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Racing Mount Pleasant is an act on the Starverb influence map. Their sound grew out of Bon Iver, Explosions in the Sky, Black Country, New Road and Lord Huron. Those roots explain a lot about how Racing Mount Pleasant arrange songs and choose their tones. They run in the same orbit as Candelabro, Caroline, My New Band Believe, Big Thief and Lift to Experience, sharing audiences, venues and reference points rather than a straight line of influence. Their influence carried into Geese, where the same ideas turn up rearranged for a later generation. Altogether the chart holds 22 connections around Racing Mount Pleasant, reaching back through Bon Iver and forward to Geese. Follow any of those threads to keep travelling the influence between bands and genres on Starverb.
Background
Racing Mount Pleasant are an indie band from Ann Arbor, Michigan. After forming under the name Kingfisher at the University of Michigan, they released their debut album Grip Your Fist, I'm Heaven Bound in November 2022. In 2025, they changed their name to Racing Mount Pleasant and released a self-titled album. Their musical style has been compared to bands such as Bon Iver, Lord Huron, and Black Country, New Road.
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Racing Mount Pleasant connections
Racing Mount Pleasant grew out of Bon Iver, Explosions in the Sky, Black Country, New Road and Lord Huron, shares an orbit with Candelabro, Caroline, My New Band Believe and Big Thief, went on to shape Geese. 22 connections mapped across roots, kindred and legacy.
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