When singer/songwriter Joseph Scott's main band, Canada, went into an extended (and eventually permanent) hiatus in 2009, Scott relocated from Michigan to Brooklyn and began working on solo recordings. Adopting the name White Pines, he quickly moved from bedroom recording into full-fledged live performance. Scott sometimes filled out the arrangements with a rhythm section in the live setting, but would perform under the moniker both solo and accompanied by others. The project released several albums. The first of these was 2009's folky A Face Made of Wood, followed by 2010's The Falls, which saw Scott diving deeper into more experimental tendencies and some loop-based songwriting. The more tumultuous Plume of Ash EP, a trek into an eerie folk wilderness with hidden echoey electronic murmurs throughout, was released in 2012. ~ Fred Thomas