The Obsessives

Heirs to '90s garage punk as well as the guitar lo-fi of bands like Pavement and Sebadoh, the Obsessives were formed in September 2012 by Washington, D.C. natives Nick Bairatchnyi (vocals/guitar) and Jackson Mansfield (drums). The duo started the band while in their mid-teens, and self-released the EPs Bad Friends and Manners, both in 2014. Still in high school, they signed with Near Mint, which issued their full-length debut, 2015's Heck No, Nancy, which was named after a line in Kurt Vonnegut's Slaughterhouse-Five. After relocating to Philadelphia, and nearing the end of a g...