Tune in on Sunday, October 11th at 9:15pm to hear Neon Buffalo‘s recent conversation with Athens, GA-born and bred best friend duo Tyler Mabry and Harlow Phillips of hey, nothing.
hey, nothing almost didn’t make it to the beginning. Tyler and Harlow met as middle school classmates and soon found playing music together was an anchor as both weathered fraught, traumatic upbringings and sorted out their own identities.
Then, sudden success – viral hit songs, sold-out tours, performances at Lollapalooza, Bonnaroo and Austin City Limits, praise from NPR Music, Pigeons & Planes, Stereogum, Alt Press, and more – threw them into a different deep end.
For six years they spent nearly every day together, school days pivoting to months on tour, with the two living together in between. There was so little room to breathe, to process all the highs and lows of what each had seen, they reached an impasse: To avoid breaking up before the band truly came into focus, the duo had to rediscover their friendship and their love for making music.
On the other side of everything is Hound, hey, nothing’s remarkable debut that wades through complex emotions, balanced with cheeky wit, sharp humor, infectious charm, and a lot of sarcasm.
