Rob Laakso


Rob Laakso is an American musician, record producer and engineer, best known as the recording partner of indie rock musician Kurt Vile, and as a multi-instrumentalist in his backing band The Violators. Laakso is also a multi-instrumentalist in the shoegaze band Swirlies, and a former member of Mice Parade, contributing to the studio albums, Obrigado Saudade, Mice Parade and What It Means to Be Left-Handed.
After contributing to Vile's second and fourth studio albums, God Is Saying This to You... and Smoke Ring for My Halo, Laakso became a full member of The Violators in 2011, following the departure of guitarist Adam Granduciel. Upon joining the band, Laakso contributed heavily to Vile's subsequent studio albums, Wakin on a Pretty Daze and b'lieve I'm goin down....

Discography

with Kurt Vile
with Mice Parade
with Amazing Baby
with Diamond Nights
with Swirlies
with The Wicked Farleys