Haley Bonar

Born close to Winnipeg, raised within the Dark Hillsides of South Dakota, and later on located in St. Paul, Minnesota, vocalist/songwriter Haley Bonar is normally in the same musical orbit from the dreamy Minnesotans Low. (Her debut record, How big is Planets, was also released on Low head Alan Sparhawk’s very own label, Chairkicker’s Union.) Nevertheless, her sparse undertake folk-rock displays small of Low’s narcotic gloom, and much more pertinent comparisons consist of Mazzy Superstar, Shannon Wright, and Elliott Smith. Associated herself alternately on classical guitar, guitar, or several keyboards, Bonar provides her minor-key music and elliptical lyrics within a haunting, sensitive voice sometimes similar to both Aimee Mann and Gillian Welch. Bonar transferred from South Dakota towards the Twin Metropolitan areas to attend university as an British literature major, however when Sparhawk fulfilled the young vocalist/songwriter in a display for young skill, he provided her an area starting for Low on the next tour. Barely away from her teenagers, Bonar left college and began dealing with Sparhawk (who supplied some additional electric guitar loops) and Low manufacturer Eric Swanson on her behalf debut record, How big is Planets, that was released in 2003. A far more achieved follow-up, Lure the Fox, implemented in past due 2006, and Bonar eventually toured alongside fellow musician Andrew Parrot; she also added vocals to Bird’s 2007 work Armchair Apocrypha. She released her third record, 2008’s Big Superstar, at age 24, accompanied by a set of self-released EPs. Golder found its way to 2011, and she also started fronting Gramma’s Sweetheart, a music group with guitarist/keyboardists Jacob Hanson and Jeremy Ylvisaker, bassist Tag Erickson, and drummer Luke Anderson. Her 5th single long-player, Last Battle, made an appearance in early 2014, and 2016’s Difficult Dream continued within the vein of this album’s even more muscular, indie rock and roll sound.