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. In April 2015, they released the single "Wait a Minute", and followed it with a self-titled, five-track EP on Peptalk Records in June of that same year. A full-length, ten-track album (which included all five of the songs from the EP) was issued on September 9, 2016. The duo's sound is informed by 1980s-era pop music, including

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, and the soundtracks of

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in 2015 and covered "

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on their debut album.Watch MYZICA Cover The Cars’ “Drive” on Acme Radio Ahead of Aug. 30 Rooftop Release Show
''No Country for New Nashville'', August 29, 2016.

References

{{reflist American pop music groups Musical duos from Tennessee Musical groups from Nashville, Tennessee