The pastoral facade of TVOD

There’s a small piece of TVOD history sitting on the shelf above Tyler Wright’s head. When asked about the Brooklyn band’s beginnings as his basement recording project, Wright points up towards an old four-track recorder, stands to retrieve it and brings the old TASCAM closer to the camera. “That’s like the very first one,” he says. He once had two, but sold the other for cash.What began as Wright’s solitary recording project in 2019 changed shape through lockdown and New York’s sprawling DIY community. Eventually Jenna Mark (synths, vocals), Mem Pahl (drums, piano, percussion), Denim Casimir (guitar, vocals), Serge Zbrizher (guitar) and Mickaela Piccirillo (bass) became TVOD’s fixed lineup. “They’re my best friends,” Wright says. “We’ve been together for like five years.” Then, with a laugh: “We all hate each other equally and love each other at the same time.” Sign up to Best Fit's Substack for regular dispatches from the world of pop culture Seven years removed from that basement, Wright is still building infectious post-punk earworms. TVOD’s 2025 debut Party Time gathered songs written across years of the band’s existence, filtering the disillusionment of New York nightlife thr...