Pinkshift: From med school to being one of rock’s hottest new noises

On the day that Pinkshift released their breakout hit i’m gonna tell my therapist on you, their drummer Myron Houngbedji was sitting his entry exam for medical school. When he came out of the hall, his phone was buzzing with notifications. In the space of seven hours, the song – a grungy punch to the jugular that’s equal parts defiant and wounded – had gone viral.  Pinkshift were only meant to have a limited lifespan. The Baltimore-based trio – completed by vocalist Ashrita Kumar and guitarist Paul Vallejo – released their debut EP Saccharine while still in college, intending to leave the band behind once the real world came calling. Ashrita was also going to apply to medical school, while Paul fancied himself as an engineer. After the success of …therapist, though, the...

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