) and sustained momentum. The original trio, which includes Anna Kramer (lead guitar), Anna Barattin (vocals, guitar), and Julia Furgiuele (drums), see each other as family, both figuratively and literally. Sisters-in-law Furgiuele and Barattin are married to Gringo Star's Nick and Peter Furgiuele, respectively.
    
    The Shantih Shantih family, minus current bassist Nikki Speake (Midnight Larks), chatted with Crib Notes about the band's origins, family ties, and the new album.
    
    __You’ve been together a little over three years now, right?__
    
    Anna Barattin: 2013 is when we went to Austin, I think.
    
    __How did you all get together?__
    
    Julia Furgiuele: I lived here and Anna [Barattin] lived in Italy. She started dating my husband’s brother. That’s when we started hanging out a lot and playing around with music a little bit. And I knew Anna Kramer …
    
    Anna Kramer: We’ve been friends for more than 10 years, I think?
    
    JF: I think it’s closer to 15 now.
    
    AK: Now we’re sisters. 
    
    AB: I’ve been here five years. It took me two years to start playing again. We talked about it a bunch of times. I remember I went back to Italy for a Christmas break, and Julia bought a drum kit. When I got back, she was excited and ready to go.
    
                  __I just recently made this connection, but Barattin was in Vermillion Sands. I saw you at 529 in 2010, maybe?__
    
    AB: It was. It was the year before I moved here. I didn’t know these guys back then.
    
    AK: If I’d known, I would have gone to the show.
    
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__    So basically, the two of you were planning something, then Anna Kramer came in and you added (original bassist) Valentina Tapia along the way?__
    
    AK: Actually, I was invited to a Furgiuele family dinner as an honorary relative. I had been in Ocha La Rocha, and Johnny, the singer, had just moved to L.A. I like to have another band besides my band, and really I just wanted to jam. So I said, ‘If you guys want to jam sometime ’ And they were like, ‘How about Sunday?’’ It was perfect timing to start another project.
    
    __Where did the name Shantih Shantih come from?__
____
    AB: T.S. Eliot’s ''The Wasteland''. It means peace. We thought it was a good way to start the band.
    
    AK: She’s really smart.
    
    AB: I pretend to be!
    
    __How long did it take to go from jamming to playing live?__
____
    AB: It didn’t take long. We went to SXSW in March, and I was talking about Christmas break. So just a few months.
    
    AK: I was out of town for SXSW, so I missed our first show. The Atlanta Film Festival at Goat Farm [March 20, 2013] was the first local show.
    
    __So your first shows, out of town and here, were at events with built-in crowds.__
____
    AB: It was good for experience. Julia hadn’t played out before, and I hadn’t played guitar in a while. It’s always tough when you don’t play, and you start back. 
    
    AK: It always sounded great. It never sounded like we had just started. It gelled pretty quickly. Maybe it’s because we were friends before and we have similar musical interests. We wanted the same sounds to come out.
    
    AB: And we like to hang out. We’re not the kind of band that just meets up for practice. We like to meet up for beers or stay forever after practice because we have to tell each other everything that happens to us.
    
    __Julia, were you picking these two’s brains since they have experience touring and performing?__
____
    JF: Yes, but I did learn a lot about the music industry from my husband. He’s been in Gringo Star for as long as I’ve known him—15 years. I’ve learned from him what it’s like to be in a band on the road and what it’s like to handle the business end.
    
    AK: What it’s like to go to Taco Bell and make it by 2 a.m., before they close.
    
    JF: It’s more fun to do with the ladies. We’re like sisters.
    
    AK: Julia and I would just hop in the van with Gringo Star. My boyfriend used to play with them also, so we’d be on tour with them even if we weren’t playing. We’ve gone to England and a lot of different places. It’d be six people sleeping in a van. It’s definitely not glamorous, but at least it's family. And if we love it this much after all of that, it’s a good sign.
    
    JF: We’re itching to get back on the road ourselves.
    
    AB: And see lots of friends. The way music works sometimes, you don’t get to see your friends because they're all scattered around. If you’re in a band and you have similar interests, you get to see each other once a year or once every two years.
    
    __The album has been a couple of years in the making, right?__
____
    JF: We got together whenever we could, and we weren’t in a hurry.
    
