Versing are an indie rock group from

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, later residing in

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. They have released two albums and an LP.

History

The group met at

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, the student radio station at the

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in Tacoma. The initial lineup was Daniel Salas on guitar and vocals, Graham Baker on guitar, and Max Keyes on drums. Six months later, Kirby Lochner joined on bass guitar. Lochner had previously played bass in Sun Eater, a

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band for which Salas had played drums. Versing debuted in 2016 with the EP Nude Descending, released on Youth Riot Records. The title was inspired by

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's painting '' Nude Descending a Staircase'' and by the comic strip ''

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'', which had made several references to the painting. The band's first full-length album, ''Nirvana'', was released in 2017 on Decency Den Records. The same year, they toured with Vancouver, BC indie rock group The Courtneys. In 2018, Versing signed with

Sub Pop Sub Pop is an independent record label founded in 1986 by Bruce Pavitt and Jonathan Poneman. Sub Pop achieved fame in the early 1990s for signing Seattle bands such as Nirvana (band), Nirvana, Soundgarden, and Mudhoney, central players in the gru ...

subsidiary

Hardly Art Hardly Art is an American independent record label based in Seattle, Washington. Founded in early 2007 by Sub Pop Records, Hardly Art is run by three full-time employees and is distributed by the Alternative Distribution Alliance (ADA) and Sub Pop ...

and released their second LP, ''10,000'' the following year.

Discography

Albums

* ''Nirvana'' * ''10,0000''

Singles and EPs

* "Haunted Houses" * ''Nude Descending''

References

{{Authority control Hardly Art artists Indie rock musical groups from Washington (state) Musical groups from Tacoma, Washington