La Sera

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La Sera
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La Sera performing at Bowery Ballroom in New York, 2012
Background information
Origin Los Angeles, California
Genres Indie rock, noise pop, dream pop
Years active2010–present
Labels Hardly Art, Polyvinyl Record Co.
MembersKaty Goodman
Todd Wisenbaker
Past membersBrady Hall
Rob Barbato
Dan Allaire
Daniel Gomez
Greta Morgan
Jennifer Prince
Jonathan Weinberg
Michael Gleeson
Nate Lotz

La Sera is an American indie rock band formed by Katy Goodman, the bassist for Vivian Girls, in 2010. [1] [2] They have released four albums and toured internationally.

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History

La Sera, whose name means "the evening" in Italian, [3] started in 2010, with Goodman writing songs and Brady Hall producing. [4] The video for their first single "Never Come Around" was released on Halloween 2010. [5] Following the release of their self-titled debut album in February 2011, La Sera toured the US with Tennis and Europe with Jenny Lewis. [6]

La Sera's second studio album Sees the Light, released in March 2012, was produced by Rob Barbato (Darker My Love). The album's opening track, "Love That's Gone", is featured in the music video game Rocksmith 2014 . [7] Following the release of Sees the Light, the band toured the US with Father John Misty. [8] In 2012, Todd Wisenbaker joined the band, which at that time also included Nate Lotz on drums and Greta Morgan on rhythm guitar. Around the same time, Goodman moved from Brooklyn to Los Angeles. [9]

La Sera released their third album, Hour of the Dawn, in May 2014. It was produced by Todd Wisenbaker (Whispertown 2000, Jenny and Johnny) and engineered by Joel Jerome (Babies on Acid, Dios) during the summer of 2013. [9] [10] In contrast to previous records, Goodman worked with the other band members on the songs, noting that they "all worked on the new record for about a year, writing and editing". [9] During production, the band decided to make the album's sound "'80s rock. The Smiths, The Pretenders". [11] Wisenbaker contributed the song "10 Headed Goat Wizard" and described the album as "a classic American record". [12] The critical reaction described Hour of the Dawn as having "new-found optimism". [9]

La Sera toured with Kate Nash and The Julie Ruin in Fall 2013 to promote the album. [13] [14] [15] After the album's release, the band did a full European tour with Springtime Carnivore, which ended at Primavera Festival. [16] [17] La Sera also did a West Coast tour with King Tuff, and the show on November 6, 2014, was filmed to air on Last Call with Carson Daly . [18] Three songs, "Please Be My Third Eye," "Fall in Place," and "10 Headed Goat Wizard", were aired on Last Call on March 17, 2015. [19] The music video for "Fall in Place" was premiered by Entertainment Weekly on June 11, 2014. [20]

In March 2016, La Sera released the Ryan Adams-produced Music For Listening To Music To through Polyvinyl. [21] The album's release was preceded by the single "High Notes" in December 2015. [22] The album's second single, "I Need an Angel", was released in March 2016. [23]

Goodman worked with Greta Morgan on a collection of punk covers with '60s pop arrangements that was released as Take It, It's Yours through Polyvinyl in August 2016. [24] [25]

Personal life

Goodman is originally from New Jersey. [9]

She is married to Todd Wisenbaker and lives in Los Angeles. [21]

Technical career

Goodman has a bachelor's degree in physics and a master's in education of physics from Rutgers, [26] and worked as a part-time coder for CASH Music. [27] [28]

Discography

Studio albums

TitleAlbum details Top Heat
[29]
La Sera
Sees the Light
  • Released: March 27, 2012
  • Label: Hardly Art, Burger
  • Formats: CD, LP, MC, digital download
18
Hour of the Dawn
  • Released: May 13, 2014
  • Label: Hardly Art
  • Formats: CD, LP, digital download
35
Music for Listening to Music to
  • Released: March 4, 2016
  • Label: Polyvinyl
  • Formats: CD, LP, digital download
17

Singles

TitleYearAlbum
"Never Come Around" [30] 2010La Sera
"Devils Hearts Grow Gold" [31] 2011

Music videos

TitleYearDirector
"Never Come Around"2010Brady Hall [32]
"Devils Hearts Grow Gold"2011 Sean Tillmann [33]
"Please Be My Third Eye"2012 Vice Cooler [34]
"Real Boy"/"Drive On"Travis Peterson [35]
"Break My Heart"Cassandra Lee Hamilton [36]
"Fall In Place"2014Michael Erik Nikolla [37]
"10 Headed Goat Wizard"2015Jason Lester [38]
"High Notes"2016Jason Lester [39]
"I Need An Angel"2016Jason Lester [40]

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