The New York Times called them “forward-thinking.” NPR called them “brilliant,” and Rolling Stone placed their first album among the year’s 15 greatest. They have received praise from Childish Gambino, among others, and they’ve appeared on Jimmy Kimmel and have performed with Erykah Badu, among others. In the week leading up to this interview they performed in Tokyo, Seoul, and Berlin. On March 2 they started their latest residency at the Blue Note in New York.
"(Matthew's father) made us go and listen to these records just for a little inspiration, a little influence... all of these things just to kind of bring it back and be, like, this is a time that music was, you had the live bands, you had people actually practicing and making really cool things on their instrument, not just with VST or, like, a plug-in... you had to be good."
"We went through the whole PhonyPPL discography at the time and we were left with about, like, two songs, I think, literally, that we could actually perform. So we went from doing, like, 45 minute sets, hour sets, to eight minutes, maybe."
"There was a time when we were doing a lot of support for people, so we were touring with, like, The Roots, and Erykah Badu, and just opening for a lot of that genre... because that was where I think a lot of people felt we fit at that moment."
"The Blue Note definitely I would credit for a lot of just being able to work out the material that we have right now... and being able to test... out in a very calm, controlled environment with a smaller audience. And it's such a legendary place in New York City that it's always an honor to play there."
"Why iii Love the Moon"
"Something About Your Love"