Fast Preacher is multi-instrumentalist and songwriter Daniel Hanson. In 2012 Fast Preacher started playing with a rotating cast of characters for dynamic live performances. When Hanson isn’t busy co-fronting neo-soul quartet Fat Night, he’s tinkering in the studio, sharpening a signature sound that merges shimmering psychedelia with groove-heavy funk.

Chicago indie rock trio Moontype, made up of Margaret McCarthy, guitarist Ben Cruz, and drummer Emerson Hunton, knew each other as classmates in their small midwest college music program, but only joined forces after reconnecting years later. Their debut album, Bodies of Water, has the spontaneous feel of close friends bonding before the universe has a chance to pry them apart.