Alex McGrath is a Michigan – based composer who has been songwriting, arranging, and singing for orchestral indie rock outfit, ‘the Soil & the Sun’, since 2009. With a soft spot for emotional chord progressions and haunting textures, his work ranges from minimal acoustic guitar and piano pieces to elaborate string and synth – based arrangements with driving percussive elements. Alex organically integrates the worlds of electronic and acoustic instrumentation to create unique and powerfully balanced soundscapes.