Foe Destroyer is the union of three very different songwriters: Daniel Garcia, Chris McQueen, and Cade Sadler. Together, drawing from punk, nerd rock, jazz, electronic music, surf rock, and a whole range of other styles, they try to make music that goes beyond genre labels.The three originally met in 2004 playing in Andrew Tinker & The Goodnights, a band out of Denton, Texas. After the band split Garcia and Sadler continued collaborating on projects based in Denton. McQueen meanwhile finished a degree in jazz guitar at the University of North Texas, playing in the world-renown One O'Clock Lab Band and the instrumental supergroup Snarky Puppy. After college McQueen led and managed the band Oso Closo with fellow singer-songwriter Adrian Hulet. Under McQueen's direction Oso Closo released two albums, one DVD, performed in The Dallas Theatre Center's production of The Who's Tommy (over 30 shows), and shared the stage with such acts as The Rocket Summer, Everclear, Marcy Playground, and Wheatus. In 2009 Garcia