The Halo Benders has been played on NTS shows including Geologist Presents: The O'Brien System, with Snowfall first played on 9 January 2019.

The Halo Benders are a band formed in 1994 by Calvin Johnson of Beat Happening and Doug Martsch of Built to Spill. They released their first album, called God Don't Make No Junk, in 1994. They followed up in 1996 with Don't Tell Me Now and in 1998 with The Rebels Not In.

All three of the band's albums were released on Johnson's influential Olympia record label, K Records.

Following a hiatus through the early 2000's, The Halo Benders reformed in March 2007 for…