Loquat, an electronic/pop music band from San Francisco, California, was formed in 2001 by Kylee Swenson Gordon and Earl Otsuka. Their first live performance took place in September 2001 after recruiting drummer Christopher Lautz and original keyboardist Ben Kasman. Loquat self-released their debut EP, The Penny Drop, in 2002, followed by another EP, Fall. In 2003, they released Before the Momentum via Devil in the Woods and were awarded Best Pop Group at SF Weekly's Music Awards. Their debut LP, It's Yours to Keep, was released in 2005 through Jackpine Social Club and reached number 85 on College Music Journal's CMJ Radio 200 chart. In 2008, Loquat signed with Talking House Records and released their second full-length album, Secrets of the Sea. The band continued to evolve, releasing "We Could Be Arsonists" in 2012 on Nacional Records.
