After working together in a variety of previous settings as fellow students and musicians at Hillsdale College, Josh Peterson, Noah Kerr and Ethan Lewis decided to put together a cohesive group in Fall 2007, recruiting local media-networking guru and bassist Alex Linebrink. Soon after, classical violinist, Celtic fiddler and all-around troublemaking artist Meredith Bogacz joined the lineup and things moved along. The group (then known as Seraphim) played in an eclectic mixture of venues, finding willing ears in local acoustic coffeehouses, as well as campus events and friend's homes. While collegiate graduation was to scatter these friends to the four winds, they cut a ten-track album of original material for the sake of friendship, learning, and sharing. Renamed The Eastern Gate, the late group's album is entitled 'Seraphim.'
