Kemp Muhl

“We think the juxtaposition between banjo solos and songs about the future are really funny.”

“We love creating these fantastical worlds, and that really comes from things like 'Strawberry Fields Forever' and 'I Am The Walrus.'”

“I started off liking uptight music and then discovered Pink Floyd and Hendrix.”

“Sean was a lot shyer lyrically in his solo career. I think because his father was such a great lyricist it was hard to tackle that.”

“I want to be riding with the Four Horsemen!”

“We're pretty much Luddites when it comes to demos; we don't do anything too elaborate or high-tech.”

“We are obsessive NPR listeners.”

“When Sean came to meet my parents, the first thing my dad did when he picked him up at the airport was to take him right to a shooting range. My dad was like, 'I want to see how he shoots.'”

“I started writing songs with my best friend Eden Rice when were in our early teens. We performed together at local coffee shops in suburban Atlanta as Kemp and Eden, until fate intervened and we were separated.”

“I've definitely evolved into a monster.”

“The idea of old world instruments mixed with sci-fi, futuristic lyrics, playing baroque guitar on a song about a robot boy and a banjo solo on a song about white noise - that's our sense of humor.”

“If you're going to have a rock band, you've got to do it while you're young.”

“I grew up with a lot of classical music around.”

“I grew up listening to a lot of Simon & Garfunkel and Peter, Paul and Mary. I know that sounds dorky, but I always responded strongly to that kind of lyric-driven folk music.”

“My father is a retired army colonel, and my family is into hunting.”

“I think it's now really feminine, jaunty-cool to carry a little clutch like you would a football.”

“My theory is that the only people who hate hipsters are hipsters.”

“When I became a model I was traveling a lot.”

“It's definitely a hard pill to swallow; the son of John Lennon and a model having a band together is a cliche. But I think that once people get past that I think there's been a really warm reception to our music.”

“Everyone has this idea of Serge Gainsbourg and Jane Birkin: the woman being pretty and prancing around while the guy writes all the songs.”