By: Lucie Coppola

The Love Inks opened for The Blows at a concert held at the Museum of Fine Arts (MFA) on Friday, Oct. 11.

Inviting a fun fall night filled with catchy melodies and colorful fine arts pieces,  the MFA welcomed trio Love Inks who took part in their fall music series.

Love Inks kicked off the night with their minimalist pop feel and somewhat tap-your-foot or dancey-tunes, getting the crowd to wiggle and bob around in their seats clapping their hands and cheering for the band members following each song they performed.

After they finished their set, the Journal was able to speak with lead singer Sherry Leblanc.

Leblanc is originally from Chicago, but now resides in Austin, Texas with the other two band members Derek Browns, and Kevin Dehan – who also happens to be her husband.

Dehan and Leblanc met in Texas while Leblanc was working at a radio station. Kevin taught her to play bass and could have sworn she was “born to be a bass player,” but ended up being the one who encouraged her to sing and write songs.

Leblanc loved music but didn’t always want to be a musician, she had imagined herself as an author or a poet “born to be a bass player,” but in a way she says she is now a “performing singing poet, kind-of like a minstrel!”

On the other hand, Dehan has always been a passionate musician and a very focused artist and songwriter according to Leblanc.

Performing live music at a fine arts museum is not the most conventional venue an artist would think to play at, and although it seems very chic and unique in a way it can seem rather intimidating at the same time. Leblanc remarked that she was wary about playing in a museum She remarked, “I was super nervous.”

She recalled seeing the performance art that Jay Z did at the Pace Gallery in New York City where he rapped for six hours straight, and felt apprehensive as she imagined their performance having to be something similar.

Although Love Inks did not perform for a long, drawn-out period of time or interact in any type of performance art their set was still great.

They set the tone for The Blow, who followed, and got the crowed moving and grooving with their eclectic sound. They enjoyed playing in the Museum of Fine Arts and the atmosphere it held.

Love Inks just released a new album: Generation Club. in September. For a look at some fantastic minimalist pop music, check it out.