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Chris Staples
United States
Chris Staples is credited on 23 releases across 13 albums tracked on Gatefold, active 2000–2025 — the collector-built map of who actually made the music.
23
Pressings credited
13
Albums
3
Decades active
3
In collections
Biography
Chris Staples is an American indie rock musician originally from Pensacola, Florida, long based in Seattle, Washington. He released Panama, Burned and Blistered, Blackest Hair, Bluest Eyes, Badlands, and American Soft independently, before catching the attention of Seattle-based Barsuk Records, who re-released American Soft in 2014. Staples' second album on Barsuk, Golden Age, was released in 2016. His next album, Holy Moly, was released by Barsuk on 28 June 2019. In addition to his solo career, Staples has performed with Telekinesis, Josh Tillman, Rocky Votolato, Jeremy Enigk, and David Bazan. Previously, Staples wrote and released music as "Discover America". Early in his career, he was the vocalist and guitarist of the indie rock band Twothirtyeight.
Bio from Wikipedia
Credited work
23 releases · 13 albums · active 2000–2025
- Performance · 33
- Other credits · 17
- Engineering · 11
- Mastering · 1
- Production · 1
Studios: Wisner Productions · Soft Rock Audio Publishing · Two Sticks Audio · The Snake Ranch
Discography
Records they worked on — most-collected first.
Frequent collaborators
- twothirtyeight
- Telekinesis (2)
- Discover America
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