Modern Leisure

Modern Leisure is the indie-pop project of Denver-based songwriter and DJ Casey Banker. Since its beginnings, the project has explored the space between guitar-driven indie rock, melodic pop, and understated electronic textures, with lyrics that focus on the bittersweetness of disaffected, wayward adulthood. Modern Leisure first emerged with the release of the album Super Sad Rom-Com in 2018, followed by a series of singles in 2020. Just as the project was beginning to build momentum, the pandemic brought live performances and new releases to an unexpected halt. Over the following years, Banker shifted gears by starting a business and getting married, but all the while continued writing, experimenting, and allowing the project to evolve outside the pace and expectations of a traditional release cycle. In July 2026, Modern Leisure returned to the stage for the first time in several years with a live band performance at Denver's Hi-Dive, marking the beginning of a new chapter for the project both on record and in concert. With additional releases planned throughout the year, Banker approaches this next era not as a return to where Modern Leisure left off, but as an evolution shaped by everything that happened in between.