Longtime friends and collaborators, Lauren Morgan and Jordan Shih, have been known as SALES since 2013 when they released their first single, “renee.”   After self-releasing a string of singles online (“chinese new year”, “getting it on”, “vow”), the duo self-released their debut EP in 2014 and were named “Ones to Watch” by Hype Machine + BBC 6. The EP featured a remix track with electronic producer, XXYYXX.   SALES LP was self-released on April 20th, 2016 and it featured the singles “big sis”, “ivy”, and “jamz”.   Their second LP, Forever & Ever, was self-released on July 19th, 2018.   They have headlined tours in the US, Canada, and Europe.   The independent duo continues to self-release their work, which is recorded, mixed, and mastered in their Orlando, FL bedroom studio.

BIOGRAPHY There’s a lot to say about vulnerability. The way that we fear how people will see us if we show them. The way we can’t stand to look deep inside if it means we’re to face the demons we’ve buried. Sometimes we write and write and write and nothing comes out but sometimes - just sometimes - we write and something beautiful happens. Nicotine rose from the stories that Brianna Zepeda had yet to tell. The ones that kept her up at night, the ones that haunted her like the broken record memories that we ignore until they come out in fits of passion. With those stories, An Open Letter was born. Seven full tracks of raw, passionate, and vulnerable sentiments, drawn out from love; From being a pansexual afrolatina; From Houston-meets-New York-meets-paper and pen; From trying to find home when you’ve left the only place you’ve ever called home; From the stories of natural disasters that call us back. A moment in time led to releasing the album digitally and never looking into the past. Soon after, Nicotine performed live in Nylon studios and received critical acclaim from Afropunk, Hilly Dilly, Refinery29 and more, touting Nicotine “provides us with licks of soul, R&B, funk and early 2000s hip-hop. Her sound ranges from laid-back summer sensations to purely honest, soulful sounds.” (HYPEBAE) Nicotine has more to say, of course, and is currently touring An Open Letter in 2019 and focusing on writing her follow-up EP, set to release late-2019.