Contents.History Cloud Cult developed in 1995 as recruited several other artists to contribute to his solo recordings. The band's early work earned Cloud Cult several offers from record labels, but all were rejected in favor of self-publishing. As they began to play live, one of their show's most distinctive features was the live painting by Connie Minowa and Scott West: over the course of a show they each completed a painting to be auctioned off at the end.In 1997, lead singer Craig Minowa formed on his organic farm, powered by energy and built partially from reclaimed wood and recycled plastic.

Soulworker steam. If you were already a fan of Cloud Cult, The Seeker will make you love them even more. If you were not a fan, this may be perhaps the 2nd album (only after Light Chasers) I’d recommend, which means it’s still a great place to get acquainted with these heroes of the Minnesota indie rock scene. Cloud Cult is a band that evolves, and that is one of the reasons why you should love them.

This nonprofit label uses only recycled materials and donates all profits to environmental charities. The band also tours in a biodiesel van.In 2002, shortly after the unexpected death of his two-year-old son Kaidin, Minowa wrote songs to deal with the loss. Was finished in 2003 and went to No. 1 on college radio station charts across the country.In January 2004, Cloud Cult added Mara Stemm on bass and released just six months later.

The album was nominated by the as 'Album of the Year' along with Prince and Paul Westerberg. With a van covered in solar panels, the band began touring nationally.In 2006 Cloud Cult released, which called 'insane genius' and rated the album with an 8.3. The Denver Post ranked the 2007 release as one of the top ten albums of the past decade, along with bands like,. Sarah Young performing during the.Cloud Cult released a new album entitled on April 8, 2008.

The album was recorded and produced at Minowa's small organic farm in Northern Minnesota. 'The place is so far out in the boonies, you can barely find it, because it's not on the maps,' said Dan Montalto, an MTV Producer who brought a camera crew to the farm to film a short MTV feature on the band.Craig said that this might be the final Cloud Cult album: 'I don't think there's going to be another Cloud Cult album for a while. It could be never, I don't know.'

The band's website said that 'the band plans to take a short respite to focus on family in the latter part of 2008 and into 2009.' In October 2008, Cloud Cult was featured in an commercial. The band is shown playing the song 'Lucky Today' while floating on clouds. This and other songs are available for free downloads on the Esurance website.In the spring of 2009, Cloud Cult released 'No One Said It Would Be Easy' a full-length documentary about the band, on DVD. The film was later released as a direct download.At Coachella 2009, Craig revealed that Connie would not be performing because she was 'not feeling well. She's pregnant.' They continued to tour and appeared for the second year straight at the 'St Johns Block Party' outdoors in front of over 7,000 fans in Rochester, Minnesota.

The band announced a break beginning August 23, 2009 for Connie and Craig's baby. They resumed playing regionally in late spring 2010 and nationally in fall 2010.In the spring of 2010, Cloud Cult became a contributing artist to, a compilation album serving the homeless in the.In early 2010, the band announced that it would release a new album entitled, with the intended release date being September 14, 2010. Despite these plans, the album in its entirety leaked to the internet in early July 2010.

The lead single for the album, 'Running With The Wolves' was released in April 2010 and received local and national radio play. The band toured nationally in support of the album.In spring 2011, Cloud Cult music was featured in a commercial on for, a Brazilian energy company.In summer 2011, Cloud Cult played at the St. John's Block Party in Rochester, MN; the first band to play three times at the St. John's Block Party. There Craig announced he and Connie were expecting.On May 4, 2012 after an 8-month hiatus, Cloud Cult announced a surprise show at the campus, about 40 minutes away from the Twin Cities. This was the start of a stream of shows following the birth of Craig and Connie's baby. Another Cloud Cult album came in the summer of 2012, titled, a ten-year anthology of previously unreleased work from Minowa.Their song, You Were Born, was played on in episode.Ninth studio albumOn April 25, 2012 Cloud Cult said, 'Working on the new album. Sonic cd online game.

About 9 songs in so far.' On October 1, 2012 they said, 'We've been hammering on the new album for a couple of years now, but we're getting to the final phases of recording the project.' November 17, 2012 Cloud Cult said, 'Thanks to Greg Calbi for mastering Cloud Cult's new full length album this week out in NYC.

The album is now finished, and this final touch is exactly what it needed.' One new song is called, “Good Good Friend” that will be on the new album.

The lyrics go, “We are not broken ones, just shattered pieces of the same bright sun, trying to figure out which way to run and we can’t do this alone”.On December 7, Cloud Cult announced that their ninth studio album, 'Love,' would be released on March 5, 2013. In addition to this announcement, the band also premiered a video for the first single from the album, 'All the Things We Couldn't See,' which will be the 5th track on the 13-song album.Tenth studio albumCloud Cult released their 10th studio album entitled on February 12, 2016. The concept album was accompanied by a feature film of the same name. During the last several months of 2015, Cloud Cult created a pre-release campaign through Pledge Music to promote their new record.

Throughout this campaign, the band released one song per week to supporters crowd-funding the effort, along with a corresponding clip from the film and a message from Craig Minowa.The film runs 70 minutes and follows the story of a young girl through her personal journey of grief and healing. It was directed by a friend of Minowa's, Jeff D. Johnson of Motion 117 Productions, and shot in rural Wisconsin over three weeks. ^. October 11, 2007, at the. Raihala, Ross.

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Today's Morning Edition music is from 'Through the Ages' by Cloud Cult, a track from their new album 'The Seeker.'

To promote the album the Duluth natives will be playing a series of shows around the state. They'll be at Grandma's Sports Garden in Duluth Friday night. There's a sold-out show at the State Theatre in Minneapolis Saturday night. On Thursday, Cloud Cult will be at the Kato Ballroom in Mankato.

Following that show, there will be a screening of a feature film that the band created using the songs from the album. It's part of the International Speechless Film Festival.

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