{"id":87609,"date":"2026-11-11T06:58:31","date_gmt":"2026-11-11T12:58:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/kjhk.org\/web\/?p=87609"},"modified":"2026-11-11T12:20:12","modified_gmt":"2026-11-11T18:20:12","slug":"kid-sistr-on-the-past-present-and-future-of-the-trios-sound","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kjhk.org\/web\/2026\/11\/11\/kid-sistr-on-the-past-present-and-future-of-the-trios-sound\/","title":{"rendered":"Kid Sistr on the past, present and future of the trio\u2019s sound"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Photo Credit: Tanner Deutsch<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Looking for your next favorite indie-rock girl group? Well, look no further! On Oct. 19, three angels visited The Truman in Kansas City, Missouri, while opening for The Wrecks \u201cFinally : Outside Tour.\u201d <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Angels might be a little dramatic, but you\u2019d say the same thing if you saw Kid Sistr knock everyone off their feet on stage. Opening the show alongside Worry Club, there is no better way to describe the trio\u2019s performance other than “breathtaking,” “jaw-dropping,” “stunning,” and “perfection.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Sabel Englert, Sara Keden and Becca Webster, known together as Kid Sistr, move as one cohesive unit, complimenting each other, pushing and pulling on stage. Luckily for us here at KJHK, we managed to score an interview with these three lovely ladies.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Formed in 2017 with Englert on lead vocals and guitar, Keden on bass and Webster on drums, Kid Sistr is currently based in Los Angeles; however, all three members hail from the New York metropolitan area. While Englert and Keden initially met in college at the University of Miami\u2019s Frost School of Music, Keden and Webster had known each other for years prior at their local \u201cSchool of Rock” program. If Englert is the muffin and Keden is the frosting, Webster is without a doubt their sprinkles, and after recruiting Webster to be the sprinkles on their kickass cupcake, Kid Sistr was complete. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

The girls initially gained popularity during the COVID-19 pandemic. They note the impact their online presence had on their growing following, saying, \u201cIt was great because it introduced us to so many people, and who knows where we would be without that time put into social media.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Of course, the impact of the pandemic is never without its disadvantages.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cAfter a while it burns out and there\u2019s just like nowhere to go because you’re just still not playing, not seeing anyone’s real face,\u201d Keden said. I think we like squeezed everything out of it that we could, and we kind of had to wait until the world opened back up again.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cI also feel like there\u2019s only so far you can get with covers,\u201d Englert said. \u201cI think there\u2019s definitely just a ceiling there.\u201d <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Despite the challenges they faced during quarantine, Kid Sistr came out the other side, and in early 2026, they released their first EP, \u201cAmerican Teenage Prophecy.\u201d It is effortless in the way they manage to weave between longing ballads and playful, fast-paced songs that get your head bopping and your body swaying. Where \u201cBoys in Skirts\u201d has you dancing around your bedroom, singing into your hairbrush like it\u2019s a microphone, \u201cAmerican Teenage Prophecy\u201d brings you to your knees and has you grabbing at dirt like it will save you. \u201cManiac\u201d has you screaming at the sky in the rain, and \u201cGuts\u201d has you blasting your most heart-wrenching songs in the car and taking deep breaths. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Most recently, the trio released their single, \u201cAccelerator,\u201d in early October, bringing a punkier, grittier sound to their discography. When asked about this new twist in their sound, the group said, \u201cMore kind of grungy guitar rock is headed our way. It\u2019s just more fun to play songs like that live.\u201d They commended their sound engineer Wesley Seidman and producer Suzy Shinn for helping them develop and produce the single.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cWhatever translates the best is kind of what is the most authentic to us, I think,\u201d said Keden. \u201cI mean, maybe in two years we\u2019ll do an all-electronic album. I don\u2019t know.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The trio went on to cite examples like \u201cIn Rainbows\u201d by Radiohead and CRANK by Slayyyter as ideas for a dubstep-themed album. I don\u2019t know about everyone else, but I, for one, am very excited for Crank 3, Kid Sistr edition.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

When it comes down to it, what makes this band so captivating to see live is their chemistry. From our time with Kid Sistr, it\u2019s apparent to see that not only do they have good musical chemistry, but they are true friends. They bounce off each other in conversation, not only complimenting each other’s sound but also fitting together like pieces of a puzzle. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

So what do we have to look forward to in the future? Well, I\u2019m happy to report that we can expect a lot more from Kid Sistr in the future! After taking a 3-year hiatus from touring, in which they were recording, writing and playing local shows in Los Angeles, the group plans to stay on the road as much as possible.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cWe’re trying to kick it in full swing, so we\u2019re just playing as much as we can and touring as much as we can,\u201d says Englert. With 25 more stops left on their tour, Kid Sistr will definitely get a lot more of that coming their way.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Photo Credit: Tanner Deutsch Looking for your next favorite indie-rock girl group? Well, look no further! On Oct. 19, three angels visited The Truman in Kansas City, Missouri, while opening for The Wrecks \u201cFinally : Outside Tour.\u201d  Angels might be a little dramatic, but you\u2019d say the same thing if you saw Kid Sistr knock everyone off their feet on stage. Opening the show alongside Worry Club, there is no better way to describe the trio\u2019s performance other than “breathtaking,” […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":33337,"featured_media":87615,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8774,8747,15],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-87609","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-concert-coverage","category-concert-reviews","category-featured-on-kjhk"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/kjhk.org\/web\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/11\/kid-sistr-graphic.png","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/kjhk.org\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/87609","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/kjhk.org\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/kjhk.org\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kjhk.org\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/33337"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kjhk.org\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=87609"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/kjhk.org\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/87609\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":87611,"href":"https:\/\/kjhk.org\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/87609\/revisions\/87611"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kjhk.org\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/87615"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/kjhk.org\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=87609"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kjhk.org\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=87609"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kjhk.org\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=87609"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}