Howth is the love child of singer-songwriter Carl Creighton and long-time collaborator Blake Luley. With the addition of Luley's high school bandmate Neil Acharya on bass, girlfriend Aviva Stampfer on keys and the legendary Jeremy Duvall (Airwaves, ex-Motel Motel) on drums, Howth has come far from its folky roots.

"He’s (lead singer Carl Creighton) got a cavernous, expressive, impressive voice, which helps transport his and Blake Luley’s intricate guitar work into the realm of the unearthly."
- The Big Takeover

"These songs that you're listening to, or are about to listen to, are documents of what happens when there's nothing standing between us and something like an immeasurable surplus of possibilities."
- Daytrotter

"There’s a warm intimacy at work in their Fleet Foxes-esque sound"
- Paste