Baby Boys Debut EP I'M SET Out Today on Grand Jury Music

Today marks the release of I'm Set, the debut EP from Baby Boys. Comprised of Minneapolis musician and artist Caleb Hinz (of Happy Children), alongside Hippo Campus co-founders Jake Luppen and Nathan Stocker, the band is the result of friends coming together in the name of music and the freedom that comes with it. "I'm Set is what happens when the focus turns away from charts and radio play, and instead returns to the pure bliss of creative fulfillment," says Atwood Magazine in an early review of the EP.

Previously the band released a pair of music videos. "Beatdown" is a frantic, homespun collage of imagery created by Hinz. Meanwhile, "Kinky Toe" is a study in alien triumph and perseverance directed by Ethan Nelson. Paste reviewed the song as part of their Daily Dose feature and wrote: "The song opens on a Dirty Projectors-esque wavelength, all glitchy samples and hushed, feathery vocals until it blows wide open a minute in, a cascading acoustic guitar riff and reverberant beat casting the track in a downright radiant glow. "Kinky Toe" stuffs a fistful of ideas into its sub-three-minute runtime, refusing to walk any kind of line, euphoric and unexpected all the way through."

NPR's The Current also write "Here's a cool new band for you: Baby Boys... the trio sought a low-pressure environment and the freedom to have fun." Atwood Magazinereviewed the EP raving "Kinky Toe,' the endearingly peculiar debut single from Baby Boys' forthcoming EP, is a prime example of the freedom that resulted from many late nights of unfettered collaboration (and not to mention self-production) and a mantra of "just because." Eerie, deep vocals drive the tune over the juxtaposed guitar and simple electronic beat, where Luppen and Hinz alternate the lead. A fluttering acoustic guitar ditty leads out the song, drawing a cliff-hanging question mark as to where the rest of Baby Boys' music will take listeners."

Stream or get I'm Set on cassette via Grand Jury Music (http://smarturl.it/babyboys.imset).

Photo Credit: Zach Sutton

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