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Wavering Saints
6+ albums
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Inspired by the then-receding West Coast do-it-yourself movement, M.S. Reynolds & R. Yovino formed Wavering Saints in April of 1997. The Santa Rosa, California duo initially focused on low fidelity fuzz-pop and mildly obnoxious feedback experiments. Using a borrowed four-track recorder and a paint shed, Reynolds & Yovino fine-tuned their impulsive sound over the winter, self-releasing a series of short EPs dubbed onto cheap cassettes. The EPs, while spotty, were nonetheless well-received locally. Despite an emerging reputation, Wavering Saints went on an extended hiatus in June 1998. Reynolds abruptly left Northern California for India, returning a year later to enroll in a Los Angeles law school. Meanwhile, Yovino relocated to the Bay Area to finish college. Although the band never officially broke-up, Wavering Saints did not reemerge for about four years. In 2002, Reynolds & Yovino revived the Wavering Saints moniker to record a song Reynolds had written specifically to give his fiancé as a surprise wedding present. Yovino invited guitarist E.E.N.J. and multi-instrumentalist Mark Aver to the sessions. The ad hoc recordings went so well that Reynolds & Yovino decided Wavering Saints should be kept going as an active, indefinite project. E.E.N.J. & Aver signed on as permanent members. Geography posed a challenge to the new quartet, as band members were scattered throughout the continental United States. Undaunted, Wavering Saints collaborated remotely over the n
