Cheyenne

Beau Jennings, once an architect by trade, conceived Cheyenne in 2003 as a lo-fi solo outlet within the indie rock realm. With assistance from his friends and fellow Oklahoma residents in Ester Drang, Jennings shaped an opening collection of bedroom pop material that surfaced that same year as the intimate You Talk Like You've Seen a Ghost EP. Its 2005 successor, the full-length I Am Haunted, I Am Alive, blended layered instrumentation with mature, melancholic songwriting and thereby earned several festival appearances plus regional touring. Jennings met the expanded listenership by relocating to Brooklyn in 2006, where he swapped his revolving cast of backing musicians for a fixed, permanent lineup. The revised ensemble, now comprising guitarist Josh Harper, drummer Heath Fisher, bassist Ben King, and Jennings, delivered The Land Rush EP in June 2007. Cheyenne’s second full-length album, The Whale, arrived that December.