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Reigning Alumnia is a Canadian hard rock band based in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada. They use a variety of sounds and frequently experiment with different genres. Guitarist Oscar Churchill frequently uses distortion effects as well as overdrive to give a unique contrast with the clean toned rhythm guitar and bass.

Formation
Reigning Alumnia was formed in October 2022 by childhood friends Callum Falconer( and Oscar Churchill. Both had experimented with prior bands and with different genres. Falconer was a fan of psychedelic rock and hard rock, while Churchill was a fan of heavy metal and black metal. Their contrasting musical tastes led to a mix of psychedelic rock and heavy metal. They worked on writing a few songs, but noticed their music required bass. They invited their close friend Charles Marshall to the band to play bass. He sent over a few recordings of basslines he'd written and joined the band soon after. With this trio they started working on their first few songs.

Early History
Their work brought their first song to life, Somber Psychedelia. Somber Psychedelia was the first song they had written as a band. They played it together and mutually agreed that the song was finished, but Falconer decided to keep it stashed away for later. They determined that playing covers and small gigs would help them to tweak their sound to what they believed was perfect for them. As they continued to tweak their sound they determined that they wanted a keyboardist and backup vocalist. Falconer and Marshall had become close friends with keyboardist, vocalist, and trombonist Zee Thomson. Thomson improvised synth and midi strings parts for Somber Psychedelia. Falconer gave them a sheet of lyrics he had written and asked them to just improvise with the lyrics where they thought it would fit. After this session Thomson fully joined the band. Thomson began to write songs that they kept for themselves for a certain period. As the band continued to perfect Somber Psychedelia Falconer would write small lyrics that he had thought of and would start to play guitar. He started by writing and practicing lead guitar parts and solos, but found a place in rhythm guitar as it was similar to drums rhythm wise. He began writing and recording rhythm guitar for the band.