WHAT IT IS: The Rochester alternative band recently released their sophomore studio album, Content, which has a playful double meaning. The set was produced by Joywave’s Daniel Armbruster and Sean Donnelly, and mixed by Rich Costey. Always pushing the creative envelope, the band released a mixtape 77777 (2011), their critically-acclaimed EP Koda Vista (2012), a second mixtape 88888 (2013), the How Do You Feel? EP (2014), debut full-length How Do You Feel Now? (2015) and, in 2016, an entire album featuring alternative versions of their song “Destruction” called SWISH—a reference to Kanye’s short-lived album title. They collaborated with Big Data on “Dangerous,” which hit #1 at Alternative radio. And “Somebody New,” “Destruction” and “Tongues,” featuring KOPPS, off How Do You Feel Now?, all reached the top of U.S. Alternative radio as well.
ALBUM: Content
RELEASE DATE: 7/28
SINGLE: “It’s a Trip!”
TV: Seth Meyers, Kimmel, VH1’s Big Morning Buzz Live
LIVE: Currently on nationwide tour with Young The Giant & Cold War Kids; fall/winter headline run to follow
INTERNET: Content debuted at #10 on iTunes’ Alternative Albums Chart; single featured on Spotify’s largest rock playlist Rock This
RADIO: #25 on Alt radio chart at press time
PRESS: Rolling Stone, HuffPost, Diffuser, Entertainment Weekly, Relix, Paste, Indie Shuffle, Variance, Stereogum, Nylon, Spin, Baeble, more
BOOKING: Mike Marquis & Jamila Lyndon/Paradigm
PUBLISHING: Seven Summits Music obo itself and Rain Company (BMI); Seven Summits Music obo itself and The Rochester Pinch Harmonic Orchestra (BMI); Painted Desert Music Corp (BMI)
MANAGEMENT: Ben Matusow