After releasing their first EP, Psychic Love Star, Mark Thresher, Nathan Delffs, Natalie Stormann, and Adam Spittler issued Survival, their debut full-length, in 2008 via Catbird Records; the label's founder, music blogger Ryan Catbird, downloaded the band's music on a whim and liked it so much he wanted to release it. For their second album, 2011's Staring at the X, the foursome opted for a much more ambitious approach, incorporating everything from Krautrock to Television-style punk into their sound. Forest Fire returned in 2013 with a lineup featuring Thresher, Stormann, Galen Brenner and Robert Pounding; the band's third album, Screens, was inspired by '70s luminaries such as Joy Division, Laurie Anderson, Suicide and Kraftwerk. ~ Jason Lymangrover