La Sera is an American

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band formed by Katy Goodman, the bassist for

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, in 2010. They have released four albums and toured internationally.

History

La Sera, whose name means "the evening" in

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, started in 2010, with Goodman writing songs and Brady Hall producing. The video for their first single "Never Come Around" was released on Halloween 2010. Following the release of their self-titled debut album in February 2011, La Sera toured the US with

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and Europe with

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. La Sera's second studio album ''Sees the Light'', released in March 2012, was produced by Rob Barbato (

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). The album's opening track, "Love That's Gone", is featured in the music video game

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. Following the release of ''Sees the Light'', the band toured the US with

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. In 2012, Todd Wisenbaker joined the band, which at that time also included Nate Lotz on drums and Greta Morgan on rhythm guitar. Around the same time, Goodman moved from Brooklyn to Los Angeles. La Sera released their third album, ''Hour of the Dawn'', in May 2014. It was produced by Todd Wisenbaker (

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) and engineered by Joel Jerome (Babies on Acid, Dios) during the summer of 2013. In contrast to previous records, Goodman worked with the other band members on the songs, noting that they "all worked on the new record for about a year, writing and editing". During production, the band decided to make the album's sound "'80s rock.

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". Wisenbaker contributed the song "10 Headed Goat Wizard" and described the album as "a classic American record". The critical reaction described ''Hour of the Dawn'' as having "new-found optimism". La Sera toured with

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and

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in Fall 2013 to promote the album. After the album's release, the band did a full European tour with Springtime Carnivore, which ended at

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. La Sera also did a West Coast tour with

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, and the show on November 6, 2014 was filmed to air on ''

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''. Three songs, "Please Be My Third Eye," "Fall in Place," and "10 Headed Goat Wizard", were aired on ''Last Call'' on March 17, 2015. The music video for "Fall in Place" was premiered by ''

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'' on June 11, 2014. In March 2016, La Sera released the

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-produced ''Music For Listening To Music To'' through Polyvinyl. The album's release was preceded by the single "High Notes" in December 2015. The album's second single, "I Need an Angel", was released in March 2016. Goodman worked with

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on a collection of punk covers with '60s pop arrangements that was released as ''Take It, It's Yours'' through Polyvinyl in August 2016.

Personal life

Goodman is originally from New Jersey. She is married to Todd Wisenbaker and lives in Los Angeles.

Technical career

Goodman has a bachelor's degree in physics and a master's in education of physics from

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, and worked as a part-time coder for

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Discography

Studio albums

Singles

Music videos

References

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