Bio

Born out of Portland, Oregon, The Takes are a folk rock band making music for the fun of it,

creating community wherever they happen to be.

In 2020, Sumner Rahr (guitar/vocals) and Fritz Frerichs (drums) found themselves in Jackson,

Wyoming, writing songs together in their living room to pass the time. The result was the “High

Lonesome” EP – The band’s first release as a two-piece rock band that skewed psychedelic,

taking inspiration from Pink Floyd and The Doors. When asked to play their first live set at a

friend’s warehouse, the pair recruited high school friend Phoebe Webb (bass) and Sumner’s

brother Guido Rahr (guitar) for a show that made the group want to stick together. Between

semesters away at school, the four friends spent their summer and winter breaks playing shows

and recording new music, culminating in a move to Berkeley, California. They built a studio and

rehearsal space from scratch out of their Berkeley garage and began working on music

together, finally in the same place.