Saxon Shore (band)


Saxon Shore was an American post-rock band consisting of members from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, Brooklyn, New York, Los Angeles, CA, and Rochester, New York. The group released five albums: one packaged as an EP and four as full-lengths.
Saxon Shore's overall sound has been compared to Caspian, Explosions in the Sky, Joy Wants Eternity, This Will Destroy You, and God is an Astronaut.

History

Saxon Shore formed in 2001 as the joint project of guitarist Matthew Doty and drummer Josh Tillman. The two wrote several songs that, in time, were recorded for the duo's debut album Be a Bright Blue, released on Doty's own imprint, Broken Factory Records. Tillman's brother Zach was recruited for bass duties for multiple North American tours.
After a host of tours across the United States, Tillman moved to Seattle and later exchanged four-tracks with Doty, who was living in upstate New York at the time. Studio time reserved in Atlanta eventually blossomed into their next effort, Four Months of Darkness. The full-length The Exquisite Death of Saxon Shore followed in 2005, and the group's final album, It Doesn't Matter, was issued in 2009.

Members

Current members

Since 2005, Saxon Shore members have gone on to work on other musical projects, including: