Snowden (band)

Snowden is an indie band based out of Atlanta. They are signed to Jade Tree Records. They get their name from Catch-22, a book by Joseph Heller.

History

Snowden started out in Jordan Jeffares' bedroom, where he recorded demos. These demos impressed Jeffares' brother Preston, who then introduced other musicians to Jeffares, thus beginning Snowden. Snowden self released The Snowden EP, which was received with immense local success. They landed spots opening for groups such as Clap Your Hands Say Yeah, and Arcade Fire. In 2006, Jade Tree signed the band and released their debut album "Anti-Anti." The album gained immediate attention, as evidenced by it's making the "most blogged" band on the internet according elbo.ws and getting airplay by Steve Lamacq (BBC). In 2007, the band released videos for "Like Bullets" and "Anti-Anti" and made radio appearances around the country. They recorded special features for Comcast, AOL/Spin, and had a concert at Manhattan's Bowery Ballroom (recorded Nov 2006) released on DVD by Baeble Music. In addition they embarked upon a full US tour of medium size venues opening for Kings Of Leon, and were invited to open several European dates as well. Snowden accepted and as a consequence pushed back plans for beginning the recording of their second album.

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