Legendary author Alan Watts believed we as humans need to go completely out of our minds to come fully into our emotions, as he so famously discussed in his book, Out of Your Mind. Self-proclaimed sexistential alt-pop duo RKCB draw upon this concept for their forthcoming music (check "Alone with You, Pt. 2"), which throbs with enlightenment about the life and death nature of love, our relationship with consciousness and even global warming.

Finding creative liberation during a trip to London, and having flipped through the pages of Watts' insightful ruminations, bandmates Riley Knapp and Casey Barth felt the energy between them monumentally shift. "It was like this big veil had been lifted, and we both felt the energy," says Barth. "Watts' book really opened up a lot, philosophically and emotionally, that we wanted to explore in the music."


Knapp and Barth's destinies would become forever entwined during their music studies at University of Southern California. It was during a masterclass given by hip-hop performer and producer Young Guru that their worlds opened up, and they were able to see inside each other's work. Their subsequent first creative session together gave birth to a song called "Comatose," a cut off their 2015 debut EP, Short Films, which gave way to a yin-yang friendship. "Figuring this process out has been the most exciting part about this journey and is what gives us faith that we have a lot more to do and say," says Knapp.

Past Shows


Feb
15
th
2019
Amsterdam Bar & Hall
Feb
15
th
2019
Amsterdam Bar & Hall

RKCB and Shoffy

with SATELLITE MODE

More Shows

Sep
20
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Palace Theatre

St. Vincent

with Dorian Electra
Jul
13
th
First Avenue

PRIVATE EVENT

May
24
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First Avenue

Area 51 Rave

Nov
30
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The Fitzgerald Theater

Josh Blue