    AK: As opposed to booking one solid time to record.
    
    AB: We recorded it at home with Peter. It's nice because we could take our time. We'd listen to a song and say, "Maybe we can change this part." Then the song would be another song. It was a never ending process because we wanted to get the sound we wanted. And Peter kept buying new pieces of equipment for the studio, so he’d say, "Let’s try it with this microphone!"
    
    AK: Peter’s like the fifth Beatle. He really did put so much time into it. We’re so happy with the results.
    
    AB: I want see the vinyl. I’m really excited about that.
    
    JF: We have the CDs. The vinyl is being shipped from Italy, so we’re hoping to have it in time for the show in Atlanta.
    
    AK: It’s being put out here, too, on [http://www.dustymedical.com/|Dusty Medical.] We’re going to go play a show up there in Milwaukee and play a show with one of their bands.
    
    AB: Are you familiar with that label?
    
  __They put out bands like the Goodnight Loving and Plexi 3.__
____
    AB: It’s small, but they’re really invested in what they do. And they support Bernie, which is a plus.
    
    __I’d like to believe most labels that would put out your music support Bernie Sanders, but that’s not a given.__
    
    AK: That’s a good point.
    
    __[http://wildhoneyrecords.bandcamp.com/|Wild Honey] from Italy is also putting out the album.__
____
    JF: Franz [Barcella] has known Anna for years. We got to meet him when we were on tour in Europe the last time in 2014. He came out to one of the shows and is a really nice guy and loves the music. We reached out to him.
    
    AB: He said yes right away.
    
    __When did Nikki Speake join? I didn't realize she was in the band before I saw the release show poster.__
____
    AK: She probably started about five or six months ago.
    
    JF: New Year’s Eve at Aisle 5 was her first show. She had to learn the whole set in a short amount of time.
    ____
__    She’d be an ideal guitarist to learn your set fast. Plus she’s great with harmonies.__
    
    AK: She’s got a beautiful voice.
    
    JF: I’d seen her in Midnight Larks and thought it was great. We were all thinking about asking her to join at the same time. And she dates our friend Max Cooper, so this is all in the family type stuff. 
    
    AB: I’m going to pick her brain on the road about diets. She’s a dietitian.
    
    JF: I wonder how she’ll influence how we eat on the road. So far, we’ve only talked about Taco Bell.
    
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  Shantih Shantih broke a period of relative silence this year when the group announced the May 20 arrival of its debut full-length Winter in September (Wild Honey, Dusty Medical Records). Streaming album tracks "Come and Treat Me," "Snails," and "Ruby," capture the multi-part harmonies, dreamy psychedelic riffs, and sure-handed beats that have won over live audiences both at home and abroad. 
   
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    The deep bonds of friendship between Shantih Shantih's founding members have driven the band's early successes (which include a live debut at SXSW in 2013) and sustained momentum. The original trio, which includes Anna Kramer (lead guitar), Anna Barattin (vocals, guitar), and Julia Furgiuele (drums), see each other as family, both figuratively and literally. Sisters-in-law Furgiuele and Barattin are married to Gringo Star's Nick and Peter Furgiuele, respectively.
    
    The Shantih Shantih family, minus current bassist Nikki Speake (Midnight Larks), chatted with Crib Notes about the band's origins, family ties, and the new album.
    
    You’ve been together a little over three years now, right?
    
    Anna Barattin: 2013 is when we went to Austin, I think.
    
    How did you all get together?
    
    Julia Furgiuele: I lived here and Anna Barattin lived in Italy. She started dating my husband’s brother. That’s when we started hanging out a lot and playing around with music a little bit. And I knew Anna Kramer …
    
    Anna Kramer: We’ve been friends for more than 10 years, I think?
    
    JF: I think it’s closer to 15 now.
    
    AK: Now we’re sisters. 
    
    AB: I’ve been here five years. It took me two years to start playing again. We talked about it a bunch of times. I remember I went back to Italy for a Christmas break, and Julia bought a drum kit. When I got back, she was excited and ready to go.
    
                  I just recently made this connection, but Barattin was in Vermillion Sands. I saw you at 529 in 2010, maybe?
    
    AB: It was. It was the year before I moved here. I didn’t know these guys back then.
    
