Hailing from Chicago and inspired by similar music and dreams of being musicians, the members of the band; Alex Rebek on vocals, Thomas Peters and Peter Scoville on guitars, Miles Kalchik on bass, and Patrick Hennessey on drums, began playing in middle school and performing in different bands - working on projects from experimental math rock to cannabis driven psychedelic pop.

After heading off to college they began coming together over breaks to write and play music. The guys put together an album over winter break, 2013 and dropped the album on Bandcamp eager to see what their friends thought of their music. They jokingly called their sound “dirty-doo-wop” because a few songs had a 50’s croon vibe with 70’s garage rock grit. A few weeks after the album was uploaded, Autumn Tone Records out of Los Angeles reached out to the band with a record deal and Modern Vices was born.

Their self-titled debut album released in October of 2014. Since then, the band has been busy playing shows, music festivals like SXSW and CMJ, and touring with Chicago buds, Twin Peaks. The first album earned scores of accolades – making numerous “best album of the year” lists and featured articles including; The Chicago Tribune, NME Magazine, Noisey/Vice and Alt Citizen to name a few.

Their sound has been called wildly romantic, dark, fierce and unpredictable with vocals that are achingly passionate supported by intense guitars playing strong and complex melodies held together with tasty bass notes and bright, intricate drum work.