Welcome back to Almost Famous, where we select one lucky Uncensored Interviewee who we deem to be on the verge of spreading beyond our illustrious tastemaking boundaries and taking over the cultural zeitgeist at large in the coming months.
Formed just a year and a half ago, Brooklyn-based Amazing Baby has skyrocketed in a short amount of time. The core duo–Will Roan and Simon O’Connor–met at Wesleyan, the university that also spawned pals MGMT, Chairlift and Santigold. The two joined forces and began writing songs together when their separate bands started to crumble and–voila!–Amazing Baby was born.
Their music–equally poppy and psychedelic–is a fresh take on the comforting kinds of sounds you grew up listening to if your parents were hippies of any real degree. Infinite Fucking Cross, their debut EP, only came out last summer, yet the guys have captured the attention of fans and critics alike. Later filled out with Rob Laakso on guitar, Don Devore on bass and Matt Abeysekera behind the drums, the band has been featured in publications as respected as The Guardian and NME to Interview and Rolling Stone.
After touring with MGMT and Cold War Kids, the band is now preparing to release their anticipated debut full-length, Rewild, out June 23. “Bayonets” has made its rounds on the Internet as their newest hot single, while the video for “Headdress” is a hazy, fantastic trip, complete with a cloak, a forest and a fair maiden.
In another reality, the boys discuss the brainchild of Teddy Riley–new jack swing–and gems of the genre given to us by Bobby Brown, Bell Biv DeVoe and Tony! Toni! Toné!
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