Michael Cormier-O'Leary is a multi-instrumentalist, producer, songwriter, composer, and improviser. Under his name, he has released four songwriter albums (Days Like Pearls, M-F, More Light!!, and Anything Can Be Left Behind) and two collections of instrumental music (Heard From the Next Room and Brief Hold EP). Cormier-O'Leary is the founder of Dear Life Records, the primary composer and bandleader of the shape-shifting instrumental collective Hour, and a founding member of the alt-country band Friendship. He also plays drums in 2nd Grade and Sachiko Kanenobu's Big Sky band.