    AK: If I’d known, I would have gone to the show.
    
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    So basically, the two of you were planning something, then Anna Kramer came in and you added (original bassist) Valentina Tapia along the way?
    
    AK: Actually, I was invited to a Furgiuele family dinner as an honorary relative. I had been in Ocha La Rocha, and Johnny, the singer, had just moved to L.A. I like to have another band besides my band, and really I just wanted to jam. So I said, ‘If you guys want to jam sometime ’ And they were like, ‘How about Sunday?’’ It was perfect timing to start another project.
    
    Where did the name Shantih Shantih come from?

    AB: T.S. Eliot’s The Wasteland. It means peace. We thought it was a good way to start the band.
    
    AK: She’s really smart.
    
    AB: I pretend to be!
    
    How long did it take to go from jamming to playing live?

    AB: It didn’t take long. We went to SXSW in March, and I was talking about Christmas break. So just a few months.
    
    AK: I was out of town for SXSW, so I missed our first show. The Atlanta Film Festival at Goat Farm March 20, 2013 was the first local show.
    
    So your first shows, out of town and here, were at events with built-in crowds.

    AB: It was good for experience. Julia hadn’t played out before, and I hadn’t played guitar in a while. It’s always tough when you don’t play, and you start back. 
    
    AK: It always sounded great. It never sounded like we had just started. It gelled pretty quickly. Maybe it’s because we were friends before and we have similar musical interests. We wanted the same sounds to come out.
    
    AB: And we like to hang out. We’re not the kind of band that just meets up for practice. We like to meet up for beers or stay forever after practice because we have to tell each other everything that happens to us.
    
    Julia, were you picking these two’s brains since they have experience touring and performing?

    JF: Yes, but I did learn a lot about the music industry from my husband. He’s been in Gringo Star for as long as I’ve known him—15 years. I’ve learned from him what it’s like to be in a band on the road and what it’s like to handle the business end.
    
    AK: What it’s like to go to Taco Bell and make it by 2 a.m., before they close.
    
    JF: It’s more fun to do with the ladies. We’re like sisters.
    
    AK: Julia and I would just hop in the van with Gringo Star. My boyfriend used to play with them also, so we’d be on tour with them even if we weren’t playing. We’ve gone to England and a lot of different places. It’d be six people sleeping in a van. It’s definitely not glamorous, but at least it's family. And if we love it this much after all of that, it’s a good sign.
    
    JF: We’re itching to get back on the road ourselves.
    
    AB: And see lots of friends. The way music works sometimes, you don’t get to see your friends because they're all scattered around. If you’re in a band and you have similar interests, you get to see each other once a year or once every two years.
    
    The album has been a couple of years in the making, right?

    JF: We got together whenever we could, and we weren’t in a hurry.
    
    AK: As opposed to booking one solid time to record.
    
    AB: We recorded it at home with Peter. It's nice because we could take our time. We'd listen to a song and say, "Maybe we can change this part." Then the song would be another song. It was a never ending process because we wanted to get the sound we wanted. And Peter kept buying new pieces of equipment for the studio, so he’d say, "Let’s try it with this microphone!"
    
    AK: Peter’s like the fifth Beatle. He really did put so much time into it. We’re so happy with the results.
    
    AB: I want see the vinyl. I’m really excited about that.
    
    JF: We have the CDs. The vinyl is being shipped from Italy, so we’re hoping to have it in time for the show in Atlanta.
    
    AK: It’s being put out here, too, on Dusty Medical. We’re going to go play a show up there in Milwaukee and play a show with one of their bands.
    
    AB: Are you familiar with that label?
    
  They put out bands like the Goodnight Loving and Plexi 3.

    AB: It’s small, but they’re really invested in what they do. And they support Bernie, which is a plus.
    
    I’d like to believe most labels that would put out your music support Bernie Sanders, but that’s not a given.
    
    AK: That’s a good point.
    
    Wild Honey from Italy is also putting out the album.

    JF: Franz Barcella has known Anna for years. We got to meet him when we were on tour in Europe the last time in 2014. He came out to one of the shows and is a really nice guy and loves the music. We reached out to him.
    
    AB: He said yes right away.
    
    When did Nikki Speake join? I didn't realize she was in the band before I saw the release show poster.

