Forming Mint Julep in 2007, the Kenniffs originally had modest intentions for the band. \u201cThe project really just started out as a way to get my wife to sing, because I knew that she could but was kind of shy about it,\u201d says Keith. Though the duo initially mined much influence from early-\u201890s shoegaze, Mint Julep gradually shaped their sound by drawing inspiration from electronic music and from their shared affection for rough-edged music of varying genres (industrial for Hollie, punk rock for Keith). \u201cIt took us a while to suss out whether this was something we were just going to have fun with, or if we\u2019d actually release our music,\u201d Keith says. \u201cBut we ended up keeping at it, and now we\u2019re at the point where we\u2019ve created something with its own sound that\u2019s very unique to us.\u201d Noting that \u201cit\u2019s been great for Hollie and me to bond over making music, and to have that music feed into our relationship,\u201d Keith points out that Mint Julep have found an even more enduring purpose in creating both Broken Devotion and its predecessor. \u201cWriting music can be stressful, but there\u2019s that joy that comes from creating something that you know you\u2019ll have for a really long time,\u201d he says. \u201cWe can finish an album and move on, and then go back years later and let the songs tell us what was happening then, what we were feeling. 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