Biography: Formed in 2001 as a solo vehicle for Madison, WI native Krist Krueger, moody Portland, OR-based indie rock outfit Southerly, who are often compared to the National and Tindersticks, specialize in the kind of brooding, ornate, and orchestral pop that began to blanket the rocky Pacific Northwest in the ...Read full biography
By 2011, Krist Krueger had long since left the state of life described in the album title, Youth, from Southerly, but Youth shows that he and his band still had a sense of what that meant in a familiar ...Read full review
Having previously been a one-man outfit for Krist Kreuger, on their second full-length Southerly have become a full septet -- perhaps unsurprisingly, the instruments played include strings, brass, clarinets, ...Read full review