Over the course of his career, Seattle's
Aaron Sprinkle has led several respected alt-rock bands, forged a successful solo career, and produced dozens of albums for a variety of different artists from
Copeland to
Relient K. While still in high school during the early '90s, he formed the pioneering Christian indie rock outfit
Poor Old Lu with his brother
Jesse Sprinkle, releasing several albums and touring until their breakup in 1996. Following a pair of albums with post-grunge band Rose Blossom Punch in the late '90s,
Sprinkle launched his solo career with 1999's more singer/songwriter-oriented
Moontraveler, flashing his ample production and multi-instrumental chops over the course of subsequent solo releases like
The Kindest Days (2000),
Bareface (2001), and the
Lackluster compilation (2004). In 2001, he was hired as a producer by revered Christian indie rock label Tooth & Nail, where he concurrently launched his production career. Putting his solo career on hold,
Sprinkle formed a new indie rock project called
Fair in 2005, and the quartet released its Tooth & Nail debut,
The Best Worst-Case Scenario, the following year. The remainder of the decade was largely devoted to production work, helming records by
Thousand Foot Krutch,
Demon Hunter, and
Anberlin, among others.
Fair returned for 2010's
Disappearing World, and
Sprinkle resumed his solo career with 2013's Water & Guns. His increasingly busy production schedule continued to occupy the bulk of his time until the 2017 release of his sixth solo album, Real Life. ~ Timothy Monger