Dope Body

[1] They expanded to a quartet, adding bassist Jesse Lyell in 2011, who was replaced by John Jones, late of local contemporaries Roomrunner, the next year.

[2] The show was very successful, and the band continued, with Laumann soon moving back to Baltimore and the group releasing the Twenty Pound Brick cassette the next year.

More live dates with the likes of Double Dagger soon followed, as well as a split LP with Brooklyn duo Orphan.

The group expanded its lineup in 2011, adding Jesse Lyell, who had played with Baltimore punk band Sick Weapons, as a full-time bassist.

The band have also mentioned in interviews that they are influenced by hip hop and dance music in terms of groves and rhythm.