Chris Farren and
Jeff Rosenstock's sunshine pop-punk outfit
Antarctigo Vespucci took its first breath with the release of their debut mini-LP, 2014's Soulmate Stuff.
When
Rosenstock's band
Bomb the Music Industry! called it quits in 2013,
Farren -- whose own band,
Fake Problems, had also disbanded -- happened to find himself in New York around the same time, armed with a collection of songs that he took to his friend
Rosenstock. The pair quickly set about recording the tracks, drafting in
the Gaslight Anthem's
Benny Horowitz on drums, as well as
BtMI's
Laura Stevenson and
Latterman's Mike Campbell on guest duties. Released in early 2014, Soulmate Stuff drew on
Rosenstock's punk roots while matching the pop-punk of
Farren's own band,
Fake Problems. While both members originally saw the release as a one-off, the duo recorded a full-length debut album, Leavin' La Vida Loca, issuing it the following year. As
Farren and
Rosenstock's own solo careers started to take off,
Antarctigo Vespucci went on the back burner. In 2018 the duo returned to the studio after finding time in their busy schedules to record their sophomore album. Signing to Polyvinyl and Big Scary Monsters, the labels issued the album
Love in the Time of E-Mail toward the end of that year. ~ Rich Wilson