Kissing Cousins is an all girl band from Los Angeles, California. As the main creative outlet for songwriter Heather Bray Heywood, Kissing Cousins has had a variety of female musicians comprising the lineup, most of whom were friends prior to joining the band as part of the greater East Side Los Angeles music scene. Heywood’s songwriting is stark, baroque, and often sexually charged. With haunting melodies over noisy guitars and pounding rhythms, Kissing Cousins’ music belies the sweet appearance of their name and image.