History
Wanting to move on from the "angular, atonal" sound of his previous band the White Octave, Steve Pedersen began work on new, more melodic songs. [1] He spent six months in a friend's basement, where he wrote all ten songs for his new project's debut album. He recruited the help of some old friends, A.J. Mogis (of Presto! Recording Studios and Lullaby for the Working Class) on bass guitar, Aaron Druery on guitar, and Mike Sweeney of Beep Beep on drums. Their first album, En Garde , was released on his previous band's label, Initial Records.
Steve Pedersen worked as a lawyer for Omaha firm Kutak Rock, making it hard for the band to promote their album. [2] Initial Records went bankrupt about a year after, leaving Criteria without a label. Saddle Creek Records took their longtime friend in and put out three releases in 2005. The first was a re-release of the LP En Garde , their new single, "Prevent the World," and their second full-length, When We Break . After signing with Saddle Creek, Pedersen quit his day job to spend full-time making music and touring. [2]
Criteria has performed with bands such as Cursive, The Fall of Troy, Thunderbirds Are Now!, Statistics, Poison the Well, Rahim (band), and Minus the Bear. [3] Mogis, Druery, and Pedersen have since started families, and as a result Criteria has become a strictly part-time venture. [4] [5]
The band performed at the Maha Musical Festival on August 17, 2013, in Omaha, Nebraska. Criteria's most recent performance took place on December 12, 2013, at the Waiting Room Lounge in Omaha, during which Pedersen mentioned the band was working on a new album. [6]
On 2020, Criteria released they latest album to date, Years, on Curisve's 15 Passenger label. [7]
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