In a recent interview with The Adventures of Pipeman, BUTCHER BABIES frontwoman Heidi Shepherd discussed her primarily “clean” singing style in the band’s latest single, “Sincerity,” released last November.
When the interviewer mentioned that some people assume she can’t sing because she growls, Heidi responded (as transcribed by Blabbermouth): “It’s a weird misconception. I was a singer before I was a screamer. I was classically trained. But that is a misconception. When people will actually hear my clean vocals, they’re, like, ‘Oh my gosh. What? Oh, you can sing.’ I’m, like, ‘Well, I am in a band.’ [Laughs]”
Heidi also pointed out that without proper training, growling can cause irreversible damage to the vocal cords.
“There’s a technique that we learned along the way, and, yeah, if you don’t do it correctly, you could damage yourself permanently,” Shepherd said. “And so I do take it very seriously. And especially being on tour, going back and forth between the cleans and the screams, but I’ve always done that — our whole career for 15 years, I’ve always gone back and forth between the cleans and the screams. I think before it hasn’t been as highlighted as it was with ‘Sincerity’.”
“Sincerity” was BUTCHER BABIES‘ first release following the departure of co-founder and co-vocalist Carla Harvey, who left the band last year.
While a release date is still unconfirmed, more new music from BUTCHER BABIES is on the horizon. Future releases will be available through Judge & Jury Records, the influential label and production company established by multi-platinum producer Howard Benson (known for work with MY CHEMICAL ROMANCE, SEETHER, SKILLET, OF MICE & MEN) and Neil Sanderson of THREE DAYS GRACE. The instrumentation was carefully developed by Benson and Sanderson at Benson’s West Valley Recording Studios in Woodland Hills.
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