In a recent NYT feature, members of the band waxed philosophically about the proliferation of gentrification in those Williamsburg neighborhoods where they could once go from their apartment to their barista job and then to the rehearsal space all within a few blocks. Certain San Franciscans will relate to those stories; actually, I can relate to those stories specifically in the Mission decades ago, where work, band rehearsal spaces, bookstores, and bars of choice all revolve within an eight-block radius.