Tuesday’s Gone: Watch Kevin Morby Fronted Band The Babies Live on KEXP 2012

Before launching his acclaimed solo career, Kevin Morby first made a name for himself as the bassist for Woods and later as one-half of the indie rock duo The Babies alongside Cassie Ramone of Vivian Girls.

Formed around 2008, The Babies emerged from the loose, DIY Brooklyn indie scene of the late 2000s. Their music blended jangly folk-rock, fuzzy garage rock, country twang, and emotionally ragged songwriting. Morby and Ramone shared vocal and songwriting duties, creating a back-and-forth dynamic that gave the band a casual intimacy. Songs often sounded spontaneous and unpolished in the best possible way — like late-night basement rehearsals captured on tape. Check out Morby with The Babies live on KEXP in 2012, years before he would don the cape.