In 2015 two kids from Reno, Nevada managed to capture the lo-fi supercharged lighting-in-a-bottle that would later propel them to major label success. Buds is a wild ride through the young minds of bandmembers Nick Rattigan and Jacob Rubeck, serving as a white-hot debut album in their ever-ascending discography. Although dealing largely with melancholy themes of isolation, the energy on every track is palpable.