The Dear Hunter - Coachella 2012

Dear Coachella,
You have impressed me, I can't believe that I have started researching the artists for this year's performance, and all of them so far have amazing potential. Thank you.

Now on to The Dear Hunter, which started out as a side project of Casey Crescenzo who was in the post-hardcore band The Recieveing End of Sirens. Based out of Boston, The Dear Hunter has gone through many member changes, the most current lineup I could find has Casey Crescenzo on Vocals, Piano, and Guitar; Nick Crescenzo on Drums, Percussion, and Vocals; Maxwell Tousseau on Guitar and Vocals; Erick Serna on Guitar and Vocals; Nate Patterson on Bass, and Vocals. Casey Crescenzo had a vision, and put his heart and soul into it starting in 2003, but it wasn't until the first album in 2006 that he was able to bring the ideas to the public. Act I: The Lake South, The River North, began what is to be a six act story arc, all about the birth, life and the abrupt death of a boy(The Dear Hunter) set around the dawn of the 20th century. So far the band has released three acts, and then took an intermission to do something really interesting. They released not one, but nine EPs in the summer of 2011, each corresponding to a color. The entire collection was later released as The Color Spectrum and contains a total of 36 songs.

Having a decently large catalog to choose from, it is tough to pick out any one song to represent The Dear Hunter, especially since their sound varies from emo-punk to alternative rock to beautifully arranged melodies.  Sometimes they remind me of Panic at the Disco, but I think only some of their songs share the same genre as Panic, while the rest is very original and captivating. I'll have to give more of their stuff a listen, but until then I'll leave you with:




http://youtu.be/HSm06SwNI18
http://youtu.be/we7UKVbJX_o
http://youtu.be/wUmzZmngxP4