Across Tundras

Official History :

ACROSS TUNDRAS started in the spring of 2004 in Denver, CO with Heath RAVE, Kyler STURTZ, and Tanner OLSON. They recorded the 'Divides' EP (Feeling Faint Productions) and toured the midwest a few times with this lineup. Heath and Kyler both eventually moved on and away to pursue their careers as a tattoo artist (www.heathrave.com) and photographer respectively, and Tanner OLSON kept moving forward with ACROSS TUNDRAS.
AT had a whole album worth of material at this time and Tanner then enlisted his roommate Josh KAUFFMAN to play drums, recording their first full length 'Dark Songs of the Prairie' (Crucial Blast) in 2006 . Sturtz eventually left the band shortly after recording "Dark Songs" and Adam Wheeler picked up bass duties.
While touring the United States and writing continuously, they recorded the 'Full Moon Blizzard' EP to demo some new songs and developed new music for a spring West Coast tour with BATTLEFIELDS, eventually recording 'Western Sky Ride' in the dead of winter 2007. Unfortunately after recording this beast, interest from the other band members went on a serious decline and it got the point where they weren't even practicing.
Tanner was still writing up a storm and never felt stronger about AT's music, so he went ahead and recorded 'Lonesome Wails From the Weeping Willow' by himself with longtime contributor Shannon MURPHY adding a lot of vocals. During this period he knew it was also time to move away from Colorado and breathe some new life into his own lungs and ACROSS TUNDRAS.
So in the spring of 2008, he packed up the van and headed to Nashville, TN where he hooked up with a couple of gifted musicians, Nate ROSE and Micah EPPINGER. A long journey but things are stronger than ever now and the group is wide awake and re-energized. They are currently playing a lot of shows and writing for many future releases including a split 7" with US Christmas and a yet to be named LP/CD that will be out next year (2009) on MusicFearSatan in France; who will also be releasing the 2XLP version of ' Western Sky Ride"

AT is a tribute to all their influences. In their songs they honor the past, their families, nature, amazing musicians and artists throughout time, and everything that has shaped them and this world. They want to make music that can transfer you to another place and feel a wide array of emotions. They embrace a simple life and reject unnecessary technological advancements … so they play through tube amplifiers, listen to vinyl, under produce their records, have fun, and never forget where they came from. They really don’t want to be categorized into any cliques or sub categories of music and they feel their music is for everyone.

- David Lowry