Great Northern

The Los Angeles-based quartet Great Northern creates a shimmering cross of alternative rock and textured desire pop. The center of the music group is vocalist/songwriter Solon Bixler, who was simply raised inside a traditional music environment because the son of the composer and conductor. His 1st intro to the music business, nevertheless, was a stint because the guitarist for 30 Mere seconds to Mars from 2000 to 2003, accompanied by a brief period within the Grandaddy-influenced psych pop clothing Earlimart. After composing and recording some demos while on the highway using the second option music group, Bixler solicited lyrics and vocals from his friend Rachel Stolte, a vocalist, keyboardist, and periodic actress who experienced formerly been business lead singer from the past due-’90s post-hardcore clothing Whirlpool. After recruiting drummer Davey Second option (who had used Bixler in Earlimart) and bassist Ashley Dzerigian (pursuing an abortive stint using the Silversun Pickups’ Brian Aubert on bass) to accomplish the lineup, Great North started gigging around LA in 2005 while completing materials for the debut album. Carrying out a couple of low-profile, self-released demonstration EPs, Great North signed using the indie label Eenie Meenie Information in the summertime of 2006 and started recording with manufacturer Mathias Schneeberger. Trading Twilight for Daylight proclaimed the band’s debut within the springtime of 2007, implemented two years afterwards by Remind Me Where in fact the Light Is normally, which constructed upon the band’s audio with an increase of nuanced, orchestral anthems.