Peter Wolf Crier is a Minneapolis-based
folk rock
Folk rock is a fusion genre of rock music with heavy influences from pop, English and American folk music. It arose in the United States, Canada, and the United Kingdom in the mid-1960s. In the U.S., folk rock emerged from the folk music re ...
band. They signed with
Jagjaguwar
Jagjaguwar is an American independent record label based in Bloomington, Indiana.
History
In 1996, in Charlottesville, Virginia, University of Virginia
The University of Virginia (UVA) is a Public university#United States, public resear ...
in 2010.
The duo consists of previous Wars of 1812 band member Peter Pisano and
Laarks
Laarks is an indie-rock band based out of Eau Claire, Wisconsin. Absolutely Kosher Records, an independent California-based music label, signed a recording contract with Laarks in August, 2009. Laarks' first record, ''An Exaltation of Laarks'' w ...
' Brian Moen.
Pisano previously worked for St. Francis-St. James United School in
Saint Paul, Minnesota
Saint Paul (often abbreviated St. Paul) is the List of capitals in the United States, capital city of the U.S. state of Minnesota and the county seat of Ramsey County, Minnesota, Ramsey County. As of the 2020 United States census, 2020 census, ...
.
Moen has frequently collaborated with
Bon Iver
Bon Iver ( ) is an American indie folk band founded in 2006 by singer-songwriter Justin Vernon in Eau Claire, Wisconsin. Vernon had originally formed Bon Iver as a solo project, but it eventually became a band consisting of Vernon (vocals, guit ...
's
Justin Vernon
Justin DeYarmond Edison Vernon (born April 30, 1981) is an American singer, songwriter, producer and multi-instrumentalist. He is best-known as the primary songwriter and Lead vocalist, frontman of indie folk band Bon Iver. He is also a member o ...
on his side project The Shouting Matches.
Discography
Albums
*''Inter-be'' (
Jagjaguwar
Jagjaguwar is an American independent record label based in Bloomington, Indiana.
History
In 1996, in Charlottesville, Virginia, University of Virginia
The University of Virginia (UVA) is a Public university#United States, public resear ...
, 2010)
*''Garden of Arms'' (Jagjaguwar, 2011)
*''Plum Slump'' (2015)
References
External links
Official websitePeter Wolf Crierat
Jagjaguwar Records
Jagjaguwar is an American independent record label
An independent record label (or indie label) is a record label that operates without the funding or distribution of major record labels; they are a type of small and medium-sized enterprise ...
Peter Wolf Crierat
Pitchfork Media
''Pitchfork'' (formerly ''Pitchfork Media'') is an American online music magazine founded in 1996 by Ryan Schreiber in Minneapolis. It originally covered Alternative rock, alternative and independent music, and expanded to cover genres includin ...
Peter Wolf Crier: Tiny Desk Concertat
NPR
National Public Radio (NPR) is an American public broadcasting organization headquartered in Washington, D.C., with its NPR West headquarters in Culver City, California. It serves as a national Radio syndication, syndicator to a network of more ...
Musical groups established in 2009
Musical groups from Minneapolis
American folk rock groups
Indie rock musical groups from Minnesota
Jagjaguwar artists
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