Cloud Cult are an experimental indie-rock band from Minnesota, USA. The band's founder and singer Craig Minowa has a degree in Environmental Science and his environmental, political and social awareness is reflected in much of Cloud Cult's music. South Dakota native Darren Jackson is better known on the independent music scene as Kid Dakota. Collaborating with Christopher McGuire, Kid Dakota's sound is a moody fusion of rock, folk, and country that has garnered comparisons to Neutral Milk Hotel, Elliot Smith, and Sparklehorse.