    AK: She probably started about five or six months ago.
    
    JF: New Year’s Eve at Aisle 5 was her first show. She had to learn the whole set in a short amount of time.
    
    She’d be an ideal guitarist to learn your set fast. Plus she’s great with harmonies.
    
    AK: She’s got a beautiful voice.
    
    JF: I’d seen her in Midnight Larks and thought it was great. We were all thinking about asking her to join at the same time. And she dates our friend Max Cooper, so this is all in the family type stuff. 
    
    AB: I’m going to pick her brain on the road about diets. She’s a dietitian.
    
    JF: I wonder how she’ll influence how we eat on the road. So far, we’ve only talked about Taco Bell.
    
    Shantih Shantih plays the Winter in September album release show on Fri., May 20. With Tiger, Tiger! and Thayer Saranno. The Earl. $8-$10. 9 p.m. 488 Flat Shoals Ave. 404-522-3950. www.badearl.com.
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Peace, calm, bliss, or as T.S. Eliot put it, "the peace which passeth understanding." All of these translations for garage rock outfit Shantih Shantih are apt descriptions for the group's laid back, carefree sound that has catapulted them from obscurity to opening for the Black Lips, all in a little over a year.

I caught up with the quartet at Cameli's to talk about recording their debut, refining their stage prowls, and being comfortable in darkness.  

From playing SXSW to playing on a pizza float in the L5P Halloween parade, 2013 was a huge year for all of you. How did it feel to have all of that excitement crammed into such a short time frame?

Anna B: Cheers! laughs and abundant beer clinking

Anna K: We had a nice year, it was exciting. Anna B was gone over the summer and that was a huge bummer.

Anna B: I had some problems with my visa. We were booking shows and I was in Italy and we were writing to each other and we had to cancel a couple shows. We were excited to play with Mikal Cronin and we had to cancel that.

Anna K: And we had to cancel Shannon and the Clams too.

Why do you think the band gained so much momentum over the course of a year?

Julia: We had a lot of really good opportunities.

Anna B: It's the way you approach things. We're excited. We love what we do, we hang out together, we have fun and we want to do things. We don't put down opportunities when they come. And we like the music too!

Anna K: We started recording and we're having fun doing that. It's nice to have that to offer in addition to playing a lot of shows and having a little bit of everything to offer to the people.

How have you fine tuned your live performances since your first shows last year?

Valentina: Less terror just by virtue of repetition in practice. Just doing the same thing over and over again in front of more humans and refining our signature stage prowl. Our prowls and our growls.

Anna B: You can be an amazing musician and play with amazing musicians but if you don't play long enough there's no chemistry between people. It's different now because we have this vibe going on onstage. We feel like we're one band and not just single people together. And that is a huge part of our presence.

              jump        
How has the recording process been for your debut?

Julia: It's been a hard time finding time to get together with everyone working. But we've been playing shows and we've been going out of town a lot. It's been a slow process.

Anna B: It's nice to take your time so you can focus on your ideas instead of being rushed. When you have a weekend where you have to only focus on recording, it's nice. You can go back and say 'oh, I want that instrument in there!' We've been doing it at home so it's been easy to record when we have the time. 

Do you have any slated release date?

Anna B: We're going to announce it soon. The %22Something Else to Drink%22 seven inch is coming out next month, but we don't have a release date yet. 

What sort of influences have you been bringing into the new album?

Julia: I'm new to songwriting, Anna B's more experienced. I've only written a few songs in my lifetime. So far it's been very personal with my songwriting.

Anna B: Different things and a lot of books. I've been reading obscure, turn of the century women writers. I don't even know the name of all the short stories I read. I thought 'I can apply this to myself, and I can apply this to the music.' Whenever you write a song you know that you have an audience listening to you, so I'm aware of that and I try to write something I can apply to other people and not just myself.

Valentina: Her lyrics are super literary too, they're like little short stories in and of themselves, they have narratives.

Is the literature influence where the name Shantih Shantih came from, considering it's the closing lines to T.S. Eliot's The Wasteland?

Anna B: Yeah. It was kind of a wish and the desire for a new start. Leaving grudges behind and letting music come in. We have our own stories so we had a past behind us and we started our new thing. The idea of The Wasteland was this desert and we started constructing something new. That's the main idea.

