MNDR is the name of Amanda Warner's synth pop persona as well as her production and songwriting duo with Peter Wade. As a child, Warner learned how to record music from her father on the four-track reel-to-reel he built in the basement of their farmhouse in Fargo, North Dakota, and taught herself how to program beats as a teenager. In college, she formed the electropop group Triangle, who released a pair of EPs and two albums during their years together.
After moving to New York City to become a songwriter in 2009, Warner met Wade, a producer who had recently started his own...