The Choir

Using their origins in Orange County, California, and their current incarnation based out of Nashville, Tennessee, atmospheric alt-rock outfit the Choir have undergone their fair share of changes throughout their long career. Created in 1984 beneath the moniker Youngsters Choir, and constructed around the unique playing of guitarist and vocalist Derri Daugherty, the evocative lyrics of drummer Steve Hindalong, as well as the inventive, ambient post-rock flourishes of guitarist Marc Byrd, curved out by saxophone and Lyricon participant Dan Michael and bass participant Tim Chandler, the music group spent its start infusing its personal mixture of shoegaze, soaring alt-rock, and melodic psych-pop having a religious primary. Prolific and critically lauded, but struggling to bridge the space (economically) between CCM as well as the mainstream — effective faith-based alt-rockers such as for example Jars of Clay, Switchfoot, and Sixpence non-e the Richer cite the Choir as a substantial impact — the music group considered shutting up store in 1996, soon after relocating to Nashville and liberating its ninth studio room album, Free Soaring Spirit. Wisely, they thought we would place it out and got a Grammy Honor nomination for 2000s individually released Flap Your Wings, which resulted in effective following recordings like O The way the Mighty Possess Fallen (2005), Burning up Just like the Midnight Sunlight (2010), The Loudest Audio HAVE YOU EVER HEARD (2012), and Darkness Weaver (2014), the last mentioned of which noticed the group relocating a far more secular direction.