Andy McAllister's heart grew three sizes after landing in Austin, TX. His ears were washed with local heroes Daniel Johnston and Townes Van Zandt, and he soon filled his nights romancing downtrodden country songs into an ill working 4-track. After celebrating his two-year anniversary of unemployment, McAllister tucked his tail and returned to his native Seattle where he connected with jack-of-all-trades Jordan Walton.

Engineering recordings for the likes of Damien Jurado and Denison Witmer as well as playing sessions with Bosque Brown, Walton brought his own take on housegrown country - adding pedal steel, banjo, bells and omnichord. The two hit it off and quickly began recording underneath a motorcycle repair shop in the summer of 2005. With support from friends Ben Strehle (keys - Blessed Light/Honey Hush) as well as James van Leuven (drums - Plan B), they emerged with their first full-length Don't You Miss Yourself. They handed the reels over to producer/engineer Phil Ek (The Shins' Chutes Too Narrow) to mix at Avast Studios, and are now awaiting its release.

Most recently, they enlisted the help of multi-instrumentalist April Sather (Wurlitzer, trumpet, melodica) and drummer Nathanael Butler to bring their sound to a live setting. They took their name from the stark characters captured by cinematographer Conrad Hall and the big skies of western film director John Ford. Crafting cold tales to warm the heart, Conrad Ford is a soundtrack for the lonesome.