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Bodega's new album was inspired by a book club. In the early months of 2020, the Brooklyn art-punk incendiaries gathered together with close friends to study the works of a wide range of philosophers. Passionate debates lasting long into the night became a regular occurrence, motivating the band members to become as ideologically unified as the weighty tomes they were reading. Broken Equipment is Bodega's attempt to interrogate the external factors that shaped the band, propelling existential quandaries with tongue-in-cheek humor, highly personal lyrics and irresistible grooves.

Since Bodega's formation in 2016, Ben and Nikki (who previously played together in the band Bodega Bay) have experienced a rare meteoric rise. The two double as filmmakers, earning acclaim for their 2020 erotic drama PVT Chat starring Peter Vack, Julia Fox and other recognizable faces from the Safdie brothers’ cinematic universe. When the pandemic forced them to hit pause, they used the opportunity to regroup with drummer and performance artist Tai Lee, bassist and philosophy professor Adam See and lead guitarist Dan Ryan. 

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