Volcano Choir is an American indie rock band from Wisconsin, formed in 2005. It has released two albums, '' Unmap'' and ''
Repave
''Repave'' is the second studio album by American indie rock band Volcano Choir, released on September 2, 2013 on Jagjaguwar. Recorded between November 2010 and March 2013, the album is self-produced by the band.
Released to critical acclaim, t ...
Collections of Colonies of Bees
Collections of Colonies of Bees is an American musical ensemble from Milwaukee, Wisconsin.
History
Collections of Colonies of Bees was founded by Chris Rosenau and Jon Mueller in 1998, then both members of the band Pele.Unmap'', was released on September 22, 2009, reaching number 92 on the Billboard Top 200
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. The band toured on the success of this release, with a large string of shows around Japan in November 2010 being their most notable run.
Since the band's formation, Jon Mueller (Death Blues) and Thomas Wincek (of
All Tiny Creatures
All Tiny Creatures is an experimental pop band based in Middleton and Madison Wisconsin. They were formed in 2008 by multi-instrumentalist and Volcano Choir member Thomas Wincek. Started as an instrumental project influenced by Krautrock, elect ...
) have left Collections of Colonies of Bees, but continue to be members of Volcano Choir. They have also added Matthew Skemp on bass, who also plays in All Tiny Creatures.
It was revealed in a 2014 interview with band members that the name "Volcano Choir" originated from a
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called the "Volcano".
The cover art for ''Unmap'' was created by Adreienne DeBoer, and insert art was illustrated by
Dave Godowsky
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Discography Albums
*Dave Godowsky, ''All You Love Is Need'' (2009)
*Dave Godowsky, ''Pregret'' (2016)
*Dave Godowsky, ''Cuts'' (2020) ...
.
Volcano Choir released their second studio album, ''
Repave
''Repave'' is the second studio album by American indie rock band Volcano Choir, released on September 2, 2013 on Jagjaguwar. Recorded between November 2010 and March 2013, the album is self-produced by the band.
Released to critical acclaim, t ...
Jagjaguwar
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. The album was recorded at Vernon's April Base studio in Eau Claire, Wisconsin.
Andrew Fitzpatrick from All Tiny Creatures became a touring member in 2013, supporting the album ''Repave'' and is now a member of the band. He then became a touring member of Bon Iver, supporting the album ''
22, A Million
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''.
Thomas Wincek joined
Field Report
Field Report is an American folk band from Milwaukee, Wisconsin led by singer/songwriter Christopher Porterfield. The band's name is an anagram of the surname Porterfield.
History
Chris Porterfield, the leader of Field Report, originally played w ...
in 2014.
Volcano Choir's song "Byegone" was used in the 4th episode of the first season of ''
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The band finished touring in support of ''Repave'' in November 2014, and have since been on hiatus as Vernon focuses on Bon Iver.
Discography
Albums
Singles
* Island, Is (2009)
* Byegone (2013)
* Comrade (2013)