Jordan Blackmon has played in numerous groups over the last several years, the most notable act being Toro Y Moi; all the while, making music of his own. At the start, these solo works went under the moniker Brave Horatius, but seldom were people outside of his closest friends exposed to these songs. Blackmon put a paralyzing amount of expectations on the project resulting in the material going through constant revisions and being rerecording, yet never saw proper release. Frustrated with the discontent he felt towards the project Blackmon abandoned the Brave Horatious moniker in 2011. He then took on the alias Pussy Wizard, a name coined by a friend when describing an illustration by Blackmon of a Wizard riding the back of a flying cat. The two found humor in the combination of words agreeing that it would make a good name for an R&B artist. Blackmon took on the alias feeling that it was quite contrary to his own personality with the intention of avoiding the seriousness one can create about their own art.
