[6][7][8] They often sing a cappella, with a "sparse, haunting, hymnal beauty"[6] sometimes accompanied by soft acoustic guitar, but with their voices "virtually unadorned", according to Guardian critic Paul Lester.

[7] The group toured with the vocalist Feist in 2011,[3] and New York Times music reviewer Ben Ratliff described their performance as "creating shifting harmonies" which "worked perfectly".

[2] According to one report, they would sit on the porch of a shared house in Bennington and harmonize on songs they had written; when they sang as a trio, they realized it was "something special.

Their first album is entitled Made the Harbor on the label Partisan Records (North America), Bella Union (Europe), Spunk (Australia), and P-Vine (Japan).

[1] National Public Radio gave a similar account and described their music as weaving "voices into a stark, reverent and unadorned sound that can be hauntingly beautiful.

Mountain Man's sound would have the listener assuming its members are old-timey Appalachian maidens, rather than coeds touring in a Prius.Sauser-Monnig released her debut solo album, Dawnbreaker, under the name Daughter of Swords in July 2019.