While a crowd waited outside the Hot Press Signing Tent to meet him, Darwin Deez sat down for a chat Friday about his Brooklyn origins, first impressions of the festival and writing the group's first album. Deez revealed why, after 15 years of making music, he's only just now ready to share his statement.

The eccentric headband-wearing hipster impressed fans new and old later in the afternoon on the Red Bull Music Academy stage.

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