Second song from "A Wake in the Wells"

Recorded at The Cozy Grotto & Bobby Peru, 2014

Engineered by Umhoefer, Berg, and Olivo.

Written by Umhoefer (voice and looped guitar), featuring~ Berg (keys), Brooks (trap drums), Burich (viola), Heuer (electric & double bass), Mueller (tuned wood blocks), Nelson (trap drums), Porterfield (guitar), Raasch (voice), Stephany (lap slide), Wolf (keys and voice)

Mixed by Umhoefer and Mastered by Berg

some Gates'll swing wide, for Us

Recorded hastily and noisily at The Cozy Grotto by Todd Umhoefer (voice and looped guitar) and Nick Berg (keys). Collaborators include Marielle Allschwang (guitar~ tracked by Brendan Benham at The Tannery), Michael A. Brooks (drums), Adam Krause (tape loop), Christopher Porterfield (guitar), Travis Whitty (bass and vocals), and Erin Wolf (keys)

Released by Mini50 records and Arrow Girl

All Kill

Let ‘em knock........................... 

Wake up with hands what’s left from another day! Hand hell to all that’s shaking back. 
And O the vessel, and O, the sight, and O predicable, that holds the five inside, for days.


released 01 December 2014 

Written by Umhoefer 
featuring 
Berg 
Raasch 
Wolf 
Whitty 
Schatschneider-Roach 
Brooks 

Engineered by Berg, Umhoefer, & Whitty 
Recorded at Cozy Grotto and School of Rock 
Mixed and mastered by Umhoefer 

Art by Umhoefer 


Published by Arrow Girl and Mini50 Records

Let 'em knock

Recording, mixing, and accompaniment by Porterfield

What happens here when we're not?

Single continuous live improvisational take, 2014

thinking about breaking it whiile making it

thinking about breaking it while making it

Demos. Early versions for Lay for June, Six Around One, and the Why We Drive film score

The Premise

From "Six Around One"

Can't stop the burning lines that guide my hand 
Can't stop and heal along the way 

I know a few of you who knock on wood 

Can't stop and save the day

Six Around One

the middle distance

From the EP "Two Torches, at a Place Where Three Roads Meet"


Written by Todd Umhoefer, Featuring and Co-Produced by Christopher Porterfield 

Produced and Mixed by Daniel Holter at Wire & Vice (Milwaukee, WI) wireandvice.com 

Artwork by WAZALOO wazaloo.com



And O, for now 
That fight won’t fade 

And it’s awful how 
That line degrades 

On account of fits from the other side 
I would count those waves on a boat 

Fool around, unfit for the other’s eyes 
As the fates all filled up with smoke 

It’s the only thing we build that doesn’t break 
It’s the only kind of love that doesn’t fade 

In the fitful sound of the polarized 
They would count those waves from a shore 

Lay above like cold on the lake at night 
It would wake and sneak through your door 

It’s the only thing we build that doesn’t break 
It’s the only love that doesn’t grow and fade 

Ooo, nothing should heal this way 
Ooo, burn it today

Two Torches, at a Place Where Three Roads Meet

Quiet Your Arms

Second song from the album "a low place at The Old Place"

Less Words

Third track, final two songs of the album Small hours-

"Verse added verse"
"Weight don’t wait, want don’t get"

Written by Todd Umhoefer. Recorded by Nick Berg, Christopher Porterfield, and Todd Umhoefer. Mixed by Todd Umhoefer. Mastered by Nick Berg.

Performed by Nick Berg, Betty Blexrud-Strigens, Ben Lester, Christopher Porterfield, Kurt Spielmann, Damian Strigens, Todd Umhoefer, Ashlee Whitty, and Travis Whitty.

EP included with the purchase of the deluxe Small hours package, available at http://mini50records.bandcamp.com/album/small-hours

Composed, Mixed and Mastered by Todd Umhoefer (voice, guitar, & percussion)
Engineered by Jon Airis (drums, bass, & Bloom Generative Music App) at Terminal New York, April, 2013.

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"Folk rock with strong elements of avant-classical music" - SF Deli Magazine

"Tonal delight, packed with experience . . . He sounds enchanting" -  NME Magazine

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