Contrast: Any particular reason for playing a solo gig out in Hawai‘i? Are you going to do any surfing?
Jenny Lewis: Hawai‘i is on the way home from Australia. I wanted to treat my band to a couple of days off in paradise. I would surf, but I’m afraid of sharks. I will, however, dip my toes [in the ocean].

This is random, but I used to live in the same house as Kristen Gundred from the San Diego blues rock trio Grand Ole Party. Can you share a little about how you met them; maybe give them a little shine? How sick is it that she rocks the drums and raps/sings?
Kristen is a force of nature. She is a true bad ass and a sweet lady. The world will soon find out. Grand Ole Party’s first record was produced by Blake from Rilo Kiley. Kristen was also a member of the Kiley for a tour. She made us feel cool again.

You’ve gotten to work with some amazing musicians, Ben Gibbard, Cursive, and Elvis Costello to name a few. Any memorable stories?
Well, I had never met Ben Gibbard before he asked me to sing on the Postal Service record. I was in Nebraska recording The Execution of All Things, and my phone rang and it was Gibbard. I’m always a little late to the technology game and I had just purchased my first cell phone… This shitty little blue phone. I was sitting in the basement flop house room that we had rented for the duration of the record making process. It was next to the furnace. I was sitting on the floor sweating bullets as Ben first explained the concept of the Postal Service to me… I’ll never forget it. When I returned home to sing on the record and meet Ben, I picked him up from the airport. I had never even seen a picture of him before. He held a cardboard sign up that read “Ben Gibbard.” I must have looked like a true creep rolling up in a maroon 15-passenger van. We’ve been friends ever since….

Are there any people that you have not worked with yet, but would love to?
I’d love to record a song with a couple of guitar goddesses like Kaki King and Marni Stern. Create a female guitar symphony. Shredders!

What’s your favorite Jenny Lewis song?
Maybe “Silver Lining.” Or the first love song I ever wrote, it’s called “Sword,” and it's on an unreleased Rilo Kiley EP.


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