River Whyless

Daniel Shearin, Ryan O’Keefe, Halli Anderson, and Alex McWalters met as students at Appalachian State University. Each moved to Asheville, North Carolina, after graduation.[2] McWalters said that they considered moving to Austin, Nashville, New York, or L.A., but chose Asheville.[3] O’Keefe, Anderson and McWalters were already performing in a band when Shearin joined them in 2012.[2]

River Whyless released their first full-length album titled A Stone, A Leaf, An Unfound Door in 2012. They followed that by releasing a self-titled EP in 2015.[4][5] In 2016, River Whyless released their second full-length album titled We All The Light via Roll Call Records.[6][7][8][9] We All the Light, combines bluegrass-harmonies with fiddle and guitar to create a distinctive sound."[10]

The band changes their environment to get different perspectives while songwriting. They have written music in a woodshed in Maine, a living room studio in Oregon belonging to Justin Ringle of the band Horse Feathers, and a variety of other settings outside of Asheville.[2]

On October 19, 2017, their song "Life Crisis" was used as the episode end-credits music for the FX seriocomedy Better Things.

• Ryan O'Keefe: vocals, guitar[11][1]
• Halli Anderson: vocals, violin[11][1]
• Daniel Shearin: vocals, bass, harmonium[11][1]
• Alex McWalters: drums[11][1]

Halli Anderson of River Whyless at The Saint in Asbury Park, NJ, June 2017	Ryan O’Keefe of River Whyless at The Saint in Asbury Park, NJ, June 2017	Daniel Shearin of River Whyless at The Saint in Asbury Park, NJ, June 2017	Alex McWalters of River Whyless at The Saint in Asbury Park, NJ, June 2017

Studio albums

• A Stone, A Leaf, An Unfound Door (2012, self-released)
• We All The Light (2016, Roll Call Records)
• Kindness, A Rebel (2018, Roll Call Records)

EPs

• River Whyless (2015, Backwoods Nation)