Hometown: Atlanta, Ga.
Members: Jordan Jeffares (guitar, keys, vocals), Chandler Rentz (drums, vocals), Corinne Lee (bass, keys, vocals), David Payne (guitar)
Fun Fact: At Snowden’s last show in Indianapolis, the band played for a bartender and five people. Payment came in the form of shots.
Why They’re Worth Watching: The band members are young, but Snowden fuses brooding melancholic lyrics and lush, expansive soundscapes with precision and maturity.
For Fans Of: Joy Division, Interpol, Starflyer 59
Two years ago, Snowden frontman Jordan Jeffares couldn’t imagine his musical career reaching beyond the confines of his Athens, Ga. apartment. A senior at the University of Georgia, Jeffares spent his last year of college a recluse to society in almost complete isolation. After devoting most of his time to studying and writing the music that would eventually evolve into his band’s set list, Jeffares recruited a gang of musical Atlanta suburbanites, and Snowden, deriving its name from Joseph Heller’s Catch-22, began to materialize beyond the written page.