Widemouth is a band based in Chicago. They play indie music of the folk/rock variety. They've been playing around the bars and houses and venues of Chicago for a little more than two years, interspersed by a few self-booked tours around the Midwest and East Coast. Mak gets the lion's share of credit for the band's beginnings. She put up a flyer in a Northwestern building that said something like "Wanna be in a super awesome band?" which Jamie responded to even though there wasn't much time left before he graduated and went to some other metropolitan area to be a yuppy. They started singing together, beginning with Paul Simon and Big Thief songs, and quickly discovered that it was a lot of fun. After about 6 months of playing duo - open mics, house shows, etc. - Lily miraculously responded to the same flyer that had netted Jamie. Within about 20 seconds of playing Scott Street in a dark practice room at the Northwestern music school, the band version of Widemouth was born. They've loved and lost a bass player named Levi, who moved to NYC. They now have a bass player named Pat, who is not in some of the band pictures for now but is nonetheless awesome and beloved. They are a treat band, meaning they like to eat dessert when they have practice. "Widemouth has brought me immeasurable pleasure through their songs. They have also done me irreparable harm by not releasing those songs." - Peter Ryan Don't worry, Peter. They're coming.