The Wild Reeds are an American indie band based in Los Angeles, California.
History
The founding members of the Wild Reeds were its three multi-instrumentalist singer-songwriters, Mackenzie Howe, Kinsey Lee and Sharon Silva.[1] They first met as concertgoers at the West Hollywood club the Troubadour when they were students: Howe and Silva at Azusa Pacific University, and Lee at Glendora's Citrus College.[1] Each of them had already begun to perform as amateur solo artists at open-mic events and at college parties.[1] Their friendship led to their supporting one another as backing singers.[1] They began working together as a trio in 2009, after the idea was suggested to them by someone who had enjoyed their performance at a charitable fundraiser.[1] They were subsequently joined by the bassist Nick Phakpiseth and the drummer Nicholas Jones.[1] Their songs span the genres of alt-country, folk, experimental pop and indie-rock, and are characterized by what has been described as "ethereal" vocal harmonizing and an essentially hopeful nature.[1]
The Wild Reeds released their first full-length album, the self-published Blind and Brave, on August 9, 2014.[2][3] Their second, Dualtone Records' The World We Built, followed on April 7, 2017,[4][5][6][7] and their third, Cheers, again via Dualtone,
on March 8, 2019.[8][9]