Anna K: She moved from Italy for instance. She left behind her home, her friends and all the pasta they have over there.

Anna B, how do you translate the books you read into musical inspiration?

Anna B: It's a matter of feelings. Feeling trapped is one of the main themes. Feeling trapped in a situation, in the shadows, and past actions.__
That's interesting because your music seems to have a very easygoing, summery feel to it. Is your debut going to reflect any of those trapped feelings?

Anna K: I think our songs are hopeful, they might start dark but they come out hopeful. Anna B's got backup. She's got us.

Valentina: I feel comfortable in darkness though.

Julia: Yeah, it's fine to go through the darkness.

Anna B: Sometimes I feel bad for Ruby.

Valentina: Oh my god, I know! We have a song called "Ruby," it's about a lady who has to die someday soon. It's so sad!

Considering you've all been entrenched in Atlanta's music for awhile, how has seeing the music scene evolve effect the your musical approach?

Anna K: I've been playing for a really long time around these parts. It's changed but then it's always strong, it's always consistent. Whether you think it's strong or not, it might do more with not liking the bands that are playing here at the time. It never seems like it ever dies here. The people really support music here. You can start any tape or bands that you want to in this town. We're pretty open in that way, you can book a show anywhere, and there's a venue for your sound. It's a very nurturing town.

Valentina: It's super exciting right now too. You have fucking radical bands like the Subsonics. We're playing with them next month and we're super excited about it. This guy Lonnie Holley is amazing. He's from outer space and he's this soulful being and he plays with Bradford Cox. It's a really supportive scene.

Julia: No matter what kind of music you play, there's not really any hostility between bands or genres. We've played shows that we were a good fit for and shows where we weren't the best fit for and it's always been a fantastic response.

Valentina: I think we're a good fit for any show, personally. I think we can find a way to entertain anybody at any show anywhere. 

Shantih Shantih plays the Star Bar Sat., Jan. 25, with the Coathangers and Tikka. $8-$10. 9 p.m. 437 Moreland Ave.__

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Peace, calm, bliss, or as T.S. Eliot put it, "the peace which passeth understanding." All of these translations for garage rock outfit [https://www.facebook.com/shantih.shantih.atl|Shantih Shantih] are apt descriptions for the group's laid back, carefree sound that has catapulted them from obscurity to opening for the Black Lips, all in a little over a year.

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__From playing SXSW to playing on a pizza float in the L5P Halloween parade, 2013 was a huge year for all of you. How did it feel to have all of that excitement crammed into such a short time frame?__

Anna B: Cheers! [laughs and abundant beer clinking]

Anna K: We had a nice year, it was exciting. [Anna B] was gone over the summer and that was a huge bummer.

Anna B: I had some problems with my visa. We were booking shows and I was in Italy and we were writing to each other and we had to cancel a couple shows. We were excited to play with Mikal Cronin and we had to cancel that.

Anna K: And we had to cancel Shannon and the Clams too.

__Why do you think the band gained so much momentum over the course of a year?__

Julia: We had a lot of really good opportunities.

Anna B: It's the way you approach things. We're excited. We love what we do, we hang out together, we have fun and we want to do things. We don't put down opportunities when they come. And we like the music too!

Anna K: We started recording and we're having fun doing that. It's nice to have that to offer in addition to playing a lot of shows and having a little bit of everything to offer to the people.

__How have you fine tuned your live performances since your first shows last year?__
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Valentina: Less terror just by virtue of repetition in practice. Just doing the same thing over and over again in front of more humans and refining our signature stage prowl. Our prowls and our growls.

Anna B: You can be an amazing musician and play with amazing musicians but if you don't play long enough there's no chemistry between people. It's different now because we have this vibe going on onstage. We feel like we're one band and not just single people together. And that is a huge part of our presence.

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__How has the recording process been for your debut?__

Julia: It's been a hard time finding time to get together with everyone working. But we've been playing shows and we've been going out of town a lot. It's been a slow process.

Anna B: It's nice to take your time so you can focus on your ideas instead of being rushed. When you have a weekend where you have to only focus on recording, it's nice. You can go back and say 'oh, I want that instrument in there!' We've been doing it at home so it's been easy to record when we have the time. 

