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| Background information | |
| Origin | San Francisco, United States |
| Genres | Indie folk, freak folk, jam band |
| Labels | Mama Bird Recording Co., Loose Music, Sub Pop, Bella Union, Gnomonsong, Fat Cat Records |
| Members | Andy Cabic Otto Hauser Sarah Versprille Daniel Hindman Bob Parins |
| Website | www.vetiverse.com |
Vetiver is an American folk band headed by songwriter Andy Cabic.
Vetiver was formed in San Francisco in 2002. The band released their self-titled debut album in 2004 on the small indie folk label DiCristina. [1] Since the album's release, Vetiver has toured extensively, opening for and collaborating with Devendra Banhart and Joanna Newsom. Vetiver released another album, To Find Me Gone , on DiCristina in 2006. [2] Banhart and Cabic also launched their own label, Gnomonsong Recordings, releasing Jana Hunter's Blank Unstaring Heirs of Doom in 2005 and There's No Home in 2007. [3] The label also released in 2008 Vetiver's Thing of the Past , a collection of cover songs that have influenced Cabic's aesthetic. [4] Sub Pop Records (US) and Bella Union (UK) released Vetiver's Tight Knit (2009) [5] [6] The Errant Charm (2011), [7] [8] and Complete Strangers (2015). [9]
The band shared the bill with Vashti Bunyan on her US tour in early 2007. [10] Over the years, the band has toured with artists like Fleet Foxes, [11] The Shins, Fruit Bats [12] and Wilco. [13]
Cabic's music has also been featured in numerous TV commercials, including an original song for Birds Eye. [14] He[ who? ] also works as a composer, including the documentary The Family Jams [15] and the film Smashed , which was shown at the Sundance Film Festival in 2012. [16]
Devendra Obi Banhart is an American-Venezuelan singer-songwriter and visual artist. Banhart was born in Texas, and raised in Venezuela and California. In 2000, he dropped out of the San Francisco Art Institute to pursue a musical career. In 2002, Banhart released his debut album and is best known for his albums in the late 2000s such as Cripple Crow and Smokey Rolls Down Thunder Canyon. He has since expanded his career to incorporate his interest and training in the visual arts.
Joanna Caroline Newsom is an American singer-songwriter and actress. Born and raised in Northern California, Newsom was classically trained on the harp in her youth and began her musical career as a keyboardist in the San Francisco-based indie band the Pleased.
Jennifer Vashti Bunyan is an English singer-songwriter. Beginning her career in the mid-1960s, she released her debut album, Just Another Diamond Day, in 1970. The album sold very few copies and Bunyan, discouraged, abandoned her musical career. By 2000, her album had acquired a cult following; it was re-released and Bunyan recorded more songs, initiating the second phase of her musical career after a gap of thirty years. She released two more albums: Lookaftering in 2005, and Heartleap in 2014.
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Vetiver is the debut album by folk band Vetiver. It was released in 2004 on DiCristina.
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