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Watch Bad Bad Hats perform at The Current Day Party in Austin, Texas

March 16, 2019

Kerry Alexander and Chris Hoge of Bad Bad Hats perform at The Current Day Party at Barracuda in Austin, Texas, on Friday, March 15, 2019, during the SXSW music festival.Mary Mathis | MPR

Bad Bad Hats first got their start at Macalester College. At the time the band had decided to enter a battle of the bands contest and, although they lost the competition that night, an audience member from Afternoon Records liked what he had heard. The band was signed to the label and has been destined for success.

The band comprise singer and guitarist Kerry Alexander, multi-instrumentalist Chris Hoge, bassist Noah Boswell, and drummer Connor Davison. Since the release of their first album, Psychic Reader, the band have toured extensively around the U.S., supporting artists like Margaret Glaspy and Hippo Campus and even headlining First Avenue's Mainroom.

Last year, the band released their latest album, Lightning Round. As the main songwriter, Alexander tries to incorporate her own life experiences into the band's music, singing about early breakups and awkward crushes to what it's like now being in a long-term relationship.

What's next for Bad Bad Hats? "Fame, fortune, all of that," jokes Alexander.

– Simone Cazares