Chris Freeman, Antonio Alcorn, and others met weekly in the student union to play traditional music.

Freeman and Alcorn put together an impromptu band, and soon recruited music students Harrison Goodale (bass) and Max Shakun (guitar) to continue playing shows.

[6] In September 2016 the band released its third studio album, Blooming Through The Black, also produced by Sam Kassirer (Josh Ritter, Lake Street Dive, Langhorne Slim), and recorded in Collinsville, CT in an abandoned axe factory on the banks of the Farmington River.

[2] In March 2016 Weeds or Wildflowers, track 1 on Poor Old Shine, was featured on AMC's The Walking Dead (Season 6, Episode 12: "Not Tomorrow Yet").

[14] Hischmann (drums) is credited as assistant engineer for The Beast In Its Tracks (Josh Ritter),[15] Bad Self Portraits (Lake Street Dive),[16] and various other albums including Poor Old Shine.