Mt. St. Helens Vietnam Band

Mt. St. Helens Vietnam Music group first made an appearance in 2008, when the quintet produced an internet hype with its extended music group name and undisclosed backstory. Choosing to protect that mystique, the Seattle citizens released some humorous PSA movies on MySpace before issuing any documented music. A demonstration song finally made an appearance that summer, as well as the band’s background slowly begun to unfold. Evidently, bandleader Benjamin Verdoes (electric guitar, vocals) acquired founded the music group along with his 12-year-old used sibling, Marshall Verdoes, whose skill for drumming belied his early age. Close friends Matthew Dammer (Moog, acoustic guitar) and Jared Cost (bass) also became a member of the lineup, as do Verdoes’ wife, multi-instrumentalist Traci Eggleston-Verdoes. The familial group documented an EP, Weepy, with studio room ace Scott Colburn, and Mt. St. Helens Vietnam Music group capitalized for the mounting buzz by causing their debut live appearance in July 2008. A tour from the Western Coast adopted that fall, while an archive contract using the indie label Deceased Oceans was inked in November. The self-titled Mt. St. Helens Vietnam Music group arrived almost a year later on, marking the band’s full-length debut with lo-fi, jangly songcraft and a quirky atmosphere. The band adopted up this year 2010 using its sophomore long-player, Where in fact the Messengers Meet.