Grandma Gilligan

This is Nebraskatak; we've been a band since 2011 and been through name changes and member changes and practically every other change little baby adults go through round these times you know. We're tough as nails. You know I really do think of bands in terms of relationships - you need to be open, trusting, vulnerable, capable of compromise, there will be disagreements and storm-outs and shouting matches but not too much...then there's triumphs, milestones, too much time together, personal jokes, knowing each other just a little too well...

I don't thank the universe enough for the way I have settled into this band. I have truly learnt some invaluable lessons, like when to speak, and when to be silent, how to be tactful, the importance of generosity, quick-thinking and compromise, how to be positive, and, particularly, how to channel frustration into constructive words and a way forward.

Nebraskatak has truly helped me build myself into a little performer. I have a presence on stage now that I would certainly never have been able to figure out on my own, I don't think. It has taught me important things about speaking to an audience, how to catch their eye, how to be engaging...you know, it's all the important stuff! I'm very proud of what we've achieved together and funnily enough you know we've outlived many relationships!

We played at Inca Roads Music Festival this weekend which was really fun. I feel like I do learn a lot about myself in these scenarios though. I am truly not cut out for a party lifestyle - I like to be in bed by some reasonable hour, and I don't much fancy the idea of like ~poppers~ or whatever, and I like to dance on the outskirts where there's less people and less chance of me freakin' out about getting stuck in the middle you know. I feel incredibly lame and boring and I was talking to Lewis about it in the tent and I wish I was more ~outgoing or ~wild but I'm just a v. normal person who likes normal things, not even in a nice cosy romantic way just in like a boring shy nervy way you know. But like these things aren't for everyone I know and I just remember all the fun I had on the weekend even though I was being little Grandma Gilligan as usual - because I did have fun and I really enjoyed the company of the band and our friends and yeah.