Saintseneca
An ambitious and eclectic indie outfit from Columbus, Ohio, Saintseneca toiled for a number of years developing their sound on the national indie scene before earning widespread critical acclaim for their third album, 2015's Such Things. Behind founder and frontman Zac Little, they melded folk music from Appalachian and international traditions to postmodern pop, psych, and acoustically driven indie rock. After a pair of EPs and a full-length on smaller labels, they signed with the well-established Anti- Records in 2013, simultaneously forging a longterm partnership with producer Mike Mogis, who helped Little guide the band toward a more pop-oriented approach.
Zac Little had been playing in folk bands with friends from a small Ohio town. The group moved to Columbus to attend college and began playing dozens of house concerts. Their self-titled debut EP was issued in 2009, and by then the lineup had changed. A second EP, the cassette-only Gray Flag, was released in 2010 and Saintseneca became a national touring ensemble, playing wherever and whenever they could, working college radio hard and continually shifting their lineup.
They were signed to Anti- in 2012. Their debut full-length album, Last, was released in the spring of 2013. By this time, the band's lineup had changed yet again and Little remained the only original member. He immediately began recording a follow-up album in a friend's attic. The early-2010s lineup -- Little, Steve Ciolek, Maryn Jones, Jon Meador, and touring member Matt O'Conke -- also collaborated with other musicians. After filling a computer's hard drive with songs and sounds, Saintseneca moved their operation to Nebraska to work with producer Mike Mogis, where they revisited each song utilizing a plethora of electric instruments in their mix. Anti- released Dark Arc in the spring of 2014.
Little decided to further challenge himself by writing songs that could more easily be identified with pop. To that end, he again worked with Mogis and a small cast of like-minded players to cut dozens of songs in a more melodic pop mode. Whittled down to a more succinct 15 tunes, the finished album was issued in 2015 as Such Things. In a move typical of their eclectic approach, Saintseneca's next release was an EP of strange but spirited original Christmas songs called The Mallwalker, which appeared in late 2016. Centered around the central theme of memory, the band's ambitious fourth album (and third with Mogis in the producer's seat), Pillar of Na, arrived in the summer of 2018.
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Discography
16 album(s) • Sorted by Bestseller
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Such Things
Alternative & Indie - Released by Anti - Epitaph on Oct 9, 2015
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Pillar of Na
Alternative & Indie - Released by Anti - Epitaph on Aug 31, 2018
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All You've Got Is Everyone
Alternative & Indie - Released by Anti - Epitaph on Feb 3, 2021
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Last
Alternative & Indie - Released by Mama Bird Recording Co. on Aug 16, 2011
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Wait A Minute
Alternative & Indie - Released by Anti - Epitaph on Apr 3, 2019
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In A Van (Single)
Alternative & Indie - Released by Anti - Epitaph on Sep 9, 2019
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The Mallwalker
Alternative & Indie - Released by Anti - Epitaph on Dec 9, 2016
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Moon Barks At The Dog
Alternative & Indie - Released by Anti - Epitaph on Nov 14, 2017
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Passionate Kisses
Alternative & Indie - Released by Anti - Epitaph on Oct 21, 2014
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The Wandering Star
Alternative & Indie - Released by Anti - Epitaph on Jan 12, 2018
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Book Of The Dead On Sale
Alternative & Indie - Released by Anti - Epitaph on May 16, 2017
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Winter Breaking
Ambient/New Age - Released by Anti - Epitaph on Dec 20, 2019
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Saintseneca EP
Alternative & Indie - Released by Saintseneca on Apr 3, 2017
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