![]() It’s sitting, along with a potted pothos plant, on top of the crate of Mayzie, the Lloyd family’s shepherd-collie mix. ![]() Gongol casually points out a plastic bull they picked up on a trip to Spain to play a private concert, the first time they traveled internationally to perform - a totem of a truly major accomplishment. Successful as they may be, they’re still kids hanging at their parents’ houses when they visit Delco. “The wind blew in our direction,” says Gongol, an NYU grad who originally planned on working on the business side of the industry. Though the duo, which signed to Republic Records in 2015, was already selling out shows, the popularity of “Down,” the ubiquitous opener off their 2016 full-length Act One, boosted their profile exponentially. That liquor-soaked paean to infatuation, which spread via SoundCloud, is one of their better-known songs, one of several featured on their 2013 debut EP, Sway. But no cut to date has matched the reach of “Down,” the intoxicating piano-driven anthem that Apple featured in a television spot in early 2017. It’s in this room - in the sheet-music-stuffed home office of Lloyd’s Grammy-nominated composer/conductor father - that he and Gongol came up with “ Whisky,” the first song they ever wrote together as Marian Hill. “Making a pie and serving it to people is very similar, in my mind, to making a song and playing it for people.”Īfter crimping the crowning dough and sliding the pie into a 400-degree oven, Lloyd makes good on the second half of that metaphor, bringing me through a door just off the kitchen to hear a few as-yet-unreleased tracks that should start trickling out this fall. “I love making things,” says Lloyd as he rolls out his crust between two pieces of wax paper. While Gongol readily admits she’s more fond of eating food than prepping it - this is her first try at pie - Lloyd will dedicate hours to perfecting Persian fesenjan or hand-forked gnocchi. We’re making this pie from scratch at the suggestion of Lloyd, a hard-core home cook who, between studio work and rigorous touring, documents his ambitious kitchen experiments via social media. Right now, they’re less concerned with their next single than with the proper amount of brown sugar to toss into a bowl of hulled and halved strawberries and that Ardmore Farmers Market rhubarb, which Gongol has lopped into hunks the size of Legos. These theater geeks create disarmingly catchy, groove-heavy R&B that bloggers clamor to characterize with various synonyms for “sexy” - Lloyd is the meticulous producer, Gongol the sizzling voice. ![]() The band name is a nod to the pair’s middle-school production of The Music Man, in which they played the leads, Marian Paroo and Harold Hill. Jeremy Lloyd and Samantha Gongol, both 27, are 2008 graduates of Haverford High, a 10-minute walk from Lloyd’s childhood home, which is serving as our pop-up bakery. I’m here, prepping a perfectly safe pie in a Havertown kitchen, not with a single chanteuse, but with a couple of seventh-grade choir friends who flipped a post-college collaboration into a main-stage slot at Made in America this month. While rhubarb leaves are toxic, the fibrous stalk uncooked is a harmless, if exceedingly tart, snack choice.Ī common mistake people make about Marian Hill concerns its membership. After some quick Googling, I receive heartening news: I’m going to live. Photograph by Justin James MuirĬan you gnaw on raw rhubarb? Marian Hill doesn’t know the answer offhand, but that doesn’t stop me from chomping a chunk like it’s crudité. ![]() Marian Hill with friend and collaborator Steve Davit (left). ![]()
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