The Disassociation is an eight-piece band featuring Amy Maloof, Jonathan Lethem, Sam Sousa, and all five members of Refrigerator (Dennis Callaci, Allen Callaci, Daniel Brodo, Chris Jones, and Mark Givens.) Author Jonathan Lethem (who had previously written lyrics for Lee Ranaldo and Walter Salas-Humara, among others) penned lyrics during late 2020 with the intention of starting a band with Amy Maloof of Falcon Eddy, all of Refrigerator as well as Lethem and his radio cohort on KSPC's Radio Free Aftermath Sam Sousa. With a wealth of songs (every member of the band ended up writing music and some lyrics, Jonathan even learned to play the bass guitar), The Disassociation got together over a long weekend in 2023 to record the album Losing is a Luxury. Steve Folta engineered the record (and took to whistling on a track). Some songs are stark, featuring only one band member, others are full-blown live 10 piece recordings with a choir. Everybody plays and sings on the record which was lovingly mastered by Al Jones at Laminal Audio.