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Inspired by the bare-bones pop prowess of musicians like
Bob Dylan and
Johnny Cash, the members of Atlanta, GA's King Lear Jet, a group that had some success peddling songs to shows like Felicity and Dawson's Creek, transformed themselves into
Warm in the Wake in the early 2000s. The group, which retained King Lear Jet's original lineup of Alabama natives Chris Rowell (vocals), James Taylor, Jr. (drums), and brothers Andy and Daniel Barker (bass and keyboards, respectively) and guided their sound into the kind of lush, cosmic, folky terrain that nodded to rootsiness of alt-country rockers like
Wilco and the psychedelic swirliness of acts like
the Apples in Stereo and
XTC.
Warm in the Wake's debut EP, Port of Quick Returns, was released in 2003. Another EP,
Gold Dust Trail, and the group's debut full-length,
American Prehistoric, followed four years later. ~ TiVo Staff