Under the Radar

CHAIRLIFT

Inside a 6,600 square foot complex in Brooklyn that once headquartered pharmaceutical giant Pfizer, Chairlift’s Caroline Polachek and Patrick Wimberly are waiting for the delivery of their dinner. Recently arriving back home in New York City after performing a select number of shows in Los Angeles, New Haven, and Boston, the pair have decamped for an evening of “bread sodas”—aka beer—and burritos in the room that has successfully served as their very own self-made studio. “We started our lease three years ago today,” explains Polachek, jokingly adding,

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