Biography
Alaska Reid shapes introspective indie pop through shimmering yet shadowed textures that mirror inner conflicts in her material, fusing longstanding alternative touchstones with present-day production choices. As a teen she led the group Alyeska, whose 2017 album Crush was guided by John Agnello, the same producer behind Dinosaur Jr. records, allowing her to explore that influence; later, working alone, she gravitated toward electronically colored arrangements that set off her light but steady singing style. That approach surfaced on her first solo outing, the 2020 EP Big Bunny, which she shaped partly alongside A.G. Cook of PC Music, and it remained central to her follow-up full-length, Disenchanter, issued in 2023.
Reid’s childhood involved frequent relocations until her family settled in Montana’s Park County; they later shifted to Los Angeles once she was older, though music had already become central. While still in Montana she studied voice, and around the same period she discovered the music of Dinosaur Jr. and the Breeders. Her parents supplied a guitar on the condition of steady practice, after which she began composing original pieces. An uncle introduced her to alternate tunings, which she soon adopted in both her playing and songwriting.
At fourteen she began performing in Los Angeles venues, including spots along the Sunset Strip, and she assembled Alyeska to create a steady network of collaborators. The band stayed together long enough to finish Crush, again with John Agnello, whose résumé also includes work with Sonic Youth and Kurt Vile. Alyeska dissolved soon after the album’s 2017 release, prompting a short period of reassessment for Reid. An encounter with producer and PC Music figure A.G. Cook renewed her momentum and yielded the songs that formed Big Bunny; she also contributed vocals to his projects 7G and Apple.
In early 2021 she issued the split single “Oblivion Tears,” pairing fresh “Midnight” versions of “Mermaid Tears” and “Oblivion.” Later that year she released the original track “Being Shy” and a cover of Dinosaur Jr.’s “Feel the Pain.” Throughout 2022 she divided time between recording sessions and live dates supporting Charli XCX, Porches, and the Drums, while also joining Dylan Fraser for the duet “Vampire.” She returned with the single “Back to This” early in 2023, followed by “She Wonders” and “Palomino,” before unveiling Disenchanter, once more made with A.G. Cook, in July of that year.
Reid’s childhood involved frequent relocations until her family settled in Montana’s Park County; they later shifted to Los Angeles once she was older, though music had already become central. While still in Montana she studied voice, and around the same period she discovered the music of Dinosaur Jr. and the Breeders. Her parents supplied a guitar on the condition of steady practice, after which she began composing original pieces. An uncle introduced her to alternate tunings, which she soon adopted in both her playing and songwriting.
At fourteen she began performing in Los Angeles venues, including spots along the Sunset Strip, and she assembled Alyeska to create a steady network of collaborators. The band stayed together long enough to finish Crush, again with John Agnello, whose résumé also includes work with Sonic Youth and Kurt Vile. Alyeska dissolved soon after the album’s 2017 release, prompting a short period of reassessment for Reid. An encounter with producer and PC Music figure A.G. Cook renewed her momentum and yielded the songs that formed Big Bunny; she also contributed vocals to his projects 7G and Apple.
In early 2021 she issued the split single “Oblivion Tears,” pairing fresh “Midnight” versions of “Mermaid Tears” and “Oblivion.” Later that year she released the original track “Being Shy” and a cover of Dinosaur Jr.’s “Feel the Pain.” Throughout 2022 she divided time between recording sessions and live dates supporting Charli XCX, Porches, and the Drums, while also joining Dylan Fraser for the duet “Vampire.” She returned with the single “Back to This” early in 2023, followed by “She Wonders” and “Palomino,” before unveiling Disenchanter, once more made with A.G. Cook, in July of that year.
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