Watter

Prog-influenced indie rock outfit Watter were formed by drummer Britt Walford and multi-instrumentalists <a href="spotify:artist:0mKrDeRnSJLary07ENr3gX">Zak Riles</a> and Tyler Trotter in Louisville, Kentucky in the early part of the 2010s. Walford was previously best known for his work in legendary underground mystics <a href="spotify:artist:4IwOItqRhsIoRuD5HP4vyC">Slint</a> and hadn't surfaced with a new project for the better part of 20 years before the arrival of Watter. <a href="spotify:artist:0mKrDeRnSJLary07ENr3gX">Riles</a> had been involved with math-folk-rockers <a href="spotify:artist:3VdjlG06JkVAnZ19TR7ZHZ">Grails</a>. The bandmembers worked on their debut album, This World, in their collective studio, with guests on the recordings as wide-ranging as <a href="spotify:artist:7LMO4vkA2xYpGYbzsggPbk">the For Carnation</a>'s Todd Cook, vocalist Dane Waters, <a href="spotify:artist:0sXLPUQAB1hir58hoQnxZa">Rachel's</a> pianist <a href="spotify:artist:3NkEUEwXXgy5IQixHpsHQ9">Rachel Grimes</a>, and even <a href="spotify:artist:7M1FPw29m5FbicYzS2xdpi">King Crimson</a> alumnus <a href="spotify:artist:4UjlFZPd9pYcyGhwdcrXvH">Tony Levin</a> playing bass on one track. The album saw release in mid-2014 and the band played selected tour dates in April of that year supporting like-minded droners <a href="spotify:artist:4hCgC4FnYZLBgQPUMLOoiI">Om</a>. In 2017, Watter returned with their sophomore album, History of the Future. ~ Fred Thomas, Rovi