So When the Sun Starts Rising and the City's Awake

Legend has it that the founding members of Houses, Dexter Tortoriello and Megan Messina, were fired from and quit their jobs at a large corporate chain store in Chicago, moved to Hawaii where they lived with little electricity and running water, and made music. What resulted is an anthem for experiential living—a call to pause and soak it all in, backed by ethereal beats and what sounds like echoing tennis balls. Their first full-length album, All Night, was released a year ago October 19 and is still going strong. Enjoy.