Keyan Pourzand and Dillon Lee were reluctant to take center stage even after they started julieband as shy music obsessives studying at El Toro High School in Orange County, united by a love of Sonic Youth and The Breeders, as well as an urge to make something of their own. “I knew I wanted to sing,” Pourzand says, “but I didn’t have the guts.” Enter Alexandria Elizabeth, a cool friend of a friend who loved Daydream Nation as much as they did. One DM to Elizabeth and the trio was complete. “It feels a little bit like a burden at this point,” Pourzand says of the shoegazer tag. “I’m not mad, because people are listening to our music, but that term makes us feel pigeonholed. People start to get expectations of what you should sound like and that is limiting.” Elizabeth is more forthright about the whole thing. “I just feel bored,” she says. “I’m just like, can we have a new word?” Read our Gen F profile at the link in bio, or head to TheFADER.com. 📸 Silken Weinberg #julie #GenF