Live Shots: Salt Lake’s Krooked Kings find indie adoration

Former Mormon, current rockstar—such is the trajectory of Krooked Kings frontperson Oliver Martin, who found his faith irrevocably shaken on a Church of Latter-Day Saints mission in South America. Luckily, upon coming home and leaving the organized religion, he came into a different kind of communion through forming his affable five-person indie rock outfit. On August 15 at The Independent on the group’s “In Another Life” tour, it seemed that many a fan were experiencing summer solace courtesy of the Salt Lake City group’s hazy-solar anthems. – text by Caitlin Donohue