# Bands to Watch in 2009: The Lonely Forest

- Link: https://indierockcafe.com/2009/03/bands-to-watch-in-2009-the-lonely-forest/
- Published: 2009-03-12T06:22:00-04:00
- Author: Max Hammer

[[The Seattle garage rock-pop band The Lonely Forest is set to release their third
album, We Sing The Body Electric!, on April 21 via Burning Building Recordings. 
In the interest of full disclosure, I was unaware of the band until their latest
album came in dee mail.

As I listened to We Sing The Body Electric!, it became apparent that I was hearing
one of the best albums so far this year. Song after song reveals rich, raw, sophisticated,
emotional, party-ready and wonderfully crafted music; there are no gimmicks or cookie
cutter rock here. What worries me about bands that are this good is what can happen
to them if they become too popular.

Music producer Jack Endino, who worked with Nirvana, Mudhoney and Soundgarden said
of The Lonely Forest: “These guys came out of no where…and blew my mind!”

For reals. We Sing The Body Electric! may likely be on some best rock album lists
for 2009 by year’s end. Band members include Eric Sturgeon (bass and vocals), John
Van Deusen (piano, lead vocals), Braydn Krueger (drums) and Tony Ruland (guitar).

Some of the bands The Lonely Forest have played with include The Velvet Teen, The
Thermals, Appleseed Cast, Mates of State, Viva Voce, Saturday Looks Good To Me, 
Cloud Cult, YACHT, Maritime and many others.

MySpace has become one fairly reliable measure of a band’s popularity. The Lonely
Forest opened their page in July 2004 and have since racked up 265,824 profile views
and amassed 5,958 friends in the extended (and sometimes over-extended) MySpace 
network.

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[[“We Sing In Time” – The Lonely Forest from We Sing The Body Electric!
“Lessons in Communications II” – The Lonely Forest from Nuclear Winter (2007)[The Lonely Forest on MySpace](https://indierockcafe.com/wp-content/uploads/thelonelyforest)

Both songs are currently available via Burning Buildings Recordings

The gorgeous Pacific Northwest has played a major role in popularizing alternative
and indie rock music for nearly two decades now, and The Lonely Forest are clearly
one of the big shots in modern Seattle rock.

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