Between 2001 and 2004, I was the touring keyboard player, harmony vocalist, and all-purpose spiritual advisor for The Long Winters. While I was in the band, we made two records for Barsuk, the first of which, The Worst You Can Do is Harm, I also co-produced. We also did a lot of touring—several times across America and twice across Europe—sharing bills and adventures with many of my very favorite bands (including Centro-Matic, Death Cab for Cutie, Nada Surf, Enon, Clem Snide, the Pernice Brothers, and Brendan Benson), a few of which you can read about in the Writing section.

I highly recommend that you buy both Long Winters records, go see them live, and spend some quality time checking out their splendid website, www.thelongwinters.com.