Whispertown | |
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Origin | Los Angeles, California, U.S. |
Genres | Indie, Soul music |
Years active | 2005–present |
Labels | Acony |
Associated acts |
Rilo Kiley |
Website | Whispertown's Official Website |
Members | Morgan Nagler |
Rilo Kiley
The Elected
Whispertown is the indie project of Morgan Nagler from Los Angeles, California, formerly known as The Whispertown 2000. They have toured with several prominent indie artists in the past few years, including Bright Eyes, Rilo Kiley, Jenny Lewis, The Breeders, She & Him, Maria Taylor, Johnathan Rice, Margot & the Nuclear So and So's and The Elected.
Morgan Nagler – Lead Vocals, Guitar, Songwriter
Jake Bellows – Guitar, Vocals
A native of Oregon who grew up in Los Angeles, Nagler worked as a child actor, appearing on the shows Punky Brewster and The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air, and played Michelle Flaherty's Band Camp friend in American Pie 2.
Nagler met and befriended fellow former child actor Blake Sennett in the mid-1990s. Soon after, he and Jenny Lewis formed the band Rilo Kiley in 1998, Nagler also began writing songs and singing. In 2004, Nagler performed her songs before a live audience (with help from friend Tod Adrian Wisenbaker) as the opening act for The Elected, Blake Sennett's side project from Rilo Kiley.[1] At that time, she referred to herself as Vagtown2000. Nagler credits Sennett and Lewis for giving her the support to record and perform her own songs.[2]