Tuff Sunshine

They include notable artists such as Linda Pitmon (The Minus Five/The Baseball Project/Filthy Friends) bassist Turner Stough (Shilpa Ray/I Am The Polish Army) and founding member Ani Cordero (Os Mutantes/Rasputina), among others.

Leitera and Tuff Sunshine have shared bills with such diverse artists as Tim Rogers/You Am I, John Doe, Jonathan Richman and The Dead Boys.

The band also has released a limited-run full-length vinyl LP "Fire In The Hero Building" (2015) which has garnered praise from PopMatters, The Big Takeover[6] and Magnet Magazine.

The band were named "Artist of the Day" in the UK blog Louder Than War[14] in 2013 and played the Team Clermont CMJ Showcase in 2015.

[17] The LPs "Yesterday Suit" (2021) and "Vanity Matrix" (2024) were recorded in Brooklyn, New York and South Paris, Maine with Leitera writing, arranging and playing all the instruments.