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The witty, funky pop duo
Electric Guest features
Asa Taccone (brother of
Lonely Island's
Jorma Taccone) and
Matthew Compton. The group first gained fans with their 2012 debut before issuing 2017's
Plural and 2019's
Kin.
While
Taccone helped his brother and fellow
Lonely Islanders Andy Samberg and
Akiva Schaffer produce hits like "Dick in a Box," he found his true collaborator in
Compton, whom he met while they were sharing a house in Los Angeles that counted
Taccone's old friend
Brian Burton, aka
Danger Mouse, as a former resident. While working on Saturday Night Live-affiliated projects such as
Lonely Island songs and the soundtracks to the films
Hot Rod and
MacGruber,
Taccone and
Compton also worked on
Electric Guest's debut album with
Burton, a process that took over six years. The duo's mix of funk, soul, soft rock, disco, and pop came to fruition with
Mondo, which arrived in April 2012.
Electric Guest toured for a couple years in support of their debut, returning in 2016 with the single "Dear to Me." The track appeared on their sophomore release, 2017's
Plural, produced by
Lars Stalfors (
Cold War Kids,
HEALTH, associated
Mars Volta projects). Afterwards,
Taccone and
Compton co-wrote for
Cold War Kids and made a featured appearance for
Carly Rae Jepsen before working with
Stalfors again on their third album,
Kin, which arrived in October 2019. The genre-blurring set included singles "More" and "Dollar." ~ Heather Phares