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* BreakthroughHit: Thanks to its music video going viral, "still feel." catapulted the band to success, leading to their signage to a major label and their TV debut. Hilariously, they made still feel's outro as long as possible so it ''[[{{Irony}} wouldn't]]'' become a hit, but it wound up to contributing to the song's wide appeal.

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* BreakthroughHit: Thanks to its music video going viral, "still feel." catapulted the band to success, leading to their signage to a major label and their TV debut. Hilariously, they made still feel's its outro as long as possible so it ''[[{{Irony}} wouldn't]]'' become a hit, but it wound up to contributing to the song's wide appeal.


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* RarelyPerformedSong: "TIME 2" was only performed for a short period following its release but taken out of rotation by 2023.


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* WordOfGod: For years, fans have wondered if there's a deeper meaning to the bizarre stylization of certain songs (e.g. the misspelling of "Aawake At Night" and [="TrusT"=] having two capitals). [[OccamsRazor Josh Taylor just thought it looked cool]].
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* BreakthroughHit: Thanks to its music video going viral, "still feel." catapulted the band to success, leading to their signage to a major label and their TV debut. Hilariously, they made still feel's outro as long as possible so it ''[[Irony wouldn't]]'' become a hit, but it wound up to contributing to the song's wide appeal.

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* BreakthroughHit: Thanks to its music video going viral, "still feel." catapulted the band to success, leading to their signage to a major label and their TV debut. Hilariously, they made still feel's outro as long as possible so it ''[[Irony ''[[{{Irony}} wouldn't]]'' become a hit, but it wound up to contributing to the song's wide appeal.
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* BreakthroughHit: Thanks to its music video going viral, "still feel." catapulted the band to success, leading to their signage to a major label and their TV debut.

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* BreakthroughHit: Thanks to its music video going viral, "still feel." catapulted the band to success, leading to their signage to a major label and their TV debut. Hilariously, they made still feel's outro as long as possible so it ''[[Irony wouldn't]]'' become a hit, but it wound up to contributing to the song's wide appeal.
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* CutSong: "Beige" clearly falls within the canon of **Conditions Of A Punk**, with Josh ruminating over a girl using the same motifs (dreams and Summerland). Though not included in the final album, it was released as a separate single for Bose x NME's C23 compilation.

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* CutSong: "Beige" clearly falls within the canon of **Conditions ''Conditions Of A Punk**, Punk'', with Josh ruminating over a girl using the same motifs (dreams and Summerland). Though not included in the final album, it was released as a separate single for Bose x NME's C23 compilation.
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* CutSong: "Beige" clearly falls within the canon of **Conditions Of A Punk**, with Josh ruminating over a girl using the same motifs (dreams and Summerland). Though not included in the final album, it was released as a separate single for Bose x NME's C23 compilation.

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* EarlyBirdRelease: Several tracks from ''Now, Not Yet'' made their debut at live shows months before official release via the EP ''*7'' or the final album, such as "arrow", "RUNAWAY", and "Pure Gold".
* HeyItsThatPlace: The liminal space used for the "still feel." music video is most known as the Batcave in ''Film/TheDarkKnightRises''.



* OnSetInjury: The music video for "ok ok?" was filmed outdoors in the sequoias of California in the midst of summer. The band stated that they were ravaged by mosquitos during the shoot, with J Tyler specifying that he was bitten ''at least 30 times on his head alone''. Jordan Johnson of JA Collective also found out that he was allergic to something in the woods, but didn't know what.



* RealitySubtext: It's been implied that the cancellation of ''Give Me Your Shoulders Pt. 2'' (explicitly described by the band as an album about love) comes on the heels of Josh experiencing a breakup, affecting the album to the point where continuing its themes to completion in its original form was no longer viable.



* RealitySubtext: It's been implied that the cancellation of ''Give Me Your Shoulders Pt. 2'' (explicitly described by the band as an album about love) comes on the heels of Josh experiencing a breakup, affecting the album to the point where continuing its themes to completion in its original form was no longer viable.
* ViralMarketing: The tracklist for ''Conditions Of A Punk'' was announced via word search for fans to complete.
** The band also uses popular [=TikTok=] trends and other social media platforms to promote new releases.

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* RealitySubtext: It's been implied that the cancellation of ''Give Me Your Shoulders Pt. 2'' (explicitly described by the ViralMarketing:
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* MissingEpisode: A music variant. "TIME 2" does not appear on ''Give Me Your Shoulders Pt. 1'' nor ''Conditions Of A Punk'' and exists as an isolated single. An incident where the band forgot the lyrics onstage at a concert and ''no one'' in the room was able to remember them either says quite a lot.
* NamesTheSame: Don't confuse the Josh and (J) Tyler of this indie band with the Josh and Tyler of [[Music/TwentyOnePilots that other indie band]]. Doesn't help that the two groups even toured together at one point, with even more name confusion as [[https://twitter.com/halfaliveco/status/1540752402654953472?s=20&t=jgz6JUhRSSqPZHh_Qu5xzA this tweet]] suggests.

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* MissingEpisode: A music variant. "TIME 2" does not appear on ''Give Me Your Shoulders Pt. 1'' nor ''Conditions Of A Punk'' and exists as an isolated single. An incident where the band forgot the lyrics onstage at a concert and ''no one'' in the room was able to remember them either says quite a lot.\n* NamesTheSame: Don't confuse the Josh and (J) Tyler of this indie band with the Josh and Tyler of [[Music/TwentyOnePilots that other indie band]]. Doesn't help that the two groups even toured together at one point, with even more name confusion as [[https://twitter.com/halfaliveco/status/1540752402654953472?s=20&t=jgz6JUhRSSqPZHh_Qu5xzA this tweet]] suggests.



