2019 was definitely a successful year for Laundry Day, the NYC-based quintet, if touring with Clairo in the UK and the 1975 in North America is anything to go by. The group consists of five high schoolers: Jude Ciulla, Henry Pearl, Sawyer Nunes, Etai Abramovich, and Henry Weingartner. After forming during their freshman year at Beacon High School in Manhattan, NY, the five have put out three albums and two EPs.
Although forming the band wasn’t their intention initially, they discovered their mutual passion for music and began to take inspiration from artists like Tyler, the Creator and Brockhampton. While it seems that the boys have developed a style closely resembling a kind of synthpop, it is difficult to label them as anything but genre-less. Each album and every song delivers a different vibe and should be listened to individually.
Although they are seemingly moving up the ranks, the band has remained true to its unique and unspecialized musical process. According to several interviews, they record while writing music and simply hanging out with a computer being passed around. Etai, the drummer, said that the boys will go up and write on the computer while the others just watch and listen to each other’s ideas. With their many different individual styles, each member contributes to the music and is able to grow in their own regard.
When I was in high school, I met the group when I saw them live in concert, and the majority of their supporters were other students at our school. It’s interesting to see how quickly they shifted under the spotlight and obtained roles on bigger stages. Over the past two years, they’ve developed a fairly large fan base and have been selected to perform at the Governor’s Ball, a huge music festival in New York.
I recommend listening to Red Roses or I Feel Good if you haven’t heard them before. However, their entire catalog of work proves that the group will continue to gain recognition in the music industry.