Los Angeles indie pop act Rat Fancy started out as a bedroom pop duo but slowly evolved into a more high-energy band as they expanded their membership and progressed in their songwriting. Their 2019 debut full-length, Stay Cool combined their internal songwriting with the fuzzier edges of '90s indie influences.
Rat Fancy was formed in 2016 by guitarist/singer/songwriter Diana Barraza and multi-instrumentalist Gregory Johnson. The earliest material the duo worked up was dreamy, lo-fi bedroom pop heavy on synths and reverb, and their 2017 EP Suck a Lemon was made up of songs in...