Lord Huron

Founding member Ben Schneider began writing music in his hometown of Lansing, Michigan. Schneider went on to study visual arts at the University of Michigan and finished his degree in France, before moving to New York City where he worked for an artist.[9] In 2005, Schneider moved to Los Angeles. In 2010, Schneider formed Lord Huron as a solo project, recording his first few EPs entirely on his own and steadily adding members to help play in live shows.[10] The band's name was inspired by Lake Huron, the lake which Schneider grew up visiting;[9] he spent evenings at the lake playing music around the campfire.[9]

Lord Huron's first full-length album, Lonesome Dreams, was released on October 9, 2012.[11] It debuted at No. 5 on Billboard's Heatseekers Albums chart.[12]

With the release of Lonesome Dreams, the band also slowly released a series of music videos, all filmed in a western '70s style, which Schneider says was the focal point and narrative for the album. “We had this fun idea that Lonesome Dreams was kind of this series of old adventure tales.” In an interview, Schneider alluded to influence from a specific work, called "The Collected Works of Billy the Kid: Left-Handed Poems".[13] "It's sort of a collection of pulp fiction and we wanted the videos to kind of reflect that and have that same feel and style,” Schneider said during another interview. They also decided to release a theatrical version of the videos.[14]

The band released their second album, Strange Trails, on April 6, 2015, in the United Kingdom and April 7, 2015, in the United States. The album debuted on the Billboard 200 at No. 23, and Folk Albums at No. 1, and No. 10 on the Top Album Sales chart, with 18,000 copies sold.[15] The song "The Night We Met" was RIAA certified gold on June 26, 2017 and certified platinum on February 15, 2018.[16]

In January 2018, several short videos released on Lord Huron's official Facebook, Instagram, and Twitter accounts with short clips of audio led to speculation of an upcoming album release.[7] The album was officially announced to be the band's third album, Vide Noir, and was released on April 20, 2018.[17]

On January 26, 2018, Lord Huron released their first single from the album, a two-part song called "Ancient Names".[18][19] On February 16, 2018, Lord Huron released the next single, "Wait By the River".[20] On March 7, 2018 they made an appearance on Jimmy Kimmel Live! to perform "Wait By The River".[21]

Lord Huron performed an extended preview of Vide Noir on March 8, 2018, at Teragram Ballroom in Los Angeles, CA. They debuted five songs off the new album: "Ancient Names (Part I)", "Ancient Names (Part II)", "Wait by the River", "Never Ever", and "Vide Noir".[22] On March 27, 2018, they performed another preview set at Le Poisson Rouge in New York. They played the same five new songs as at Teragram Ballroom plus two more songs from the yet-to-be-released album, "When the Night Is Over" and "Back From the Edge".[23]

On the day of the album release, April 20, 2018, Lord Huron played an official release show in Grand Rapids, Michigan, Schneider's home state.[24]

On July 11, 2018, Lord Huron recorded two Spotify Singles 'When the Night is Over' and Neil Young's 'Harvest Moon' at Spotify Studios.

On August 11, 2018, Lord Huron performed a medley of the songs Never Ever, When the Night is Over, and Moonbeam from the album Vide Noir on the CBS This Morning: Saturday Sessions.[25]

In December 2020, the band announced a collection of live-streamed shows entitled Alive From Whispering Pines. The first episode aired January 7, 2021, and featured a clip of previously-unreleased material.

• Into the Sun EP (self-released, 2010)
• Mighty EP (Linian Music, 2010)
• Time to Run EP (Iamsound, 2012)