*Jordan Gatesmith: Lead guitar and vocals
*Brent Mayes: Drums
*Ian Nygaard: Guitar
*Max Petrek: Keyboard
*Jay Simonson: Bass

Howler is an indie rock band from Minneapolis, Minnesota. Gatesmith and Petrek helped to form the band after a chance encounter at a Planned Parenthood clinic where they met each other and found out that they had the same taste in music. Howler released its first EP, ‘This One’s Different’, in the United States in February 14, 2011. London-based record label Rough Trade Records signed the band to a record deal in the Summer of 2011. Howler’s debut album, ‘America Give Up’, was released in January 2012. NME publication in the UK has named Howler their #3 Best New Band of 2011 and Complex magazine has Howler in their top 20 to watch list for 2012. The band will be playing Reading & Leeds Festivals in August 2012 and are hoping to have a second album out sometime in 2013.

You can check out a sample of their song ‘Back of your Neck’ below in the media player.

Thanks to http://www.wikipedia.org for some biographical information.

Image source: http://www.thisisfakediy.co.uk

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