Greta Morgan Salpeter (born February 12, 1988), better known as Greta Morgan, is an American singer-songwriter and musician based in Los Angeles, CA. Her career began in 2005 as singer/pianist of the Chicago-based band
The Hush Sound
The Hush Sound is an American indie pop band from Chicago, Illinois, United States. Initially named "The Hush," the band later changed its name to "The Hush Sound" due to the discovery of a rapper with the same name. The band consists of Bob M ...
. She later formed the band
Gold Motel, whose debut album was released on June 1, 2010. Since 2014, she performs under the name Springtime Carnivore and has released two albums.
Music career
Morgan began learning piano at a young age, studying classical music. She first met
Bob Morris, guitarist/vocalist in 2001. The two started playing together and created The Hush Sound, later recruiting
Chris Faller on bass and
Darren Wilson on drums. She was 16 when she began touring with The Hush Sound.
In 2009, Morgan began recording material with the band Gold Motel.
Together with
La Sera
La Sera is an American indie rock band formed by Katy Goodman, the bassist for Vivian Girls, in 2010. They have released four albums and toured internationally.
History
La Sera, whose name means "the evening" in Italian, started in 2010, with Goo ...
's Katy Goodman, Morgan formed the duo Books of Love; they released the song "Space Time" in 2013.
In 2012, Morgan began working on a solo project called Springtime Carnivore and recorded a six-track EP, which was self-released in September of that year. In November 2014, she released a self-titled album through Autumn Tone Records. It was followed by a tour in early 2015 as support to
The Dodos
The Dodos are an American indie rock band consisting of Meric Long and Logan Kroeber.
History
The Dodos began playing music together in 2005, when musician Meric Long, who had been gigging steadily in San Francisco as a solo singer-songwriter, ...
.
In early 2016, Morgan again got together with Goodman and recorded a number of punk rock covers with 1960s pop arrangements. It was released in August 2016 as ''Take It, It's Yours'' through Polyvinyl'','' and described by Pitchfork as "one of the comfiest cover-sets in recent memory". On October 7, 2016, her project Springtime Carnivore released their second album, ''Midnight Room''.
In 2018, Morgan joined the new live line-up of
Vampire Weekend
Vampire Weekend is an American rock band from New York City, formed in 2006 and currently signed to Columbia Records. The band was formed by lead vocalist and guitarist Ezra Koenig, multi-instrumentalist Rostam Batmanglij, drummer Chris Tomson, ...
on keyboards, guitar and vocals. Morgan is also a distant relative of Vampire Weekend vocalist
Ezra Koenig
Ezra Michael Koenig ( ; born April 8, 1984) is an American musician, singer-songwriter, producer, and internet radio personality. He is best known as the lead vocalist, guitarist, and primary songwriter of indie rock band Vampire Weekend. Additio ...
.
As well as being a
vocalist
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and
pianist
A pianist ( , ) is an individual musician who plays the piano. Since most forms of Western music can make use of the piano, pianists have a wide repertoire and a wide variety of styles to choose from, among them traditional classical music, ja ...
, Morgan has also been known to play the guitar,
bass guitar, and drums.
Discography
Albums
As Springtime Carnivore
* ''Midnight Room'' (2016)
* ''Springtime Carnivore'' (2014)
With Katy Goodman
* ''Take It, It's Yours'' (2016)
* "Space Time" as Books of Love (2013)
With Gold Motel
* ''Gold Motel'' (2012)
* ''Summer House'' (2010)
With The Hush Sound
* ''Tidal Wave'' (2013)
* ''Forty Five'' (2013)
* ''Goodbye Blues'' (2008)
* ''Like Vines'' (2006)
* ''So Sudden'' (2005)
External links
Springtime Carnivore on Bandcamp
References
{{DEFAULTSORT:Morgan, Greta
1988 births
Living people
American women pianists
American women rock singers
Singers from Illinois
People from Oak Brook, Illinois
21st-century American women singers
21st-century American singers
21st-century American pianists
Vampire Weekend members
The Hush Sound members