Like the many moons of their namesake, ABOVE JUPITER was formed from cosmic dust encircling their own hometown of Memphis, TN. In ABOVE JUPITER’s case, those particles include inspiring elements of the Memphis arts and music scene, both past and present.

Lifelong friends Noah Hand (bass) and Graham Burks, III (drums) realized early on that Noah’s pursuit of art was a perfect compliment to Graham’s multi-instrumental and production skills, and the two began writing and planning concepts for multiple music releases. As their initial batch of songs was beginning to form, the gravity of Memphis’s iconic Stax Music Academy had begun to pull them in. At Stax they connected with other talented musicians including Zariya Scullark (guitar), and another lifelong friend Desmond Coppin (keys).

Orbiting their core of Memphis soul are the diverse sounds of art-rock pioneers David Bowie and Talking Heads, to innovators of the 90s and 2000s such as Beck and Gorillaz. The animation styles of TheOdd1sOut occupy just as important of a space as the soundtracks of Toby Fox’s Undertale video game in ABOVE JUPITER’s orbit.

While the band continues to play shows in the Memphis music scene, they have completed their first four-song EP, DEMO. The lead single “Details,” out on December 12, 2023, features a music video that was directed, animated, and edited by the band’s Noah Hand at teen after-school makerspace Cloud901. The full four-song “DEMO” drops a month later on Friday, January 12, 2024.