First off a note of warning: Matt and Kim arenât a typical band and this isnât going to read like your average biography. For example, although Matt and Kim know they met while taking classes at Pratt Institute in New York, Kimâs not sure what year she graduated, let alone when they decided to start playing music as a two-piece. What they do know is that when Matt and Kim started out approximately four years ago, they had no idea how to play their respective instrumentsâa fact that makes the bandâs success story almost as unique as their distinctive brand of synth-and-drums dance punk.
After being forced to play their first show by a friend months after picking up their instruments, keyboardist/vocalist Matt Johnson and drummer/vocalist Kim Schifino played their first show as Matthew and Kimberly in October of 2004âand after slightly altering their name they spent the next year playing every chance they could get in their home base of ...
