Lost Walks is a project rooted in music, movement, collaboration, and conservation. 

By partnering with wildlife organizations, the band works to raise awareness, empathy, and action toward protecting wolves and returning them to Colorado.

The band’s debut album, Wolf, Woman, Man, was released in 2016. It tells the story of a couple who moves into a desolate, mountain region and ultimately faces challenges from the elements, each other and a lone, injured wolf.

The band’s forthcoming album, Blood Lantern is a narrative prequel to Wolf, Woman, Man. While musically more complex and heavier than its predecessor, lyrically, Blood Lantern also dives deeper into the real world implications of wolf reintroduction and conservation. The album involves topics like trophic cascade, chronic wasting disease, and the extermination of wolves. 

For the release of “Blood Lantern” Lost Walks has partnered with the Denver-based art magazine “Birdy” to release a series of artistic spreads that combine stunning visuals with the albums’s lyrics. Each spread will link to a website that unveils the album’s songs in batches and points to scientific data supplied by biologists and ecologists working within the field of wolf conservation. 

Lost Walks’ live performances feature visual and experiential elements such as art panels, film projection, and even beer pairings. Most notably, Lost Walks’ performances stand out thanks to a team of modern dancers, whose choreography enhances and informs the band’s unfurling narrative. 

Additionally, Lost Walks has produced an acoustic, educational variation of their show which provides insight into the story and a deeper look at wolf conservation. Part of the band’s mission is to engage with the community and collaborate in social and environmental movements through art. 

Lost Walks is a group of artists with specialized training in musical composition, choreography, journalism, music and dance performance, education, curriculum development, presentation, facilitation, and management.

Because of this range of expertise, Lost Walks offers many alternative ways to implement their mission through educational programming and workshops. 

Blood Lantern will debut in the pages of Birdy and online, September 8th, and will be unveiled further in the subsequent four months. 

Lost Walks is:

Andy Thomas - vocals/guitar

Cullen Hendrix - drums

Dameon Merkl - vocals

Danny Aranow - lead guitar

David Thomas Bailey - bass

Jen GaNun - vocals/harmonium/choreography

Claire Steeno - dancer/choreography

Jessica Riggs - dancer/choreography

Laura Morales - dancer/choreography

Megan Roney - dancer/choreography

Sydney Skilken - dancer/choreography

Chad Johnson - played drums on Blood Lantern and Wolf, Woman, Man

Ryan Fiegl - played guitar on Blood Lantern

Community Partners
Julie Anderson and Lakewood Dance Academy - donates rehearsal space
25 BPM Studio - donates rehearsal space /production/engineering
Adriane Horovitz - costuming
Andi Cowels - choreography
Hali Shafer-Webb - photography/videography
Jef Kopp - t-shirt design/visuals
Scott McCormick - branding/graphic design
Rocky Mountain Wolf Project - sponsorship/education Johnny Heenan - projections/visuals/lighting
Colin Bricker - live sound/studio engineering
Chucky Martinez - visuals/graphic design/rigging/branding
Patrick Steeno - set construction/design
TRVE Brewing and Ratio Beerworks- sponsor/concessions
Katie Webster and Justin Hicks from Incite Productions - set design/costuming
Liz Holland - painting and visuals
Alvino Salcedo - photography