Best Boys

BIOGRAPHY

Best Boys is the project of Joe Rittling and Aaron Levison, childhood friends who grew up together in a small Vermont town, playing music and making art in basements and backyards before life took them to opposite coasts. With Joe still in Vermont and Aaron now based in Oregon, their creative connection has remained intact across the miles. Rittling handles vocals and keys while Levison, a multi-instrumentalist and engineer, helps shape the sonic palette—melding classic influences with a modern ear.

Best Boys emerged from years of artistic collaboration, evolving from Rittling’s previous project Black Fly into something more melodic, focused, and lyrically driven. Their songs are cinematic and conversational, often centered on themes of travel, lost love, and the tender weirdness of growing older. Think road trip mixtapes, missed connections, old gas station maps, and voicemail messages you never deleted.

With “Forgive Forget,” Best Boys officially begin their next chapter, inviting listeners into a nostalgic, emotionally charged world, and just catchy enough to make you move through the mess.