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First Look: Cherry Street  (From L to R: Vanessa Lynn, Tessa Laity, Eva Chatburn, and Aubrey Fabricant) Girl groups have always been interesting groups to follow, always filled with drama and dirty laundry, but lately the fad of girl groups has dissipated. The memories of the girl group Lashes have completely disappeared and left behind some occasionally fond memories of solo career hits, while other well-known groups like GirlSpice may show up now and again, but for the most part have gone their separate ways to lead more productive lives away from each other. Girl groups now, such as 4U Girls, tend to stand in a league of their own without much competition to be remembered, while - on the opposite side of the spectrum - boy bands continue to rock the radio waves for generations to come. Many people speak out against these types of groups, referring to them as "uninspired" or "clones of the same pop sensation," so we must ask ourselves if we should encourage up-and-coming stars to pursue their dreams of these gender exclusive groups. Four young women who are attempting to pursue just that dream are Tessa Laity, Aubrey Fabricant, Vanessa Lynn, and Eva Chatburn - the members of the all female group Cherry Street.
The Baltimore-based band met through their mothers, all of which have belonged to the same book club since their early twenties. Tessa Laity, the oldest of the four, was the one that had the idea for the band after Aubrey Fabricant, the youngest of the group, graduated high school. All four of them had spent all of their high school years in every choir they could find, including school choir, church choir, and the Baltimore youth choir. The four girls have been inseparable since birth, and are basically the same ever since.
I went to interview the group at their shared apartment at noon, but when I arrived, Tessa Laity was the only person home. Being the oldest, Tessa explained to me that she's been basically the group's manager the entire time they've been together while the other girls, in Tessa's words, "goof off," and that she had taken on the motherly role of the band, and perhaps the only one that is "taking it seriously." She and I chatted briefly before the other girls arrived. When I asked her if it was normal for the other three to be late to other interviews, Tessa laughed and responded, "It's so sweet of you to think that we've had other interviews besides you before!" Her upfront honestly made me feel a lot more relaxed around her, no matter how upset and nervous Tessa looked. She picked up her phone to try to call the three others again right when Aubrey Fabricant walked in, the youngest of the group.
Aubrey came walking into the apartment in a tennis skirt and polo, her tennis racket under her arm. It was very obvious what she had been doing instead of being on time for the interview. I looked over at Tessa to see what her response to Aubrey's appearance would be, but Tessa seemed to be completely unfazed. While Aubrey went to the bedroom to change, Tessa explained to me that Aubrey had a tennis scholarship to Morgan State University, but was in the process of dropping out so that she, too, could focus more on their music career. "Go Bears!" Aubrey shouted from her bedroom, apparently hearing what Tessa had just told me. Tessa just laughed and rolled her eyes in an oddly motherly way. Aubrey joined us once again, this time wearing a Morgan State shirt and yoga pants. The young woman had a very athletic build, especially compared to Tessa Laity, whose build was average if not a little overweight. Twelve pounds overweight, she later informed me, seeming to think the information was humorous.
The third of the group to arrive was Vanessa Lynn, who seemed to no know what was going on from the minute she entered the room. She stared at me for a moment before walking over to the couch and sitting next to Tessa, asking very loudly and blatantly "who the fuck" I was. Tessa explained to Vanessa that I was an interviewer for Allmusic and that she had told Vanessa about this weeks before, which Vanessa repeatedly denied knowing. The two had a quick spat before Aubrey broke it up. "Vanessa used to be the kinda leader of the group," Aubrey explained to me while Vanessa and Tessa began to talk over the incident. "When Tessa became the manager, she took over control of the group, and Vanessa had been pissed off about it ever since." Aubrey giggled, and I could see very plainly that she was obviously the youngest one of the three, as she was the one that seemed to take the most joy out of gossiping about her friends to a total stranger.
Finally, the fourth member of the group, Eva Chatburn, showed up. All four of the women were gorgeous young women, but Eva had a different look to her all together. She obviously came from money, her hair was perfectly cut and dyed - this was no Supercuts job - and her nails were a perfect bright red shine. Absolutely nothing was out of place about her, which is what made her outfit - a tight, low cut top and leather mini skirt - so intriguing. She was a little rich girl that was trying to seem rebellious, and was doing a horrible job at it. No matter what this girl could have done with her clothing, she still would have seemed like a beautiful young socialite. A cigarette rested in between her lips, but she constantly coughed as she smoked it, obviously new to the experience. Again, I looked to the other girls for their reaction, but all of them seemed to have gotten used to this odd new version of Eva.
I spoke to the four girls together only briefly, as by the time Eva showed up, we were already two hours late and I had been trying to leave for the past thirty minutes. They told me all about their hopes and dreams in the music world - including Eva's desire to "find a handsome man to take her all around the world" and Tessa's want to someday see Greece. They told me about their music, stating that they would stick out from other girl groups because they had "less of a pop sound, and more of a dance punk sound." The more they talked about their future plans, the more excited they all got. Even Vanessa, who sat in silence most of the time, her arms crossed across her chest, spoke up about how excited she was to finally start "playing in front of people that weren't drunken slobs." All of the girls smiled and laughed together, and you could plainly see from each one of them that - no matter how much they seemed to fight and get on each other's nerves - these girls were ready to fight until their final breath for their band and for, more importantly, each other. I have never seen a group of women that cared about each other so much, and I don't expect to ever again. All I know is this: There are people in the music world who sing for fame and for money, and then there are people who sing because that's truly what they were put on this earth to do. These girls were put on this earth to sing and entertain, and I will support them until they stop doing just that.Singles
Breathing - Peaked at #12
Warm At Night - Peaked at #8
Fuck It All - Peaked at #3
Your Favorite - TBA
Albums
Love Songs - TBA
News
8/4/13 ** First interview with AllMusic **
1/27/14 ** "Breathing" is released [SINGLE] **
3/4/14 ** "Warm At Night" is released [SINGLE] **
3/19/14 ** "Fuck It All" is released [SINGLE] **
5/11/14 ** "Love Songs" is released [ALBUM] **
6/12/14 ** "Your Favorite" is released [SINGLE] **
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