Little Fevers to perform at Bluestem on Saturday

Little Fevers will perform this Saturday at the Bluestem stage. 

Courtesy of: Little Fevers

Little Fevers will perform this Saturday at the Bluestem stage. 

Jacob Beals

Little Fevers will perform from 8 to 11 p.m. Saturday at the Bluestem Stage.

Tickets are available at Eventbrite and at the door. Prices are $12 for adults and $10 for students.

From Minnesota, Little Fevers are known for their pop rock sound and have been together for eight years. The band changed its name to Little Fevers three years ago. They were previously called Lucy Michelle and the Velvet Lapelles.

Lead singer Lucy Michelle said that the name change came because of changes in the band and their style.

“We changed our name mainly because in the end there was only four of us left and we originally started out with six, and started writing new music and wanted to something different,” Michelle said.

Little Fevers just released their album “Field Trip” back in October, and Michelle said that the making of the album was a long but positive experience while it was recorded in New York and Minneapolis.

“It was fun. It was totally different than anything we’ve ever done before. We changed up instrumentation and it was a big collaborative effort,” Michelle said.

Collaboration is an important part of the band’s song development. According to Michelle, she lays the blue prints of each song by writing lyrics while the other members of the band come in and fill the other parts for each instrument.

“The songs change a lot,” Michelle said. “In the beginning they are kind of like a skeleton, and in the end everyone writes their own parts. [W]e all kind of piece the song together.”

As an ultimate goal of the band, Michelle hopes that the group will bring something that audiences will invest themselves in.

“I think [the goal is] for us to keep the audience engaged and dancing and having a good time and for them to find their own meanings in the songs,” Michelle said.

“That’s important for us because I think, especially, not only do we play music for others but we play music for ourselves. [I]t’s important that not only we have a good time but the audience [does] as well,” Michelle said.

To find out more about Little Fevers, visit the Bluestem website.