Really From is an American band from Boston, Massachusetts, originally known as People Like You. Their most recent album, ''

Really From Really From is an American band from Boston, Massachusetts, originally known as People Like You. Their most recent album, '' Really From'', was released in March 2021. Their sound has been described as mixing indie pop, jazz, emo, and math rock. ...

'', was released in March 2021. Their sound has been described as mixing

indie pop Indie pop (also typeset as indie-pop or indiepop) is a music genre and subculture that combines guitar pop with DIY ethic in opposition to the style and tone of mainstream pop music. It originated from British post-punk in the late 1970s and sub ...

jazz Jazz is a music genre that originated in the African-American communities of New Orleans, Louisiana in the late 19th and early 20th centuries, with its roots in blues and ragtime. Since the 1920s Jazz Age, it has been recognized as a major ...

emo Emo is a rock music genre characterized by emotional, often confessional lyrics. It emerged as a style of and hardcore punk from the Washington D.C. hardcore punk scene, where it was known as emotional hardcore or emocore and pioneered b ...

, and

math rock Math rock is a style of progressive and indie rock with roots in bands such as King Crimson and Rush as well as 20th-century minimal music composers such as Steve Reich. It is characterized by complex, atypical rhythmic structures (includi ...

. They refer to their own sound as "indie jazz".

History

The band was formed as People Like You in 2014, by singer/guitarist Chris Lee-Rodriguez and drummer Sander Bryce, both graduates of

Berklee College of Music Berklee College of Music is a private music college in Boston, Massachusetts. It is the largest independent college of contemporary music in the world. Known for the study of jazz and modern American music, it also offers college-level cours ...

. Singer/keyboardist Michi Tassey and trumpeter Matt Hull, also Berklee graduates, were originally special guests on some songs but were later added as full members. Bassist Nick Koechel played on their first album; he was temporarily replaced by Sai Boddupali. They received early social media notice for their eclectic mix of styles. As People Like You, they released the albums ''"This Is What You Learned"'' in 2014 and ''Verse'' in 2017. The latter album was noted for its "fusion of jazz musicianship, emo spirit, and indie-pop tunefulness." Many of their songs discuss issues faced by mixed-race and multi-ethnic persons in America. For legal reasons that the band chooses not to disclose, they changed their name to Really From in 2018. Under this name, they released a self-titled album in 2021. Reviewers praised the album for its "nuanced, uncompromising instrumentation" and for its intelligent lyrics on self-identity, culture, and social traumas. Bassist Sai Boddupali rejoined the band shortly after the album's release. In July 2022, the band announced their intention to take an indefinite hiatus following two farewell shows in the fall, citing their desire to "maintain the integrity of what this project has become" at a "point in our lives when we want different things forthemselves." They announced their first farewell show in August, to take place in

Somerville, Massachusetts Somerville ( ) is a city located directly to the northwest of Boston, and north of Cambridge, Massachusetts, Cambridge, in Middlesex County, Massachusetts, United States. As of the 2020 United States Census, the city had a total population of 81, ...

on November 3, followed by the October announcement of a final show in

Brooklyn Brooklyn () is a borough of New York City, coextensive with Kings County, in the U.S. state of New York. Kings County is the most populous county in the State of New York, and the second-most densely populated county in the United States, be ...

on November 6.

Members

Current members *Chris Lee-Rodriguez – guitar, vocals (2014–2022) *Michi Tassey – keyboards, vocals (2014–2022) *Sander Bryce – drums, percussion (2014–2022) *Matt Hull – trumpet, flugelhorn (2014–2022) *Sai Boddupalli – bass (2015–2018; 2021–2022)

Former members

* Nick Koechel – bass (2014–2016)

Discography

Albums

As People Like You *''"This Is What You Learned"'' (2014) *''Verse'' (2017) As Really From *''

'' (2021)

References

{{Reflist Musical groups from Massachusetts