Dawes

Dawes is a California folk-rock band who debuted with the album North Hills in 2009. Founding members Taylor Goldsmith (lead singer and songwriter), Griffin Goldsmith (drummer), and Wylie Gelber (bassist) were members of the post-punk act Simon Dawes until their guitarist, Blake Mills, quit a couple years earlier. They regrouped under the name Dawes, adopting a vintage style reminiscent of the mellow acoustic leanings of the Laurel Canyon sound of the '70s in the vein of Joni Mitchell, Jackson Browne, and Crosby, Stills & Nash.

Taylor and Griffin Goldsmith are brothers. Their dad is Lenny Goldsmith, who fronted the band Sweathog and was briefly the lead singer of the Tower of Power during one of their tours in the mid-'80s.

Taylor Goldsmith has been married to singer/actress Mandy Moore since 2018. They met a few years earlier after Moore expressed her excitement over Dawes' forthcoming All Your Favorite Bands album in an Instagram post.