Background
Wasner was born on April 16, 1986 in Baltimore, Maryland. She began singing at an early age with her mother, and eventually started taking classical piano lessons at the around the age of five.
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Education
Wasner has completed numerous other music projects as well, including a solo project entitled Flock of Dimes, and a collaboration called Dungeonesse with Jon Ehrens of White Life and Art Department.
Career
At the age of twelve, her mom taught her how to play guitar, which led to the beginning of her songwriting career. By high school, Wasner had met Andy Stack, and begun playing music together. She continued to write music while away at college.
After college, Wasner moved to the Hampden neighborhood of Baltimore.
Together with Stack, they formed a band under the name "Monarch", which was soon changed to be after the state tree of Maryland. After the release of their highly regarded work, Civilian in 2011, the group toured in the United States and Europe.
Civilian was named the best album of 2011 by the Authorised Version Club, and was featured on television in the popular series The Walking Dead and in the film, Safety Not Guaranteed. When Wasner returned to Maryland in 2012, she began work on the solo project, "" which experimented with new synths and electronic beats.
The next year, she worked with Jon Ehrens of the Baltimore-popular group, White Life, on a new project labeled Dungeonesse.
Stack and Wasner reunited to create the fifth major album Shriek, released in April 2014. In 2016, Wasner is featured in a new concert series taking place at the Baltimore–Washington International Airport, where she will perform at the baggage claim of the terminal.
