Inspired by the instrumental prowess of sessions musicians like The Funk
Brothers and The Wrecking Crew, Vulfpeck formed in Ann Arbor, Michigan, in 2011.
The band's four co-founders — keyboardist Woody Goss, bassist Joe Dart, and
multi-instrumentalists Jack Stratton and Theo Katzman — had met while attending
the School of Music, Theatre & Dance at the University of Michigan. Inspired by
the house bands that performed on vintage Motown recordings and Muscle Shoals
productions, they began collaborating together, with the single "Beastly"
marking their official debut in April 2011. ...