Southerly

Created in 2001 like a single vehicle for Madison, WI indigenous Krist Krueger, moody Portland, OR-based indie rock and roll outfit Southerly, who tend to be set alongside the Country wide and Tindersticks, focus on the type of brooding, ornate, and orchestral pop that started to blanket the rocky Pacific Northwest within the mid-2000s. Like fellow lush Western Coastline collectives the Decemberists and Fleet Foxes, Southerly’s method of pop music is usually conceptual, grandiose, and drenched in atmosphere. Released in 2004, the romantic Best Outfitted and Expressionless handled the fatalities of good friends and family, while 2007’s Storyteller as well as the Gossip Columnist highlighted a full music group, orchestra, and horn preparations. The likewise themed Champion from the Noisy Negativists premiered in 2010.