About MISSIO
Hometown
Austin, TX, United States
Formed
2014
Genre
Alternative
Austin, Texas, electronic-rock duo MISSIO—producers/songwriters Matthew Brue and David Butler—rose to fame in 2017 with cathartic songs that were alternative radio hits.
∙ The group’s name is Latin for “mission.”
∙ Their provocative clip for 2016’s “Can I Exist”—addressing police brutality against Black men—won Best Narrative Music Video at the Austin Music Video Awards.
∙ The duo’s gleefully profane breakthrough single, 2017’s “Middle Fingers,” reached the Top 20 on four different Billboard charts.
∙ By 2017, they had rocketed from playing small club shows to performing at their hometown’s iconic Austin City Limits Music Festival.
Members of MISSIO include, or have included, Matthew Brue.
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