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From left: No\u00e9mie and Camille Debray, the sisters who make up South African alt-rock band The SoapGirls. The band is making its debut at Cosmo Joe\u2019s Atomic Lounge on Friday, June 12 as a part of the “Rebel DNA Tour.\u201d<\/p>\n
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When French-born, South African-raised sisters No\u00e9mie and Camille Debray were young, they busked and sold soap for charity. That\u2019s where they got the name The SoapGirls.<\/p>\n
The sisters landed a recording contract with Universal Music as teenagers, but have since built a global following through artistic fearlessness, relentless touring and a fiercely independent ethos. Their performances are theatrical and unfiltered, creating a space where individuality is uncompromising and celebrated.<\/p>\n
Now, the internationally acclaimed alt-rock duo is on the US leg of its \u201cRebel DNA Tour,\u201d which will stop in Dayton on Friday, June 12 at Cosmo Joe\u2019s Atomic Lounge. Tickets are available at cincyticket.com<\/a>.<\/p>\n Dayton\u2019s Summer Crush returns with new EP \u2018Forget-Me-Nots\u2019<\/a><\/p>\n Busking gave the duo thick skin, having to perform through criticism and compliments alike, by any means necessary.<\/p>\n \u201cYou literally could not care what anyone else thought,\u201d said Camille, the band\u2019s bassist. \u201cYou get so used to good or bad reactions that you just go with how you feel.\u201d<\/p>\n \u201cIt\u2019s like immersive rejection therapy,\u201d No\u00e9mie added. \u201cIt really instilled in us that it doesn\u2019t matter what you do in life, because we were doing something noble for charity and people still found fault in it. From then on, we\u2019re like \u2018f*** it.\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n After breaking away from the major label system, The SoapGirls have worked independently since 2012 and toured internationally since 2015. They tour as a three-piece with a rotating drummer.<\/p>\n Some have described SoapGirls performances as both cathartic and confrontational. Those qualities stem from a DIY philosophy: No\u00e9mie and Camille self-produce their music, spend much of the year alternating between touring and recording and even make their own stage attire \u2014 some of which doesn\u2019t stay on the entire show. At the core of that mindset is this message: be unapologetically yourself.<\/p>\n \u201cIt wasn\u2019t that long ago that women weren\u2019t even allowed to vote in many countries,\u201d Camille said. \u201cSo for me, it\u2019s just kind of mind-boggling to think that a woman finally having the choice to express herself as she wishes is something regressive.\u201d<\/p>\n