Singer-songwriter Mya Byrne holds on to hope in “Autumn Sun,” the first single for the new Kill Rock Stars Nashville imprint.
“Autumn Sun” also marks the launch of Kill Rock Stars Nashville, the Music City wing of the Portland, Oregon, indie and punk stalwart whose roster has boasted Elliott Smith, the Decemberists, Sleater-Kinney, and Bikini Kill at different times. For label founder Slim Moon, who now calls Nashville home, Byrne fits perfectly into the label’s plans to expand into the country and Americana space.
Byrne, who is trans, also appreciated the pedigree of Kill Rock Stars along with its queer-friendly stance. In country and Americana, queer artists have steadily been growing in visibility but still often have trouble finding institutional support from record labels. “I want to be a home to somebody like Mya, who may not get the love and understanding at some of the other Americana labels because it’s still a transphobic world,” Moon adds. “We want to prove that people who like Americana will like records from queer artists.”
“It feels a lot like these folks are buying into something that doesn’t exist and claiming to protect children when they’re just causing them more harm,” Byrne says. “I’m a firm believer in bodily autonomy. That’s not just trans kids having the right to self-determination, that’s freedom for everyone. That’s abortion rights, gay rights, civil rights — it all comes down to autonomy.
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