The Sweethearts is a project by Tyler Thacker together with Sam Mehran (ex Test Icicles). Songs were written on a tiny casio between Sam and Zak Mering. Tyler pretty much played all the instruments. As Tyler explains: This album was recorded a decade ago underneath a bunkbed in a crowded apartment we shared in Brooklyn. At the time, 'The Sweethearts' was just another anonymous moniker among many, intended as a pop-minded musical outlet between primary contributors myself, Zak Mering and Sam Mehran, featuring whatever friends happened to be passing though that day including but not limited to Morgan Whirledge, James Ferraro, Zak Davis, Aaron Frankle, Ian Drennan, Ariel Pink, Ryan Howe.