Pavo Pavo (band)

Pavo Pavo
Pavo Pavo live at National Sawdust in 2016
Background information
Origin	Brooklyn, New York, United States
Genres	Indie Pop, Art Rock
Years active	2015–present
Labels	Bella Union
Website	www.pavopavomusic.com
Members	Oliver Hill Eliza Bagg Ian Romer Noah Hecht
Past members	Nolan Green Austin Vaughn Peter Coccoma

Pavo Pavo is an American indie pop quintet from Brooklyn, New York, formed in 2015 and consisting of Eliza Bagg (vocals, violin, synthesizers), Oliver Hill (vocals, guitar, synthesizers), Ian Romer (vocals, bass), Peter Coccoma (guitar), and Noah Hecht (drums). The band is currently signed to Bella Union.

Bagg and Hill met in a string quartet at Yale University. Upon graduation they moved to Brooklyn and met Romer, Coccoma, and Hecht shortly thereafter. The band released their first full-length album, Young Narrator in the Breakers, on November 11, 2016 to critical acclaim. The album was produced by Dan Molad (Lucius, Via Audio) and Sam Cohen

Young Narrator in the Breakers was met with generally positive reviews. Pitchfork gave it a 7.2, comparing Bagg to "a lovelorn alien reaching out from the farthest reaches of the galaxy," while AllMusic selected it as an Album Pick and wrote, "Pavo Pavo have achieved a collection that eschews the obvious, being undoubtedly hip yet simultaneous geeky in its references, and the resulting work is a real gem."

In August 2016, The Guardian featured Pavo Pavo in the "Band of the Week" column, describing in their music "an eerie washed-out playfulness, a wistful exuberance, that captures the sadness of a passing moment or era."

Economist and New York Times columnist Paul Krugman is a noted fan of the band and has featured their music in his blog.