Waterstrider formed in the Berkeley co-ops in 2009. After several incarnations the band is now a 5-piece: Scott Brown, Walker Johnson, Brijean Murphy, Nate Salman, and Drew Brown. They are hard at work on their first full length album. Ranging from melancholic and dreamy to foot-stomping revelry, the band fills their songs with sincerity, sadness, and joy. This is music you hear while stumbling out of a tangled forest into a fire dance of magical creatures.