The Backseat Lovers

The Backseat Lovers formed in Utah around the two guitarists and singers Joshua Harmon and Jonas Swanson, whose interlocking parts carry most of the band's arrangements. Their self-released debut album, When We Were Friends, built a following largely through streaming, helped by "Kilby Girl", a song named for Kilby Court, the all-ages venue in Salt Lake City where much of the local scene plays its first shows.

Their second album, Waiting to Spill, stretched the songs out further, with longer instrumental passages and quieter, more inward lyrics, and the band's live sets often extend those passages well past the recorded versions.