__Do you have any slated release date?__

Anna B: We're going to announce it soon. The ["Something Else to Drink"] seven inch is coming out next month, but we don't have a release date yet. 

__What sort of influences have you been bringing into the new album?__

Julia: I'm new to songwriting, Anna B's more experienced. I've only written a few songs in my lifetime. So far it's been very personal with my songwriting.

Anna B: Different things and a lot of books. I've been reading obscure, turn of the century women writers. I don't even know the name of all the short stories I read. I thought 'I can apply this to myself, and I can apply this to the music.' Whenever you write a song you know that you have an audience listening to you, so I'm aware of that and I try to write something I can apply to other people and not just myself.

Valentina: Her lyrics are super literary too, they're like little short stories in and of themselves, they have narratives.

__Is the literature influence where the name Shantih Shantih came from, considering it's the closing lines to T.S. Eliot's ''The Wasteland''?__

Anna B: Yeah. It was kind of a wish and the desire for a new start. Leaving grudges behind and letting music come in. We have our own stories so we had a past behind us and we started our new thing. The idea of ''The Wasteland'' was this desert and we started constructing something new. That's the main idea.

Anna K: She moved from Italy for instance. She left behind her home, her friends and all the pasta they have over there.

__Anna B, how do you translate the books you read into musical inspiration?__

Anna B: It's a matter of feelings. Feeling trapped is one of the main themes. Feeling trapped in a situation, in the shadows, and past actions.__
That's interesting because your music seems to have a very easygoing, summery feel to it. Is your debut going to reflect any of those trapped feelings?

Anna K: I think our songs are hopeful, they might start dark but they come out hopeful. [Anna B's] got backup. She's got us.

Valentina: I feel comfortable in darkness though.

Julia: Yeah, it's fine to go through the darkness.

Anna B: Sometimes I feel bad for Ruby.

Valentina: Oh my god, I know! We have a song called "Ruby," it's about a lady who has to die someday soon. It's so sad!

__Considering you've all been entrenched in Atlanta's music for awhile, how has seeing the music scene evolve effect the your musical approach?__

Anna K: I've been playing for a really long time around these parts. It's changed but then it's always strong, it's always consistent. Whether you think it's strong or not, it might do more with not liking the bands that are playing here at the time. It never seems like it ever dies here. The people really support music here. You can start any tape or bands that you want to in this town. We're pretty open in that way, you can book a show anywhere, and there's a venue for your sound. It's a very nurturing town.

Valentina: It's super exciting right now too. You have fucking radical bands like the [https://www.facebook.com/SubsonicsATL|Subsonics]. We're playing with them next month and we're super excited about it. This guy[https://www.facebook.com/LonnieHolley| Lonnie Holley] is amazing. He's from outer space and he's this soulful being and he plays with Bradford Cox. It's a really supportive scene.

Julia: No matter what kind of music you play, there's not really any hostility between bands or genres. We've played shows that we were a good fit for and shows where we weren't the best fit for and it's always been a fantastic response.

Valentina: I think we're a good fit for any show, personally. I think we can find a way to entertain anybody at any show anywhere. 

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Peace, calm, bliss, or as T.S. Eliot put it, "the peace which passeth understanding." All of these translations for garage rock outfit Shantih Shantih are apt descriptions for the group's laid back, carefree sound that has catapulted them from obscurity to opening for the Black Lips, all in a little over a year.

I caught up with the quartet at Cameli's to talk about recording their debut, refining their stage prowls, and being comfortable in darkness.  

From playing SXSW to playing on a pizza float in the L5P Halloween parade, 2013 was a huge year for all of you. How did it feel to have all of that excitement crammed into such a short time frame?

Anna B: Cheers! laughs and abundant beer clinking

Anna K: We had a nice year, it was exciting. Anna B was gone over the summer and that was a huge bummer.

Anna B: I had some problems with my visa. We were booking shows and I was in Italy and we were writing to each other and we had to cancel a couple shows. We were excited to play with Mikal Cronin and we had to cancel that.

Anna K: And we had to cancel Shannon and the Clams too.

Why do you think the band gained so much momentum over the course of a year?

Julia: We had a lot of really good opportunities.

