The Brattleboro, Vermont trioTHUS LOVEstand together, a bond ce-mented by their experience as outsiders looking in. For THUS LOVE,DIY is an ethos that reflects not only their musical vision but their veryexistence as three self-identifying trans artists. From the band's incep-tion,Echo Mars (she/her),Lu Racine (he/him)andNathaniel van Osdol(they/them)have lived together under the same roof, designed andproduced their own merch, and created their own recording studiofrom scratch. "I realize that most artists don't live this way," says Mars."But for us, it was never really a choice. The art we make is so tied towho we are and the community we're a part of, that this is the onlyway we can possibly do it."The band was just starting to regularly headline ... read more