From Brooklyn, New York

From last.fm:

One day Ayad Al Adhamy (former synth wizard of Passion Pit) looked over at his guitar collecting dust in the corner and decided that he had had enough. He picked it up, fell back in love and Team Spirit was born. Needing a band, he got in touch with his old shred-metal college roommate Roman Tobias Pettigrew (who had spent the last few years in Los Angeles starting a cult/band called The People’s Church of Animal Town) and recruited his recording partner in crime: Champagne Dave Weingarten. Read more about Team Spirit on Last.fm.