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May 21, 2018

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High school friends Matt Quinn and Sam Cooper were all set on nonmusical careers when their song "Astrovan" took off on Spotify. It now has almost 7 million streams. The pair founded the band Mt. Joy (@MtJoyBand), released a self-titled debut album and are now on tour.

Here & Now's Peter O'Dowd talks with Quinn about the band's unexpected success.

This segment aired on May 21, 2018.

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