After the breakup of Indie/emo rock band Northstar in the summer of 2005, principle songwriters Tyler Odom and Nick Torres started writing songs for their new project Cassino. “Sounds of Salvation" was released in Spring of 2007 and was followed up with touring through the next year and a half before Odom left to pursue other interests, including his independent project The Wallace Virgil and collaborations with other projects and musicians. Torres then began working on songs for a follow up album in 2008, partnering and writing with touring bassist Ed Puckett. The album “Kingprince” was recorded in a small apartment in Nashville, and was released in 2009. It was a slight departure from previous recordings due to its raw and subdued sound. Torres and Puckett would then tour for the next couple of years as a duo, mostly doing acoustic shows on the road. A “B-sides” record consisting of alternate recordings and demos from this album eventually came out in 2011, titled “The Weight of Bother”. Torres began writing for the next record sporadically in the following years, also with contributions from Puckett. The 6 song EP titled “Bottlenecker” was released in 2016. Writing for the next record began in 2018, and Cassino decided to take a more polished approach for the newer set of songs, deciding against home recording and making use of an actual studio for a majority of the tracking. The album entitled “Yellowhammer” is due in 2020.