Scattered Trees is an American indie rock

Indie rock

Indie rock is a genre of alternative rock that originated in the United Kingdom and the United States in the 1980s. Indie rock is extremely diverse, with sub-genres that include lo-fi, post-rock, math rock, indie pop, dream pop, noise rock, space rock, sadcore, riot grrrl and emo, among others...

 band from Chicago, Illinois. The band is currently on the Roll Call/EMI

EMI

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 label.

Career

Scattered Trees began as a solo project for frontman Nate Eiesland, who moved from Minneapolis to Chicago in 2003 and began writing one song a month, each titled for the month it was written in.

Upon moving to Chicago, Nate and his now-wife Alissa met brothers Jason and Baron Harper as well as Ryne Estwing whilst performing in the same Chicago suburb venues

Music venue

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. The band released their debut album, Song For My Grandfather, in 2006. In 2007, they released their Heart of Glass EP

Extended play

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 through 4AM Records.

The band separated between 2007 and 2009, reforming after Eiesland’s father's death, and he began writing songs again.

Discography

• Song For My Grandfather (2006)
• Heart of Glass (4AM Records, 2007)
• Sympathy (Roll Call Records/EMI, 2011)