Albertans Kayla Williams and Melody Stang are a musical duo who play guitar and keyboard while singing lyrics about topics like "anal sex, hairy balls, and blowjobs". The childhood friends have been putting on their appropriately named "Dirrty Show" by popular demand since college.

They recently took the time to chat with GayCalgary Magazine via email about their music, and what’s in store for 2014.

GC: What is the greatest thing about being an Albertan?

Both: We’re certainly not here for the weather in winter. It’s mostly for the money and the truck nuts.

GC: Can you tell readers how your path to comedic music began? How did The Dirrty Show get its start?

Both: We’re musicians at heart, and began merging our weird sense of humor with song writing. We had a couple of songs catch on with our friends at house parties, and they convinced us to perform as an act. It’s the most fun we’ve ever had, so we kept pursuing it.

GC: You are both such strong, confident females and are proud of your sexual identity. This attitude inspires your fans to let loose and have a great time at your performances. Can you tell readers about the road you traveled to find such confidence and confidence in yourselves?

Kayla:  I was born with it. I have always been comfortable being honest and open with every aspect of my life including sexuality. It’s natural: everyone has sexuality. We should all talk about it more.

Melody: It has taken me a little more time to get used to being so provocative on stage. It’s almost like we’ve created characters for our stage performance that are just exaggerated, ridiculous versions of ourselves. I’ve always been sexual, just not so public about it. I’ve gained a lot of confidence in everyday life from being a performer.

GC: You have performed at a number of Pride events. What have been some of the highlights of your experiences at different venues?

Both: The Pride audience is very accepting. We pursue these events not just because we feel they are a valuable part of our community, but because we always have so much fun. Pride Shows offer such variety from other shows that we play, when we can incorporate things like drag and glam. (Melody in a dress is a sight to be seen!)

GC: Thus far, what is your favourite song that you absolutely love to perform?

Both: At this very moment our favorite song would have to be "The Queef Anthem". We feel it is one of our best written songs, it always gets a great response from the audience, and we enjoy performing it. (We describe our stage queefs as sounding like "Shaka-Sha!".)

GC: Later this month you will be performing at the Calgary Coming Out Monologues.  What were your personal ‘coming out’ monologues like?

Melody: My coming out was kind of a long process. I knew from a very young age, but like most had to hide it from everyone around me, and try to convince myself otherwise. I was lucky to have very supportive friends help me through the process, as it was most difficult telling my family. I’m so glad I can fully be myself now, I can’t even understand how I managed pretending to be someone I wasn’t for so long.

Kayla: People get me confused a lot on stage - as being gay, or that Melody and I are together. Being an ally of the LGBT community, I continually have to come out as straight. For the record: I like balls.

GC: Where do you find the most influences for your lyrics?

Both: In everyday life! The two of us talk about the most ridiculous things. We are best friends, and share every disgusting detail of our lives, often, which turns into a funny song. A lot of our subjects were things we would laugh about in general conversation, and we keep a log of ideas to write about in the future.

GC: What would be your dream collaboration?

Both: We both agree that collaborating with Hawksley Workman would be a dream come true. His music has inspired us so much - amazing song writing with great melodies, awesome stage performance, and he is a perfect amount of weird and random. He has so much sexuality in his performance and song writing. We have seen him perform numerous times, but when we saw his one-man show "The God That Comes" we knew we were a match.

GC: As mentioned, this month you have the Coming Out Monologues and also a performance at Jasper Pride. What can fans look forward to seeing at these performances?

Both: We don’t hold back on their audiences: we make a point to get them involved and be a part of the show. Our live show has taken on its own persona with dramatic flair - over the top dance moves, ridiculous faces, improv, and lewd gestures. The audience can look forward to shock value, laughter, and being pleasantly surprised with our musicality.

GC: What does the rest of 2014 have in store?

Both: Lots of things are in the works for us - we just launched our own website, we have an arsenal of new songs that we will be recording soon, and we are hoping to breach a new audience in Eastern Canada with a tour planned to Toronto/Montreal/Ottawa this July. There are a lot of exciting festivals this year that we hope to be a part of.

GC: Where do you see yourselves in five-years?

Both: We hope to motorboat our way across the world, and take our show international. One of the best parts of being a performing musician is traveling. We love touring and hopefully in 5 years it will be our main focus.

GC: What advice can you offer to young women struggling with their sexual identity?

Kayla: Your sexuality is just one part of you, and anyone that loves you should love you regardless of it. Keep the people around you who do support and accept you, and know there are many people you will find in your life that share the same outlook.

Melody: Know that there are so many people who have been through the same struggle that you’re having now. Try to hang in there, and know that it will get easier. Find people who have a similar mindset and friends who are supportive.

GC: Anything else you’d like to share?

Both: We are just breaking into the Calgary scene, and are looking forward to playing more shows there.

Anyone can feel free to contact us for booking private events: birthdays, stagettes, bachelor parties, Christmas parties, etc. We always enjoy the intimate performances as well!

Our self-titled album is available on iTunes and at any live show.