Giants in the Trees is an American rock band formed in Wahkiakum County,

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, who created the band as a local musical project. Novoselic, Jillian Raye, Erik Friend, and Ray Prestegard are the current band members of Giants in the Trees. Often, Jennifer Johnson joins on vocals.

History

The band started by writing two songs in the first two days of playing together; "Sasquatch" and "Center of the Earth". "Sasquatch" was their first officially released song, in July 2017; it was released alongside a music video that Krist joked as "costing over 2 million U.S. dollars to produce." Giants in the Trees' self-titled debut album was released in late 2017. The band's second album, ''

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Discography

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Giants in the Trees Giants in the Trees is an American rock band formed in Wahkiakum County, Washington, in 2017. The band was formed by former Nirvana bassist and Rock and Roll Hall of Fame inductee Krist Novoselic, who created the band as a local musical project ...

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References

External links

* {{Official website, https://giantsinthetrees.com/ Alternative rock groups from Washington (state) 2017 establishments in Washington (state) Musical groups established in 2017