Join us for a Q&A with Bay Area musician, Thao Nguyen of Thao & The Get Down Stay Down, and our very own Claire Calderón of Coraza to talk making music, making music during a pandemic, writing, and more. Thao's latest album, Temple, was released in May.

Temple is the fifth full-length album from Thao & The Get Down Stay Down. Produced by Thao and bandmate Adam Thompson, it is also their first self-produced album. Kaleidoscopic and danceable, grounded by Thao’s singular voice, Temple feels boldly dissonant while still highly accessible.

A temple is a place of worship and sanctuary. We spend our lives searching for temples where we can belong and be loved, but those spaces can also be a kind of confinement. Temple is an album that pushes open boundaries for a different kind of sanctuary, where you don’t have to whisper.

Buy Temple and learn more here. Watch their wonderful music video for "Phenom," made entirely over Zoom, here.