The Sloppy Boys are a Los Feliz-based “party rock” band comprising Mike Hanford, Jeff Dutton, and Tim Kalpakis from sketch comedy group The Birthday Boys (IFC Network). Conceived in their basement as a jangly cover band for house parties, the trio started writing original music after the cancellation of their television show.
The boys began releasing summer albums annually, starting with their 2018 cult hit debut Lifelong Vacation, an ode to cracking beers and smoking doobs and rocking out. Soon they were playing sold-out live shows across the country, inspiring a more expansive and adventurous sound for their sophomore effort Dancing on the Wind. Their grandest of all, Paradiso dropped despite the global pandemic in the summer of 2020, completing their “perfect summer trilogy”.
With touring out of the question, the trio hosted weekly zoom parties with fans, planting the seeds for what would become The Sloppy Boys Podcast. Crowned one of Vulture’s Top 3 Comedy Podcasts of 2021, the weekly show finds Mike, Jeff and Tim cracking wise while diving into the history and recipe of a cocktail recognized by the International Bartenders Association.
2022 saw the band embark on their biggest tours to date. That April, the boys travelled to the legendary Sonic Ranch Studios where they teamed with super-producer Money Mark (Beastie Boys, Beck) to record their fourth album Sonic Ranch. The entire process was filmed by director Robert Holguin for his feature length comedy-rock-doc Blood, Sweat and Beers or How The Sloppy Boys Made an Album on a Farm in West Texas.
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