The Courage

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The Courage
Origin Seattle, Washington
Genres Folk rock[1]
Americana[2]
Acoustic
Indie[1][3][4]
Years active 2008-2011
Labels Independent
Associated acts Noah Gundersen
Beneath Oceans
National Theatre Project
Garage Voice
Tom Rorem
Paper Mache
Karli Fairbanks
Ben Blood (Photographer)
Website http://thecourageband.com
Members Noah Gundersen
Abby Gundersen
Ivan Gunderson
Travis Ehrentrom
Michael Porter
Chris Judd
Michael Rabb
Keelan O'Hara
Drew Konzelman

The Courage (formerly known as "Noah Gundersen & the Courage") was an indie band initially started in Centralia, Washington by siblings Abby and Noah Gundersen, and expanded to Travis Ehrenstrom and Ivan Gunderson. The group released a live album, and a studio album.

Biography

Inception (2008-2010)

The Courage began when Noah Gundersen decided to bring more importance to his live backing band. At the time he and his sister Abby wrote the songs and recorded it by themselves. The decision was made because their live performances featured The Courage as a backing band, reason why the live songs vary greatly from Gundersen's studio recordings: while the studio recordings are usually only Noah and Abby Gundersen, the entire band took part in performing live. The line-up changed frequently, with guests appearing at shows with additional guitars, saxophones, and other instruments.

In mid-2008, Live at the Triple Door, the band's first live CD was released independently as they toured throughout the west coast. On October 9, The Courage played a show at The Q Cafe to release Gundersen's newest album, Saints & Liars. Paige Richmond, a Seattle Weekly reporter attending the show gave the band's performance and Gundersen's new EP an outstanding review, titling the review "Noah Gundersen Brings Q Cafe Crowd to Its Feet"[5] As winter set in, the band became stationary while Abby Gundersen began to pursue her college education and the other three set out finding other jobs. Noah Gundersen & the Courage continues to rehearse and play shows in the WA/OR area at venues such as The Round and the Triple Door, while staying less active.[6]

At midnight on December 10 2010, The Courage released a new song on their Myspace, "Moles", which is the only studio recording of The Courage. The song was only on their music page for a few days but physical CDs were released when they performed at the Triple Door on December 29. The band announced through their new website, as well as with an interview with Seattle Weekly, that their first full-length album would be released in the summer of 2010.[7] The album, according to Seattle Weekly, marks a transition in the band as the group moved from a singer-songwriter led band fronted by Noah Gundersen (one that frequented solo acoustic songs) to a functioning unit that creates songs that incorporate the entire band.[8] Gundersen considered removing his name from the band's title.[4][9]

Fearful Bones and break up (2010-2011)

Recording for The Courage's studio album began on March 16 of 2010. The band announced their progress with several updates through their Twitter account revealing that on the 27th of March, they had finished recording the album and in early July, they had started mixing the album.[10] The album is the first full-length recording to be released by The Courage.[11]

By the beginning of August 2010, recording, production, and mixing for the new album had been completed in a barn in Sisters, Oregon. On August 3, the band announced the change of their title as well as the name of their debut album via their Twitter page,

“ The name of this band is The Courage. Our new CD is titled 'Fearful Bones'[12] ”
A new song, "Frequency," was streamed for free off of their official website in the beginning of September. On September 11, The Courage played a release show for Fearful Bones and followed up with a three-week tour of the West Coast with the album's producer, Matt Lee, playing lead guitar.

The Courage broke up some time after the release of their album and Gundersen returned to work on his solo work.

Members

The core members:

Additional artists play varying roles in the Courage, often playing with the band live:

Discography

The Courage

The Courage's song, "All You Know," was released on Building Burning Record's 16-track compilation called We Love This Comp. Vol I on March 29, 2011.[14] The album features several Oregon based folk and indie bands.[15]

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 "Noah Gundersen enthuses college crowd at cafe show | The Falcon". Thefalcononline.com. 2009-10-14. Retrieved 2013-12-10. 
  2. ↑
  3. ↑ "Noah Gundersen". Last.fm. Retrieved 2013-12-10. 
  4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 "Clintons ham it up; Noah Gundersen sets precedent · Pen & Paige". Penandpaige.com. Retrieved 2013-12-10. 
  5. ↑ Richmond, Paige (2009-10-12). "Seattle News and Events | Live review: Noah Gundersen Brings Q Cafe Crowd". Seattle Weekly. Retrieved 2013-12-10. 
  6. ↑ "美容にいい食べ物とは". Noahgundersen.com. Retrieved 2013-12-10. 
  7. ↑ News section
  8. ↑ Richmond, Paige (2010-02-04). "Seattle News and Events | Last Night: Noah Gundersen Covers Bob Dylan, Debuts". Seattle Weekly. Retrieved 2013-12-10. 
  9. ↑ Maffey, Ethan. "The Passionate Life: Getting philosophical (and sun tanned) with Noah Gundersen and The Courage". The Source Weekly. Retrieved 2013-12-10. 
  10. ↑ The Courage Twitter account
  11. ↑ http://thecourageband.com/TheBoards.html Boards -> Posts from the band -> New blog from Abby
  12. ↑ August 3rd, 2010
  13. ↑ "Welkom bij Facebook - Meld je aan, registreer je of ontdek meer". Facebook.com. Retrieved 2013-12-10. 
  14. ↑ "We Love This Comp, Vol. I | Burning Building Recordings". Burningbuildingrecordings.bandcamp.com. 2011-03-29. Retrieved 2013-12-10. 
  15. ↑

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