Origins (2004–2010) Founding members
Shlomo Gaisin and Yaniv Hoffman met while they were in seventh grade at
Melvin J. Berman Hebrew Academy and began playing together in 2004. They added additional members in 2006 and began "playing seriously" in 2007, according to Hoffman. They were the winning group at the 2009
Five Towns Battle of the Bands. That same year, they opened for
Moshav Band at "Mexicali Live" in
Teaneck, New Jersey and performed at Congregation
Ramath Orah's "Roc House" event.
Forty Days, hiatus, and later activity (2010–2014) Preceding a yearlong hiatus to allow Gaisin and Hoffman to study in
Israel, the band recorded their debut EP,
Forty Days, in
Bethesda, Maryland with producer Taylor Larson of
From First to Last. The EP was released on January 1, 2010, and spawned two singles, "Im Lo Aleh" and the title track. A release party was held at
Café Café in Jerusalem's
Mamilla Mall. The following year, they released another music video called "Change". A week after the video's release, Hoffman returned to Israel to serve in the
IDF's
Givati Brigade. Meanwhile, Gaisin stayed in New York and formed the Hasidic soul band
Zusha in 2013. Despite this, they released the song "Oneness" in March and performed at
Yeshiva University's annual
Hanukkah concert alongside
Alex Clare. In 2014, with Hoffman back in New York, he and Gaisin announced on
Facebook that they had begun writing new songs together. Later in the year, they released two acoustic songs, "All You Got" and "Give Love". As of 2020, the band is defunct, with Gaisin moving to performing full-time with Zusha while Hoffman started a solo career under the name Jeryko. ==Musical style==