* OneDegreeOfSeparation: The 3 members of the band all had met independent of each other: Josh and Brett met at church; Brett and J Tyler met through mutual friends in a music ensemble; J Tyler and Josh had met through the former's brother.

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* OneDegreeOfSeparation: The 3 members of the band all had met independent of each other: Josh and Brett met at church; Brett and J Tyler met through mutual friends in a music ensemble; J Tyler and Josh had met through the former's brother.

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* BreakthroughHit: "still feel."

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* BreakthroughHit: Thanks to its music video going viral, "still feel."" catapulted the band to success, leading to their signage to a major label and their TV debut.



** He also grew a real mustache for the "RUNAWAY" music video to achieve authenticity, which he says took about a month.

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** He also grew a real mustache for the "RUNAWAY" music video to achieve authenticity, truly look as if he was from the 1940s, which he says took about a month.


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* PermanentPlaceholder: "BREAKFAST" was the song's demo title as the band wrote it while staying in an Airbnb, named for the time of day as they did so. The final product retained most of the demo and since those parts brought back fond memories, they opted to keep its original title.


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* TroubledProduction: The shoot for the music video for "TIME 2" was particularly brutal and difficult. It took a week to complete (longer than any other they had done at the time) and they had also kept getting kicked out of places where they tried to film. When it came time to film the feather scene with Josh and JA Collective headbanging, all three were exhausted; to top it all off, the former had a terrible headache and was on the verge of a breakdown.
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* BreakthroughHit: "still feel."



* DyeingForYourArt:
** Josh really did get his head shaved for the "Summerland" teaser video.
** He also grew a real mustache for the "RUNAWAY" music video to achieve authenticity, which he says took about a month.



* OfficialFanSubmittedContent: The music video for "Move Me" was produced by reaching out to a group of curated artists that were each given creative freedom to make 30 seconds of video and compiling it into a single work.
* OneDegreeOfSeparation: The 3 members of the band all had met independent of each other: Josh and Brett met at church; Brett and J Tyler met in a college jazz ensemble; J Tyler and Josh had met through the former's brother.

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* OfficialFanSubmittedContent: The music video for "Move Me" was produced by reaching out to a group of curated artists that were each given creative freedom to make 30 seconds of video and compiling it their efforts into a single work.
* OneDegreeOfSeparation: The 3 members of the band all had met independent of each other: Josh and Brett met at church; Brett and J Tyler met through mutual friends in a college jazz music ensemble; J Tyler and Josh had met through the former's brother.


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* ThrowItIn: For ''Now, Not Yet'', J Tyler would try to include slap-bass in songs, but always in vain as his attempts would eventually get taken out. His sole victory comes in a very brief moment in the second verse of "RUNAWAY".


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* WhatCouldHaveBeen: When performing "ice cold." for one of their tours, their original plan was to replace a softly spoken "dance" at the beginning of the instrumental break with a different one of Santa's reindeer for each show. They ultimately nixed the idea in favor of choreography.
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** The band also uses popular Tik Tok trends and other social media platforms to promote new releases.

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* DirectedByCastMember: Josh directs a good chunk of the band's music videos in addition to starring in them, most notably "still feel." and "RUNAWAY".
** Emma Portner, a featured dancer in music videos and performances, directed the music video for "Make Of It" while also appearing in it.
* MissingEpisode: A music variant. "TIME 2" does not appear on ''Give Me Your Shoulders Pt. 1'' nor ''Conditions Of A Punk'' and exists as an isolated single. An incident where the band forgot the lyrics onstage at a concert and ''no one'' in the room was able to remember them either says quite a lot.
* NamesTheSame: Don't confuse the Josh and (J) Tyler of this indie band with the Josh and Tyler of [[Music/TwentyOnePilots that other indie band]]. Doesn't help that the two groups even toured together at one point, with even more name confusion as [[https://twitter.com/halfaliveco/status/1540752402654953472?s=20&t=jgz6JUhRSSqPZHh_Qu5xzA this tweet]] suggests.
* OfficialFanSubmittedContent: The music video for "Move Me" was produced by reaching out to a group of curated artists that were each given creative freedom to make 30 seconds of video and compiling it into a single work.
* OneDegreeOfSeparation: The 3 members of the band all had met independent of each other: Josh and Brett met at church; Brett and J Tyler met in a college jazz ensemble; J Tyler and Josh had met through the former's brother.
* ProductionPosse: The band works exclusively with choreographers Jordan Johnson and Aidan Carberry of JA Collective on dancing for music videos and live shows. Slightly helps in the sense that Jordan and J Tyler are [[SiblingTeam brothers]], plus Josh and JA Collective were all roommates at some point.
* RealitySubtext: It's been implied that the cancellation of ''Give Me Your Shoulders Pt. 2'' (explicitly described by the band as an album about love) comes on the heels of Josh experiencing a breakup, affecting the album to the point where continuing its themes to completion in its original form was no longer viable.
* ViralMarketing: The tracklist for ''Conditions Of A Punk'' was announced via word search for fans to complete.
** The band also uses popular Tik Tok trends and other social media platforms to promote new releases.

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