Upstate New York trio Play Time may be a new band, but its members hail from a wide swath of established underground scenes. Drummer Booker Stardrum sits behind the kit for rising jazz jammers SML, while Moog player Ben Vida co-founded the turn-of-the-century minimalist-ambient group Town & Country, and logged time in post-emo fountainhead Joan of Arc. Saxophonist Will Epstein has played with Darkside members Nicolas Jaar and Dave Harrington, and worked as a film composer. All three have released solo albums that further expand their palettes, moving into ambient (Vida), experimental (Stardrum), and singer/songwriter (Epstein) realms.
With all that group experience and wealth of individual styles, Play Time try something…