The Spine Stealers

Kick off the Great Hall Concert Series AND spooky season with The Spine Stealers!

The Spine Stealers make spooky folk inspired by dark lakes, brain-burned nostalgia and a melancholic hue. The band grew from the duo of Kate Ruland and Emma O’Shea, who learned guitar together during the height of the pandemic and began sewing songs together with old college poetry. After their first open mic in the beginning of July of 2022, they played their first show at the end of July, which led them to a whirlwind first year as a duo.

2025 took the duo to full band and began with opening for Basia Bulat at the Majestic Theater in Madison, WI as well as their first tour to Nashville, TN in April. The summer started with much work in the studio recording their second EP and features on several singles coming out this year. They will be traveling around the Midwest and outside as they are eager to take on their first national tour with Ross Thorn in August taking them out to the Pacific Northwest and rugged Western United States.