2017 release. J. Roddy Walston & The Business release their fourth studio album Destroyers Of The Soft Life. The album came to life in the band's own Richmond, VA recording studio, a space they built by hand in 2016, and was finished in Seattle with co-producer Phil Ek (Band of Horses, The Walkmen, Built To Spill). J. Roddy Walston and the Business was formed in 2002 in Cleveland, Tennessee by J. Roddy Walston (vocals/piano/guitar). The band is known for their energetic live shows and Walston's pounding style of playing the piano.