The Lonely Forest

Establishing themselves in 2006 as a prime young band to watch as winners of the highly coveted EMP Sound Off! Competition, The Lonely Forest, from the small town of Anacortes, WA, have spent the last few years experimenting with a variety of sounds - from pop-rock to piano driven ballads about a fictional character in the future, the band had the press exclaiming they'd "created a new world of their own, an alternate dimension" and are "poised to be one of Seattle's next breakout acts".

The band also developed quite the resume - recording with famed producer Jack Endino (Nirvana, Mudhoney, Hot Hot Heat), playing to a packed to capacity crowd at the Bumbershoot Festival, recording multiple in-studios at KEXP 90.3 and 107.7 The End, and playing with a long list of esteemed acts including The Velvet Teen, The Thermals, Appleseed Cast, Mates of State, Viva Voce, Karl Blau, Russian Circles, Maritime, Kimya Dawson, Starflyer 59, and Rocky Votolato.

With their newest release, "We Sing The Body Electric!", set to release on April 21st, 2009 through Burning Building Recordings, the band has abandoned the experimental rhetoric of their previous release(s) and fully embraced their knack for writing unforgettable and realized pop songs. Led by John Van Deusen on guitar, keys, and vocals, Braydn Krueger on drums, Eric Sturgeon on bass, and re-adding Tony Ruland on guitar, The Lonely Forest have crafted what will surely be one of the top NW releases of the year. As Jack Endino stated, "these guys came out of nowhere and blew my mind!"