They featured Jed Whedon on keyboards and vocals, Ethan Phillips on bass guitar, Andy Crosby on drums, Nick Gusikoff on guitar, and Danny Chaimson on keyboards.
[1] The Southland's debut album, Influence of Geography, was released in June 2005.
[2] They toured regularly, and supported artists such as Toots & the Maytals, O.A.R., Gavin DeGraw, Tristan Prettyman, Jem, Virginia Coalition, Steel Pulse, and As Fast As.
The song "Shadow" from the album Influence of Geography appeared on NBC-TV's Scrubs in late February 2006.
They released an EP of demos called MacArthur Park in December 2022 that had been intended for an abandoned second album.