Childhood friends Jsun Atoms (vocals, guitar, keys, formerly of The Bella Low) and Brett Kron (guitar, keyboards, vocals) had been involved in the Portland music scene since the mid-90s and had always talked about playing together, but it wasn’t until 2003 that they seriously decided to start a band.
Finding a cross-national group of transplanted musicians – Matt Moore (guitars, vocals, accordion, harp) and Bob Graham Mild (drums) from Missouri, Tristan Evans (bass, vocals) from Kansas City, KS, and Sarah Jane (keys, vocals, tambourine, ex-The Out Crowd) from San Francisco – the six-piece soon began making a name for itself in the Northwest.
ALBUMS
Trust Electricity Remaster, Double Silver Vinyl 2020
Human Destination Remaster Vinyl 2016
The Town with Bad Wiring (Reverb Records) 2012
Live From Nowhere Near You 2011
Human Destination (Beat the World Records) 2009
NW Shoegazer Bliss-CD Compilation 2008
MusicfestNW-CD Compilation 2007
All in the Mind-CD Compilation 2006
In a Different Place-CD Compilation 2005
Trust Electricity (Reverb Records) 2004
PRESS
The press took notice: The Portland Mercury called them a “diligent band that’s been around the Portland block” and “paid their dues,” Magnet named them a “band to watch,” and they were featured on the 2007 compilation Musicfest NW Vol. 2, along with artists as Spoon, The Thermals, Aesop Rock, and Deerhunter.
With Human Destination, their second full-length, the group is able to truly push, even surpass, the boundaries normally imposed by time and money. At the Odditorium, The Upsidedown found an environment conducive to making a complete, fully engaged record, playful and smart and as energetic as their celebrated live show.
Following Human Destination was the critically acclaimed “The Town with Bad Wiring” featuring a “who’s who” of the the Portland alt-rock scene
