Biography
Troller, an Austin-based trio, merges shoegaze, goth, industrial, and drone into a potent strain of contemporary darkwave. Their self-titled debut arrived in 2011, with the follow-up Graphic appearing in 2016 and Drain completing a third album in 2023.
Founding members singer/bassist Amber Goers and synthesizer players Adam Jones (of Thousand Foot Whale Claw and the John Carpenter-worshipping quartet S U R V I V E) and Rosemary French launched the project in 2010. Early performances took place in local dive bars, yielding a self-titled cassette on Living Tapes in late 2011. Holodeck Records, a newly established Austin label, reissued the tape in 2012; its vinyl edition the next year drew widespread praise from underground critics. Handmade Birds supplied a CD pressing while the band sustained live activity and shifted toward a denser, more ominous sound. Justin Goers replaced Rosemary French by 2016, the same year Graphic emerged. The group later joined the Relapse Records roster and issued Drain in 2023.
Founding members singer/bassist Amber Goers and synthesizer players Adam Jones (of Thousand Foot Whale Claw and the John Carpenter-worshipping quartet S U R V I V E) and Rosemary French launched the project in 2010. Early performances took place in local dive bars, yielding a self-titled cassette on Living Tapes in late 2011. Holodeck Records, a newly established Austin label, reissued the tape in 2012; its vinyl edition the next year drew widespread praise from underground critics. Handmade Birds supplied a CD pressing while the band sustained live activity and shifted toward a denser, more ominous sound. Justin Goers replaced Rosemary French by 2016, the same year Graphic emerged. The group later joined the Relapse Records roster and issued Drain in 2023.
Albums
Singles