Artist Snapshot
Drawing as many comparisons to Terry Riley and Philip Glass as they do to Grizzly Bear and Animal Collective, Portland, OR's AU (pronounced 'ay-you') is the brainchild of composer Luke Wyland, who began the group in 2005 while studying at the Massachusetts College of Art. Endlessly playful and jumpy, and surging with a whimsicality usually reserved for the hyperactive or the insane, Wyland transports the pent-up energy submissive to classical training and spits it all back out with wonderfully controlled distractions.