Jaded Incorporated allowed longtime friends and fellow Athletic Mic League members Kendall Tucker (aka 14KT) and Andrew Cohen (aka Mayer Hawthorne) to indulge in their love for the less-commercial end of late-'70s and early-'80s synth pop. Despite being something of a diversion from the Michigan duo's separate paths -- one with limited mainstream appeal -- the project was picked up by Casablanca through Republic, the label to which Cohen was signed as retro-soul stylist Mayer Hawthorne. It debuted in March 2014 with "Coconut Sofa," a single that seemed to be inspired by John F...