Lord Huron is an American alternative folk rock band from Los Angeles, California, United States. The band is led by founded by Ben Schneider, who studied visual arts in his native Michigan before moving West. The current lineup also includes Mark Barry (drums, percussion), Miguel Briseño (bass, keyboard, theremin) and Tom Renaud (guitar), all native Michiganders. The band began as a solo project of Schneider, who traveled to Lake Huron, MI in the spring of 2010 and began writing songs for the first Lord Huron EP, Into the Sun.