Port O'Brien

The story

Port O'Brien was an American musical group combining elements of acoustic, folk and indie rock, formed in 2005.

They were named after a bay in Alaska featuring a now-abandoned cannery on Kodiak Island where founder member Van Pierszalowski's parents met. They started out as a folk music duo of Cambria Goodwin and Van Pierszalowski while Cambria was living in Cambria, California and Van was living in Oakland. After Cambria moved closer to Oakland they added a rhythm section composed of Caleb Nichols and Joshua Barnhart.

The band toured nationally with artists such as Nada Surf, Bright Eyes and The Cave Singers and toured Europe with Modest Mouse, as well as receiving favourable reviews from Pitchfork Media, Allmusic, and The Times. M. Ward named Port O'Brien his "favorite new band".

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Records

• Leap Year · 2010
• My Will Is Good · 2009
• I Woke Up Today · 2008
• Close The Lid · 2007
• Nowhere To Run · 2006 · EP
• When The Rain Comes · 2005
• Interview CD ·

Records from Discogs. Sleeves from the Cover Art Archive.

Members

• Gram Lebron
• Van Pierszalowski
• Cambria Goodwin
• Josh Barnhart
• Caleb Nichols
• Ryan Stively

Members past and present, each with their own page. From MusicBrainz and Discogs.

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