She Was the Carnation and the Rose (USA) was formed in the late rainy months of 2023, by singer Noémi Sárog, songwriter Michael Seebold, and drummer Bill Eagen.
The band’s debut album The Guardian Angel, comprises five original songs with atmospheres ranging from the wintry to the melancholic, to the serene. The Guardian Angel is also the first installment in the band’s planned trilogy of albums (the “stained glass” trilogy), across which listeners can expect a palette of dream atmospheres, mellifluent and dark passages interwoven, the odd jazz nocturne or classical minuet.
Tell me about the latest band news?
Noemi: We are in the midst of recording our next album, Mercury retrograde or not.
Michael: Due out next year. More info in the coming months.
Any new projects coming out, live shows or announcements?
Noemi: We’ll be featured at the Fenway Recordings Monthly by DJ Carbo on indie617.
How long has the band been together?
Michael: We started in the late months of 2023. As of now, aiming for an album of year.
What was your main motivation for starting or being in a band?
Michael: The inevitability of the songs.
Noemi: It was a long-time dream of ours, and now it is reality. Who doesn’t wanna be a rock star?!
Which do you prefer? Writing new songs and recording or playing for a live audience?
Noemi: Playing for a live audience for sure! Their energy is mesmerizing.
What’s the strangest request that you’ve ever received from one of your fans?
Noemi: Could you sing quieter, please?
Were your parents supportive of your aspirations to play in a rock band?
Noemi: Yes, 100%.
What are your favorite tracks to play live?
Noemi: Birds Before Rain, The Guardian Angel, Magdalena’s Minuet.
Michael: Possibly the guitar in Magdalena’s.
Which band or artist inspired you to perform? Why?
Noemi: Cigifa, a Hungarian metal band and their singer, bass player Saker (aka Kerecsen Sárog).
Michael: Opeth, Tristania, My Dying Bride, to name a few.
If you could design a dream tour for your band?
Noemi: Puskás Ferenc Stadium in Budapest; Sziget Festival in Budapest, Hungary; Glastonbury Festival, UK; Osheaga, Montreal, Canada; TD Garden, Boston, MA; Madison Square Garden, NYC; Rogers Place, Edmonton, Canada; Coachella; SoFi Stadium, LA, CA.
What do you consider your greatest accomplishment so far?
Noemi: Some of our fans said that my voice has healing properties.
Michael: If we keep a pace of an album a year for the next few years, I’ll be pleased.
If you weren’t performing in a band what kind of career do you think you would have?
Noemi: I’d be a shamaness.
Michael: Writing.
What type of equipment do you use for live shows?
Michael: At present, a mix of Gibson, Schecter guitars.
What do you think of the current music scene?
Noemi: Never been better before.
For anyone that doesn’t know you, what would they be surprised to know about you?
Noemi: That I don’t drink.
Michael: That I write plays.
If someone had never heard you before, how would you describe your sound?
Noemi: Theatrical gothic metal.
Michael: Second that.
Is there anything that you’d like to promote or say to your fans out there?
Noemi: Thanks so much for your undying love and support! We love you, folks!
