Flaunt

Mysterious, eclectic electro-rock duo Flaunt were formed in 2014. Joseph Vitterito, a producer of electronic music from Maine, discovered Colorado singer and guitarist Justin Jennings on SoundCloud and asked him to contribute vocals to a couple of his tracks. Discovering they had common sensibilities, the pair decided to make the association permanent, collaborating long-distance over the Internet. Jennings' background was in rock and R&B, and the duo used the tension between the electronic and organic to create something unique and unexpected. Their debut album, Codon, was a laid-back affair; largely electronic, it took influence from a diverse range of genres, from trip-hop, drum'n'bass, and U.K. garage to glitch and electro-industrial. Its title track gave them their first minor hit, which appeared on the Billboard club chart. They increased their visibility by releasing a slew of singles and EPs on streaming services. Their follow-up album, 2016's Rave Noir, was a much more stylistically varied effort, incorporating more of Jennings' rock influences alongside elements of world music. It also saw them explore visual media by creating a music video for every track on the album