The band came together around a shared love for the pop classics of the Beatles, the Beach Boys, the Velvets, the Modern Lovers, and the like. So far, they’ve released two full length albums with Subroutine Records. Their first record, 2014’s Reclining Nude, was a collection of short songs, rich with four-part harmonies. The band returned in 2015 with a fuller sound on the LP Dragon, mixed by Jason Quever (Papercuts). The record was described as “sparkling” in a four-star rating by the Volkskrant. Their performance at Noorderslag in 2016 was “the highlight of the festival” according to KindaMuzik.

Naive Set has shared the stage with like-minded bands such as Chain & the Gang, White Fence, Crystal Stilts, Ultimate Painting and Nap Eyes. They’ll return with a new album early 2018, recorded in London by James Hoare of Ultimate Painting. While, in the past they’ve been described as “charmingly naive”, these new recordings may reveal a less innocent Set.