Jul 15, 2011 By Chris Tinkham

Puro Instinct's Piper Kaplan likes to have a laugh, oftentimes at her own exploits. On Twitter and Facebook posts, the vocalist for the L.A. dream pop outfit gives the impression of someone who leads a colorful life. Together, with her professed affection for '80s Soviet New Wave, the adoption of faux Cyrillic typography on a couple of the band's releases, and a debut LP entitled Headbangers in Ecstasy, Kaplan's persona suggests ironic outré chic. In conversation, however, the 23-year-old is candid, down to earth and at times self-deprecating. She speaks seriously about music and gushes about her 16-year-old sister and bandmate, Skylar, a guitarist with legit skills. More