On October 4th we will release Slutty Hearts - Live from the Banana Stand, the second live album from last year's insane Halloween event. A preview is available right now, so go check it out, and make sure you come back on Tuesday to check out the full album.

To get you ready for the release, we caught up with Slutty Hearts drummer Marisa Laurelle via email.

Banana Stand: It's been nearly a year since this album was recorded. What's been happening with Slutty Hearts since?

Marisa Laurelle: Cathleen had just joined us when we played at The Banana Stand, and since then we've been learning how to be a 3-piece band. We've found that while it was fun to split up the drum kit, it sure makes us sound more together if we don't. So now I (Marisa) play a full (real!) drum-kit, and I gave up the foot pedal to Marty to stamp on. We have grown up a lot in the past year, I feel like. We have more complex arrangements, and have been playing more rockers than sleepers. We've been more able to express the music we want to play with a third person for keys and bass-lines. We have been really working on nailing down what exactly it is we want to sound like, and messing around with 50's do-wop mixed in with swampy-dance rock.

BS: What other projects have you been working on during the last year?

ML: We have been recording our full-length album. We had one recorded this time last year- but with all the changes we were going through (Marty got his period), we decided to re-record a few oldies, and record some fresh Slutty Hearts tracks, too. The upcoming album will be super fun, and we're very excited about it. We also are set to release a tape with Cassingle and Loving It Records (Portland tape label!) sometime in winter.

BS: Do you have any events coming up that folks should check out?

ML: October 24th at Slims in St Johns, with our friends Wizard Boots, and at The Knife Shop on November 3rd. We are planning on going on tour in the spring, if we can suck enough dicks to raise money. Keep a lookout for our tape-label release, as well as our album, "We Learned it by Watching You."

Big thanks to Marisa for participating in our interview. For more from Slutty Hearts, check them out on Facebook and MySpace, and don't miss our full-length live release with them, which comes out Tuesday, October 4th.