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Los Angeles, United States (2007 – present)

Great Northern is an group from Los Angeles comprising vocalist/guitarist Solon Bixler (formerly of 30 Seconds to Mars), vocalist/keyboardist Rachel Stolte, bassist Michael Regilio, keyboardist Marissa Micik and drummer Dusty Rocherolle. As of 2007, they are signed with the independent label Eenie Meenie Records, where they have released their debut album, Trading Twilight For Daylight (2007), and their sophomore album, Remind Me Where the Light Is (2009).

“It’s like being intimate with total strangers.” That is how Rachel Stolte of Great Northern describes the feeling of performing live and creating a connection with her audience. The sentiment could be duly applied to the band’s latest release, Remind Me Where the Light Is, on which Stolte and co-writer Solon Bixler pour so much of themselves into their highly personal lyrics and wistful melodies.

On their sophomore album, Bixler and Stolte are not afraid to delve into darkness. Taking that risk helped them find beauty in sadness, the uplifting elements in the devastating. “We took a lot more risks by entering uncomfortable territory that wasn’t touched on the last record,” Bixler says. “We dug deeper into the unpleasant, which helped us to find the beauty.”

Experiencing the negative to find the positive is something Bixler and Stolte are familiar with. “Both of us had been heading in unfulfilling directions creatively,” Bixler says of their situations prior to coming together. “When we started Great Northern, we finally felt like we were starting something that truly expressed what was in our hearts and minds.”
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  • I_Sociofob

    Houses awesoooome!!♥

    8 days ago
  • rcommeranitta

    love them! "Houses" is really good :)

    9 days ago
  • raffy_rillo

    Love the song 'Houses'! ♥ :)

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  • winaticy

    "Numbers"...

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  • mbausd

    good stuff!

    March 2012
  • twilight4ever

    Houses is absolutely amazing ♥ [16]

    February 2012
  • funereal_waif

    HOUSES.

    January 2012
  • johnonymous

    City Of Sleep and Fingers are incredible songs, I can't wait for their new album next year.

    December 2011
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Seattle & Portland shows next week...9.10 & 9.11

2 Sep 2009 | from blog.myspace.com/greatnorthern

hey everyone...we have two shows next week.the first :FRIDAY SEPT.10AUBURN, WA WHITE RIVER AMPHITHEATER40601 Auburn Enumclaw RdAuburn, WA 98092107.7 THE END presents ENDFESTw/ …

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