Mt. Desolation are an alt-country duo from England

England

England is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. It shares land borders with Scotland to the north and Wales to the west; the Irish Sea is to the north west, the Celtic Sea to the south west, with the North Sea to the east and the English Channel to the south separating it from continental...

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It is the side project of Tim Rice-Oxley

Tim Rice-Oxley

Timothy James Rice-Oxley , is an English multi-instrumentalist, best known as co-founder, the principal composer and pianist, backing vocalist of piano rock band Keane.-Life and career:...

 and Jesse Quin

Jesse Quin

Jesse Joseph Quin is an English multi-instrumentalist, best known as the bass and percussion player of the British rock band Keane. He is the youngest member of the band.-Life and career:...

, members of the rock band Keane.
Their self-titled debut album was released on October 18, 2010.
The core of the band is composed of frontmen Tim Rice-Oxley

Tim Rice-Oxley

Timothy James Rice-Oxley , is an English multi-instrumentalist, best known as co-founder, the principal composer and pianist, backing vocalist of piano rock band Keane.-Life and career:...

 and Jesse Quin

Jesse Quin

Jesse Joseph Quin is an English multi-instrumentalist, best known as the bass and percussion player of the British rock band Keane. He is the youngest member of the band.-Life and career:...

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The band's general line-up is extensive, including members of Keane, Noah & The Whale, The Killers, The Long Winters

The Long Winters

The Long Winters is an American indie rock band based in Seattle, Washington.-Early history:Singer-songwriter John Roderick was born in Seattle, Washington, and grew up in Anchorage, Alaska. He later returned to Seattle, formed the Bun Family Players and the The Western State Hurricanes...

, The Staves, Mumford & Sons

Mumford & Sons

Mumford & Sons are a British folk rock band. The band consists of Marcus Mumford , Ben Lovett , Country Winston Marshall , and Ted Dwane...

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The live band consists primarily of Jesse Quin, Tim Rice-Oxley, Jessica Staveley Taylor, Fimbo, John-William Scott and Phil Renna.

Members

Principal members

• Tim Rice-Oxley
  Tim Rice-Oxley
  Timothy James Rice-Oxley , is an English multi-instrumentalist, best known as co-founder, the principal composer and pianist, backing vocalist of piano rock band Keane.-Life and career:...
  
   – composition, vocals, piano (2010–present)
• Jesse Quin
  Jesse Quin
  Jesse Joseph Quin is an English multi-instrumentalist, best known as the bass and percussion player of the British rock band Keane. He is the youngest member of the band.-Life and career:...
  
   – composition, vocals, lead guitar (2010–present)

Secondary members

• Fimbo – drums (2010–present)
• Jessica Staveley-Taylor – backing vocals, acoustic guitar, piano (2010–present)
• John-William Scott – bass, guitar (2010–present)
• Phil Renna – fiddle, keyboards (2010–present)

• Andrew Lowe – bass (2010–present)
• John Roderick
  John Roderick
  John Roderick is an American musician and writer. Born in Seattle, Washington, he grew up in Anchorage, Alaska. He is currently the lead singer and guitarist in the band The Long Winters and was formerly a touring member of the band Harvey Danger...
  
   – backing vocals, guitar (2010–present)
• Pete Roe – keyboards, backing vocals (2010–present)
• Tom Hobden – fiddle (2010–present)

Guest Artists

• Ronnie Vannucci - drums, guitars, vibes
• "Country" Winston Marshall - banjo
• Charity Quin - backing vocals
• Jayne Rice-Oxley - backing vocals
• Francois Deville - pedal steel

Studio albums

Title	Details	Peak chart positions
		UK UK Albums Chart The UK Albums Chart is a list of albums ranked by physical and digital sales in the United Kingdom. It is compiled every week by The Official Charts Company and broadcast on a Sunday on BBC Radio 1 , and published in Music Week magazine and on the OCC website .To qualify for the UK albums chart...	US Heat Top Heatseekers Top Heatseekers refers to either of two separate "Breaking and Entering" music charts issued weekly by Billboard Magazine: the Heatseekers Albums chart or the Heatseekers Songs chart. They were introduced by Billboard in 1993 with the purpose of highlighting the sales by new and developing musical...
Mt. Desolation Mt. Desolation (album) Mt. Desolation is the debut studio album by English alt country duo Mt. Desolation, released on 18 October 2010 in the United Kingdom and on 19 October 2010 in the US...	Release date: 18 October 2010 Label: Island Island Records Island Records is a record label that was founded by Chris Blackwell in Jamaica. It was based in the United Kingdom for many years and is now owned by Universal Music Group... /Cherrytree Records Cherrytree Records Cherrytree Records is an American record label and is an imprint of Interscope Records.-History:Cherrytree Records was founded in 2005 by Martin Kierszenbaum, being German for cherry tree... Formats: CD Compact Disc The Compact Disc is an optical disc used to store digital data. It was originally developed to store and playback sound recordings exclusively, but later expanded to encompass data storage , write-once audio and data storage , rewritable media , Video Compact Discs , Super Video Compact Discs ,... , music download Music download A music download is the transferral of music from an Internet-facing computer or website to a user's local computer. This term encompasses both legal downloads and downloads of copyright material without permission or payment...	140	10

Singles

Single	Year	Album
"Departure / State Of Our Affairs"	2010	Mt. Desolation
"Bitter Pill"