Anna B: It's the way you approach things. We're excited. We love what we do, we hang out together, we have fun and we want to do things. We don't put down opportunities when they come. And we like the music too!

Anna K: We started recording and we're having fun doing that. It's nice to have that to offer in addition to playing a lot of shows and having a little bit of everything to offer to the people.

How have you fine tuned your live performances since your first shows last year?

Valentina: Less terror just by virtue of repetition in practice. Just doing the same thing over and over again in front of more humans and refining our signature stage prowl. Our prowls and our growls.

Anna B: You can be an amazing musician and play with amazing musicians but if you don't play long enough there's no chemistry between people. It's different now because we have this vibe going on onstage. We feel like we're one band and not just single people together. And that is a huge part of our presence.

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How has the recording process been for your debut?

Julia: It's been a hard time finding time to get together with everyone working. But we've been playing shows and we've been going out of town a lot. It's been a slow process.

Anna B: It's nice to take your time so you can focus on your ideas instead of being rushed. When you have a weekend where you have to only focus on recording, it's nice. You can go back and say 'oh, I want that instrument in there!' We've been doing it at home so it's been easy to record when we have the time. 

Do you have any slated release date?

Anna B: We're going to announce it soon. The %22Something Else to Drink%22 seven inch is coming out next month, but we don't have a release date yet. 

What sort of influences have you been bringing into the new album?

Julia: I'm new to songwriting, Anna B's more experienced. I've only written a few songs in my lifetime. So far it's been very personal with my songwriting.

Anna B: Different things and a lot of books. I've been reading obscure, turn of the century women writers. I don't even know the name of all the short stories I read. I thought 'I can apply this to myself, and I can apply this to the music.' Whenever you write a song you know that you have an audience listening to you, so I'm aware of that and I try to write something I can apply to other people and not just myself.

Valentina: Her lyrics are super literary too, they're like little short stories in and of themselves, they have narratives.

Is the literature influence where the name Shantih Shantih came from, considering it's the closing lines to T.S. Eliot's The Wasteland?

Anna B: Yeah. It was kind of a wish and the desire for a new start. Leaving grudges behind and letting music come in. We have our own stories so we had a past behind us and we started our new thing. The idea of The Wasteland was this desert and we started constructing something new. That's the main idea.

Anna K: She moved from Italy for instance. She left behind her home, her friends and all the pasta they have over there.

Anna B, how do you translate the books you read into musical inspiration?

Anna B: It's a matter of feelings. Feeling trapped is one of the main themes. Feeling trapped in a situation, in the shadows, and past actions.__
That's interesting because your music seems to have a very easygoing, summery feel to it. Is your debut going to reflect any of those trapped feelings?

Anna K: I think our songs are hopeful, they might start dark but they come out hopeful. Anna B's got backup. She's got us.

Valentina: I feel comfortable in darkness though.

Julia: Yeah, it's fine to go through the darkness.

Anna B: Sometimes I feel bad for Ruby.

Valentina: Oh my god, I know! We have a song called "Ruby," it's about a lady who has to die someday soon. It's so sad!

Considering you've all been entrenched in Atlanta's music for awhile, how has seeing the music scene evolve effect the your musical approach?

Anna K: I've been playing for a really long time around these parts. It's changed but then it's always strong, it's always consistent. Whether you think it's strong or not, it might do more with not liking the bands that are playing here at the time. It never seems like it ever dies here. The people really support music here. You can start any tape or bands that you want to in this town. We're pretty open in that way, you can book a show anywhere, and there's a venue for your sound. It's a very nurturing town.

Valentina: It's super exciting right now too. You have fucking radical bands like the Subsonics. We're playing with them next month and we're super excited about it. This guy Lonnie Holley is amazing. He's from outer space and he's this soulful being and he plays with Bradford Cox. It's a really supportive scene.

Julia: No matter what kind of music you play, there's not really any hostility between bands or genres. We've played shows that we were a good fit for and shows where we weren't the best fit for and it's always been a fantastic response.

Valentina: I think we're a good fit for any show, personally. I think we can find a way to entertain anybody at any show anywhere. 

Shantih Shantih plays the Star Bar Sat., Jan. 25, with the Coathangers and Tikka. $8-$10. 9 p.m. 437 Moreland Ave.__

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