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In an industry where artistry is so often bound by expectation, where freedom is a privilege, not a given—Abraham, Angel, Israel, and Momo Boyd stand together as a subtle defiance. The four siblings comprise the heart of Infinity Song, a New York-based soft rock band signed to Jay-Z’s Roc Nation. Infinity Song is bound by blood, yes, and also a creative spirit that they weave into harmonies and acoustics in the form of a genre that, for too long, has left voices like theirs—Black voices, to be specific—unheard. Infinity Song was destined to be here.
By way of Detroit, their family moved to the Big Apple nearly 20 years ago, which would become their proving grounds where they’d busk and perform on streets all throughout the city en route to cultivating a loyal following. “We didn’t wait for stages,” Abraham, the group’s eldest sibling, tells Time Out New York. “We created stages wherever the people were.” Their first performances can be traced back to the Motor City when they were as young as 4 years old.
Abraham, along with five other brothers and sisters, were homeschooled—academically and musically—and raised on a steady diet of gospel music, jazz and classical. “Our musical background—and our life was unconventional from the start,” he continued, “not because we were trying to be different, but out of drive and purpose and necessity.
Our musical background and our life was unconventional from the start ...
Indeed, Infinity Song’s embrace of the unconventional became the catalyst for their ascent as one of the most profound sibling bands of this newer generation. That's why we are featuring them as our March digital cover star for our Spring Preview.
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For a moment, they were leaning more towards R&B, but sometime after the release of Mad Love, their first commercial album on Roc Nation, Angel approached her siblings and suggested they pivot and lean all the way into being a soft rock band. “It came from a place of realizing [soft rock] is the language for what we already are, and just owning that,” Angel explains.
“We decided not to go in the direction that was expected of us,” Abraham chimes in.
With Infinity Song, unpredictability is part of the magic. Whether it’s them gracing the stage at the Apollo for A Night of Comedy, or in the striking visuals of their latest music video, or in the lyrics of their viral hit Hater’s Anthem. And yet, for all their adaptability, they each have a sense of self that remains unwavering.
It’s a byproduct of growing up in a family of nine kids. “You have to look in the mirror, figure out who you are, and lean into it in order to have a chance at having any identity when you have such a big family," says Momo, the group’s youngest sibling. “We don’t feel like we have to have the same ethos or perspective on creativity or expression. There’s a lot of freedom under the umbrella of soft rock, because it’s such a wide genre, so we just allow each other freedom of expression, freedom to grow and freedom to be ourselves—and that translates to the music as well.”
We just allow each other freedom of expression, freedom to grow and freedom to be ourselves and that translates to the music as well.
Abraham echoes this sentiment: “[Our dad] came up with the idea that everybody doesn’t have to have equal say on a [particular] song. And that empowered us to grow as a band, because the truth of the matter is that we don’t all have the same view, and any one person’s view could be the breakthrough,” he says. “We’ve learned. We’ve seen it with Hater’s Anthem—Momo wrote and produced that song. We’ve seen it with Slow Burn—Angel wrote that song and led the production. We have completely different views, completely different creative processes, and we don’t even necessarily agree on the creative process. But obviously it’s good, because it’s created amazing bodies of our works of art. So it’s really about giving each other the space to live and breathe and create.”
And that space—both literal and creative—is only expanding. Their journey is still unfolding, their sound growing richer, their intentions clearer. Last year, the band released their biggest project to date in Metamorphosis Complete, a follow-up to their 2023 outing Metamorphosis. They kicked off this year by dropping Infinity Song LIVE, and have plans for more music on the horizon. In the meantime, they’re gearing up to tour the world later this year, and will also be playing Glastonbury, one of the most acclaimed festivals in the world, which Abraham describes as a dream come true for the band. “[This year], it’s a lot of pounding the pavement, and chipping away at the mountain,” he says.
There's no certain Black genre or Black way of living. Just by the way we live our lives, we hope that it'll inspire people to just be themselves.
So, what would a fly on the wall experience on tour with Infinity Song?
“Long sound checks, and a long day on stage before the show even starts,” says Israel. “I don’t know how long flies live, but they would experience the time of their little life.”
For all the growth and success they continue to experience, the foundation remains unchanged. At the root of Infinity Song is a bond that’s a rare balance—four artists with distinct visions who have learned to move as one without losing themselves. And they’re keenly aware of the unique space they occupy as a Black sibling band in soft rock.
“Our goal is not to have this grand lecture or thesis about what it means to be Black people, but we do hope that by living our lives, it goes unspoken that Black people are not a monolith,” says Angel. “There’s no certain Black genre or Black way of living. Just by the way we live our lives, we hope that it’ll inspire people to just be themselves.”
In that way, their music and style becomes a celebration in itself—effortless, unbound, and true. They sing, they play, they simply exist—unapologetically, beautifully, free.
Listen to Infinity Song LIVE and its other albums here. They'll be on tour this spring and summer, stopping in Texas for Willie Nelson's Luck Reunion on March 13, in Durham, North Carolina for the Biscuits & Banjos Festival, at the UNCF Gala in NYC, in Boston for Boston Calling on May 23, in Lexington, Kentucky on June 1 and in Portlaw, Ireland on July 31.
Stay tuned for more tour dates, new music and concert announcements at infinitysongmusic.com.
