The cover of kissing other ppl’s new album shows Durham locals Vivian Leva and Riley Calcagno —better known as Americana pop duo Viv & Riley—along with collaborator Rachel Baiman, in their jammies. It’s apt artwork for an album that carries the whimsical, late-night energy of a sleepover. “Rachel invited Viv and I to drive across the country with her on this really long tour,” Calcagno explains just before golden hour at Cocoa Cinnamon Lakewood. And putting that to a banjo and a guitar and three singers was really fun.”“‘Ashes of American Flags’ was also very fun,” Leva continues. They played with toy instruments, and played together while not recording, too—in the indoor swimming pool at Griffith’s home.