Ryan Scott Long and Mike Sopko are the percussionist and guitarist behind And Then Came Humans. Their sound is best described as mesmerizing and, as Sopko says, “trippy.”

The two have known each other for a decade and have long collaborated on projects and made music together. The duo's musical partnership first started in 2012. Sopko's band “Glimpse Trio” was on tour when their drummer had to drop out and Long was asked to step in.

And Then Came Humans’ live performances are heavy on improvisation, which grows out of the band’s spins on songs from Doja Cat and Harry Styles to classic hip-hop, jazz melodies and rock.

Indeed, the psychedelic isn’t ever far from the duo, even when talking to them. Sopko says he and Long have more than a hundred songs in their repertoire, which makes playing really fun and there's a lot of improvising that happens. “That's actually how we get ‘in between’ the transitions and the tunes. It’s kind of psychedelic,” Sopko says.

They even have their own motto: Be imperfect and accept that unpredictability is OK.