Did you know that Dale Earnhardt Jr Jr has played more times in LA than any other city? I didn’t either, but members Joshua Epstein and Daniel Zott shared that fun fact with the overwhelmingly large audience at Los Angeles’ Echoplex Tuesday night. Here’s another fun fact: “Simple Girl,” was the first song the duo recorded together under its current moniker, working on it with zero expectation that it would ever reach the ears of an audience, or that the two would even go on to become a legitimate band. Two years later, Epstein and Zott are playing to a sold out crowd in swanky LA, decked out in vaudeville-inspired bowties and vests, with giant, wooden “J”s and “R”s erected both in front and in back of them, timed to shine bursts of light with the rhythm. I’d say it’s been a good two years for DEJJ.

With the help of a touring drummer, the band came out of the gates running. The aforementioned spectacle started up from the second Epstein and Zott stepped foot on stage, and their energy contended with the marveling display behind them, beginning their performance with the effect-drenched ditty, “Morning Thought.” In Epstein’s corner perched a keyboard atop a lumber-wielded “J,” with microphones craned and tilted to his mouth. Cables slithered down the mikes’ shafts, connecting to a blanket of effect pedals sprawled on the stage’s floor, allowing Epstein to manipulate and loop his vocals with the push of a button. Meanwhile, Zott slashed his guitar, bobbing his long, coiled locks in a vigorous, head-banging motion—a crowd-pleasing juxtaposition with the sugary sweet electro-pop melodies emitting from the speakers.

The duo not only played the majority of its critically acclaimed debut album, It’s a Corporate World, but sprinkled in a few covers as well, including the Beach Boys’ “God Only Knows,” (appears on Horse Power EP) and the Gil Scott-Heron tribute to the musicians’ hometown, “We Almost Lost Detroit,” (appears on It’s a Corporate World). But DEJJ pulled out the big guns for its encore. After the band exited the stage, it went dark, and moments later glowed from a black light as Epstein and Zott returned, dressed in their infamous Technicolor blazers, which glowed tremendously from the lighting. They began to play the opening chords to Madonna’s “Like a Prayer.” The floor turned into a dance party (more so than it already was), feeding off the energy of the musicians on stage. They ended it with the lullaby-esque “Nothing But Our Love,” calming down the crowd, and ending a Tuesday night in the best way possible.