Laura and Lydia Rogers came from a musical family but neither had seriously considered a career in music until Laura traveled to Nashville for an open audition, where she caught the ear of industry execs and producers. Asked to return for a follow-up, Laura brought Lydia along. Shortly thereafter, the Secret Sisters were on a plane to L.A. to record demos for their 2010 self-titled debut on Universal, produced by T Bone Burnett. Sophomore effort Put Your Needle Down followed in 2014. In the interim they toured with Bob Dylan and recorded with Jack White. Put Your Needle Down, a respectable album on the slick country-revival model, garnered uneven reviews. Then the Secret Sisters were dropped by their label, but they didn’t stop writing. The new You Don’t Own Me Anymore‘s cheeky title obliquely recalls the Secret Sisters’ major-label woes—as does much of the lyrical content—but the album (on New West) as a whole fits into a long tradition of country statements about survival past deep damage. Laura and Lydia will be guest editing magnetmagazine.com all week, Read our new feature on them.
Laura and Lydia: 1504 is a content studio that specializes in developing campaigns centered around the arts, food, education and community development. In preparation for our new album, 1504 helped us translate our message for this record cycle into music videos and content strategy. They took our scattered ideas and compiled them into one simple vision, something that is so important to relay to an audience. 1504 spent time in the studio with us throughout 2016, conducting interviews with Brandi Carlile and the band and capturing some special moments; you may have seen some of those in our video for “He’s Fine.” We especially love the video they dreamed up for “Tennessee River Runs Low,’ the first single for our new record. Needless to say, we’re big supporters of this team, and we plan on taking advantage of their talents for as long as they’ll let us.
